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February 2008 |
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| Features |
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Cover Story
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| Research and Patient Care |
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Research |
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The Effect of White Noise on Preferred Listening Levels with a Noise-Cancellation Headset |
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by Thomas R. Zalewski, PhD, and Francis X. Baur, AuD |
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Noise-cancellation headsets are still a good choice, but care must be taken to keep the preferred volume below potentially harmful levels for defined periods. |
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Patient Care |
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Open Letter to Patients |
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by Jay B. McSpaden, PhD |
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In order for consumers to obtain optimum levels of satisfaction with their hearing instruments, they need to take ownership of their hearing problem and be an active participant in the aural rehab program. Hard truths and straight talk about "getting a hearing aid." |
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Patient Care |
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New Patients, No Fears |
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by Danielle Campbell-Angah |
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As numbers of first-time patients increase, learn how to put them at ease with communication and helpful services. |
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| Technology and Marketplace |
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Technology |
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Natural Directivity: Asymmetric Directionality Solutions |
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by Jennifer Groth, MA; John Nelson, PhD; Andrew Dittberner, PhD; and Laurel Christensen, PhD |
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A bilateral fitting strategy has been designed that delivers acoustic information differentially to the right and left ears to afford the user directional benefit without working against higher level auditory scene analysis. |
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Marketplace |
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HR 2008 Marketplace |
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HR's annual review of select products and services in the hearing health care field. |
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