The benefits are said to include enhancements to client counseling, real-ear measurement, bone-anchored hearing device (BAHD) verification, and test-box verification.
Here is a list of the Hearing Review's top-20 “must-read” features from 2019.
In a conversation with Bose Hearing leaders this week, it became clear that Bose would be borrowing some aspects of their Hearphone technology but not using it as the Bose Hearing Aid. The company views the de novo application as being primarily focused on direct-to-consumer (DTC) distribution, although they do have an interest in the professional channel, and the product is still some ways from becoming available to consumers.
Audiologist Marshall Chasin posits a simple test that can be employed with a piano or keyboard that might quickly screen people for the possibility of a cochlear dead zone.
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The path to personalized hearing solutions has never been easy or friction-free; it’s filled with one large speed bump—namely, the earmold impression. Audiologist Susan Whichard explains why 3D ear scanning technology is set to change the area of custom hearing aid fitting.
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While hearing care professionals might perceive OTC/DTC as a threat or detrimental to their professional autonomy and livelihood, authors Rupa Balachandran and Amyn Amlani show how there are opportunities to meet the demand of listeners with impaired hearing through the provision of revenue-generating professional services. These service opportunities allow for the preservation of the independent practice channel for those practitioners who understand and recognize the economics of the transformed, and continually evolving, US hearing healthcare environment.
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Aiding asymmetric losses—especially in cases with very distorted perception of speech and discomfort—can be very frustrating. I think trying amplification initially is required, but the process will be difficult, especially when there is a better ear to compare to.
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Adam & Jerusha Shulberg are the owners of Cubex Audiology Ltd in London, a private practice that was originally founded by Adam’s father in 1964.
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Choosing a closed hearing aid coupling system can positively effect speech understanding in background noise—although, for some patients, at the sacrifice of own-voice sound quality. However, new systems like Signia Own Voice Processing (OVP) are making it possible to “get the best of both worlds.” The mean SNR additional benefit for a closed fitting in this study was 3 dB, and as much as 5 dB for some participants. With as much as 17% improvement in speech understanding for each 1 dB of SNR improvement, this can represent a magnitude sufficient to be able to change a patient’s socialization activities.
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Lantos Technologies, announced the US release of the industry’s “only FDA, 510(K) cleared,” 3D ear scanning system. The system will be on display next week at the upcoming AAA Convention in Columbus, Ohio.
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This may sound like a cheap romantic novel or a new soap opera but “area over love” is an important acoustic principle that rears its romantic head in a number of clinical scenarios that are encountered, almost every day.
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Feel like the year slipped away from you too quickly? Here’s a roundup of the top news items featured in ‘The Hearing Review’ during 2018.
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OTC hearing devices are coming, but how should they function and for whom should they be recommended? Drs Ron Leavitt, Ruth Bentler, and Carol Flexer present six case studies showing that people with true moderate hearing loss may not be well served by what has been characterized as a “consumer-decides” model of care.
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Overall, the findings of this study demonstrate that the two new CROS/BiCROS systems from Signia—the Pure 312 Nx CROS with Narrow directionality and the Silk Nx CROS—provide a superior solution to the daily listening problems encountered by people with SSD.
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On October 5, the FDA granted De Novo status to Bose Corporation for a self-fitting hearing aid for mild-to-moderate hearing loss.
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Several “autoREMfit” systems have been developed to assist in hearing aid fittings. This article evaluates a new fit-to-target platform, Audioscan’s VerifitLINK, that could be integrated into any manufacturer’s software, and documents its performance in target matching during hearing aid fitting.
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The FDA has concluded that the Bose Hearing Aid should be classified as a Class II device under the generic name “self-fitting air-conduction hearing aid,” according to an October 5 letter from the Agency. Accordingly, Bose is free to market the device immediately subject to general provisions and special controls required by FDA. Subsequent applications for a self-fitting hearing aid will need to undergo premarket notification requirements, according to the Agency.
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Now that we’ve defined (at minimum) what an OTC hearing device should look like, maybe it’s time to start defining a minimal standard for what a professional hearing aid fitting should look like.
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