Month: September 2003

Understanding Less and Less About More and More

Are hearing care professionals keeping up with the technological “learning curve”? A perspective is presented on why an “analog mindset” in a digital age will only provide an “analog result.” The author believes that, unless we get up-to-speed on new product technology, we may be dispensing the “most expensive 1985 technology money can buy.”

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Cochlear Function in Older Infants

A study by the House Ear Institute indicates that DPOAE suppression tuning is still not adult-like by 3 months of age. Term neonates and 3-month-olds have comparable DPOAE suppression results and adults are dissimilar from these two groups. This suggests continued maturation of cochlear function in humans during the post-natal months.

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