Oticon Launches Hearing Aid with ‘User-Intent’ Sensors
The new Oticon Intent hearing aid supports the understanding that different users have very individual and greatly varying listening needs.
The new Oticon Intent hearing aid supports the understanding that different users have very individual and greatly varying listening needs.
More than 1,000 Cochlear™ Nucleus® Implant and Baha® System recipients and their families from the United States and Canada will come together at the four-day convention to celebrate the joys, challenges, and personal triumphs of overcoming hearing loss, while improving their hearing performance.
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have found that listening to accented speech is harder for the brain to process than native speech, making information harder to remember. Preliminary findings of this study are being presented at the 169th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Intriguing research continues to focus on music, the brain, and music’s potential in honing auditory acuity, including speech-in-noise performance and the enhancement of listening abilities. Drs Nina Kraus and Samira Anderson explain why these exciting findings may have big implications for auditory training and aural rehabilitation.
Read MoreDavid Kirkwood takes a look at new listening devices from a California high-tech start-up.
Read MoreA review of previous methods, as well as a new method, for assessing sound quality is presented along with results from a recent study.
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