Help Wanted Las Vegas/Southern California — Hearing Aid Dispenser/Audiologist. Growing hearing healthcare company is seeking licensed individuals for new hearing centers. Great opportunity for motivated and talented individuals.
Read MoreSeptember 2004 3, Sonus Network Workshop, Outer Hair Cells and Hearing Aids with Chuck Berlin, Cleveland. Repeated Sept 10, Arlington, Va; Sept 24, Seattle. Contact: www.sonus.com. 8-12, Jackson Hole Rendezvous, Jackson Hole, Wyo. Contact: Mich
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Research Competition SeboTek® Hearing Systems SeboTek Hearing Systems, Tulsa, Okla, invites graduate audiology students, dispensing audiologists, and researchers to submit proposals for clinical studies that evaluate premises about SeboTek’s
Read MoreMiracle-Ear Inc Miracle-Ear Inc, Plymouth, Minn, a division of Amplifon USA, Plymouth, Minn, announced the promotion of Loren Lunsford to regional sales manager of the Miracle-Ear Eastern corporate retail stores. Lunsford began working with Miracl
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Newborn Hearing Screener Natus Medical Inc, San Carlos, Calif, offers the handheld ALGO® 3i newborn hearing screener, which has been awarded a 2004 Medical Design Excellence Award. The ALGO 3i screener is a small, portable system with multi-langua
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Roger Juneau President General Hearing Instruments Inc. HR spoke with Roger Juneau, president of General Hearing Instruments Inc, New Orleans, about current products and future developments at GHI. What’s new at GHI? There are a number of
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Scott Haug Audiology Retreat Celebrates 20th Year Kerrville, Tex – The 20th anniversary meeting of the Scott Haug Hill Country Audiology Retreat will be held October 7-10 at Inn of the Hills in Kerrville, Tex. A staple of audiologists’ e
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Identifying ‘Myths’
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A review of a new simulated sound environment for testing hearing instruments in various listening situations, as well as factors that need to be considered when using these types of systems.
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Part 2. Bimodal hearing should be standard for most cochlear implant users
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Although the newer auditory steady-state response (ASSR) test has solid applications in the field of diagnostic audiology, the auditory brainstem response (ABR) with click or tone-burst signals retains great importance. A tutorial on using and interpreting ABRs is presented, and the author shows why the ABR is most useful in the differentiation of types of auditory dysfunction, while the ASSR is uniquely valuable in estimating auditory thresholds of those with moderate to profound losses.
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Hearing aid technology, fitting science, and professional education have all improved dramatically in the last 10 years, yet there continues to be little increase in customer satisfaction. Additionally, few studies conclusively link satisfaction with benefit. This article examines why this might be by proposing that there may be six commonly accepted myths-relating to hearing aid fittings, benefit, and satisfaction.
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