Month: February 2011

Otonomy Names Two New Vice Presidents

Otonomy Inc, a developer of therapeutics for disorders of the ear, has appointed G. Michael Wall, PhD as vice president of product development, and Cindy Berejikian as the company’s vice president of program management.

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Through a Distant Mirror

This edition of HR introduces EuroTrak: the first independent consumer survey that focuses on factors related to hearing aid use in Germany, France, and the United Kingdom—Europe’s three largest countries—then draws comparisons to recent US s

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Listening Is Where Hearing Meets Brain…in Children and Adults

It has been said that “audition matters more as cognition declines, and cognition matters more as audition declines.” So what happens when an older person in cognitive decline or a young child with little cognitive/sensory experience is also faced with a hearing loss? This article reviews some of the fascinating links between hearing and cognition, and makes the important point that hearing and listening are two very different, and interconnected, things.

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EuroTrak I: A Consumer Survey About Hearing Aids in Germany, France, and the UK

EuroTrak I—the industry’s first independent report on hearing loss and hearing aid use in Europe—draws many parallels to MarkeTrak data for the North American market. However, important differences also emerge in the European countries, including higher levels of hearing aid adoption, fewer “in the drawer” hearing aids, and lower binaural usage. Europeans’ overall satisfaction with hearing aids is relatively high (72% to 86%, depending on country) and comparable to US figures (74%), and satisfaction with newer generation devices is even higher (77% to 91%). As with data from North America, EuroTrak demonstrates hearing aids have a positive impact on the quality of lives of people who have a hearing loss.

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