Using the ACT Test for Speech in Noise Ability Assessment
This article explores the foundation of ACT, Spectro-Temporal Modulation (STM), and how ACT compares to traditional speech-in-noise tests.
This article explores the foundation of ACT, Spectro-Temporal Modulation (STM), and how ACT compares to traditional speech-in-noise tests.
WideBand Tympanometry is a method of measuring the acoustic-mechanical function of the middle ear using a wideband click stimulus.
Hearing aid technology company Tuned announced 510k FDA clearance of its new class II self-fitting, self-adjusting hearing aid technology.
Innovation is how we deliver on our promise to help you provide the best possible hearing experience for your clients. We’re proud to say that the Verifit2 is the most intuitive and advanced verification system in the world.
Read MoreYour patients deserve the best possible hearing experience. The chart below helps you compare Audioscan solutions and determine which one best suites your and your patient’s needs.
Read MoreRecently, Grason-Stadler hosted a discussion between Dr. James W. Hall III and Dr. Robert Margolis about the current audiology landscape. They discussed the patient-provider gap that exists and the urgent need for a solution. In this transcribed excerpt of the interview, they address the importance of calibrated and validated hearing test results and how that affects automated testing.
Read MoreIntricon Corporation (NASDAQ: IIN), a joint development manufacturer of micromedical technology for use in interventional, implantable, and body-worn medical devices, announced that it has achieved “a critical milestone in the clinical study of its proprietary software that will allow people to self-fit hearing aids that are sold over-the-counter at retail stores and online.”
Read MoreLog It All records how much time your client spends in each of the seven automatic program listening environments. The information shown in Unitron’s True Fit fitting software empowers you to have meaningful conversations with clients and empower them to love the experience.
Read MoreGrason-Stadler (GSI), a manufacturer of clinical audiometric systems, announced that it hosted a conversation with Drs James W. Hall III and Robert Margolis to discuss the current landscape around the patient-provider gap and the essential need for an automated audiometry tool called AMTAS.
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Read MoreA team of researchers at Western’s National Centre for Audiology (NCA)—led by director Susan Scollie, and pioneering hearing researcher Richard Seewald, and team members Marlene Bagatto, Steve Beaulac, Leonard Cornelisse, Shane Moodie and Sheila Moodie—has won a Governor General’s Innovation Award (GGIA) for developing the world’s first pediatric hearing aid prescription software (DSL).
Read MoreNatus Medical Incorporated (NASDAQ: NTUS), (the “Company” or “Natus”), a provider of medical device solutions to screen, diagnose, and treat disorders affecting the brain, neural pathways, and eight sensory nervous systems, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of ArchiMed (“ArchiMed”), an investment firm focused exclusively on the healthcare industry for approximately $1.2 billion.
Read MoreAudioscan announced a new software updates for its Verifit2 and Axiom hearing instrument verification systems. Benefits include new tools for improving the efficiency and accuracy of Speechmap verification, counseling enhancements, and new BAHD devices for DSL-BCD target verification using the Verifit Skull Simulator, among other additions, according to the company.
Read MoreDeveloped for graduate-level audiology students, this comprehensive text aims to build a fundamental understanding of auditory evoked brainstem responses (ABR), and their relationship to normal and impaired auditory function, as well as its various audiologic and neuro-otologic applications.
Read MorePlural says that the comprehensive content of the Learning Manual encompasses the breadth of audiologic evaluation, including history taking and patient communication, ear canal assessment and management, immittance, pure-tone testing, masking, speech audiometry, otoacoustic emissions, patient counseling, and report writing.
Read MoreMedRx Inc announced the release of its newest products; the Otowave 302 and 302+ Tympanometers. The Otowave 302 and 302+ Tympanometer models were released for sale at the end of November and are currently available in the United States and select countries.
Read MoreTo investigate the benefits of an AI assistant to support the individualization of hearing aid fittings, 58 hearing aid wearers were surveyed. The results showed Signia Assistant is perceived as easy to use and improves the fitting for individual wearers in difficult listening situations. Further, it increases the clinician’s ability to optimize the fitting more accurately to the individual and strengthens the provider-wearer relationship.
Read MoreInventis, a company that develops and manufactures audiology equipment, announced the distribution of Path Medical instruments in North America. Inventis is enlarging its product portfolio by entering the OAE and ABR diagnostic segment and strengthening its position in the North American market, according to the company’s announcement.
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