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The Benefit of Remote Microphones with Four Different Wireless Protocols
This article reports on an investigation of the speech recognition benefits of four commercially available remote microphone systems, each with a different wireless audio transmission protocol.
PSAPs And Hearing Aids: Myths And Expectations, Part 2
Originally posted at HHTM On August 25, 2015. Reprinted with permission. In the second, and concluding, part of his remarks to the Institute of Medicine, Mead Killion makes the case for PSAP and for guidelines that encourage their safe and efficacious use. While he cites a study that found that hearing aids and (at least some) PSAPs…
Boundary Areas Between PSAPs And Hearing Aids, Part 1
Originally posted at HHTM On August 18, 2015. Reprinted with permission. This is first in the Device Disruptions series edited by Richard Einhorn. Editor’s Note: In the 70s, Mead Killion, PhD, ScD (hon), urged high sound quality for hearing aids when hardly anyone else cared, let alone understood, its crucial importance. He is the inventor of the…
Hearing Aid Dispensing Groups Back New FDA Restrictions On PSAPs; HLAA Does Not
Originally posted at HHTM On January 19, 2016. Reprinted with permission. The following post was originally published on February 5 and updated on February 6. By David H. Kirkwood ROCKVILLE, MD –Three more organizations concerned with hearing submitted comments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week on the agency’s submitted comments to the U.S. Food…
FDA Gives Approval for Over-The-Counter Home Hearing Test
Originally posted at HHTM On January 19, 2016. Reprinted with permission. SAN LEANDRO, CALIFORNIA — Over the past year, there has been growing interest in the morphing of consumer electronics and medical devices. New product categories are being created and the hearing care industry seems to be on the brink of some significant changes, especially in light of the…
Starkey Bets on Hearables: Announces Partnership with Bragi to “Transform” Hearable & Wearable Tech
Originally posted at HHTM On January 20, 2016. Reprinted with permission. LAS VEGAS, NEVADA — As Starkey Hearing Technologies kicks off their 2016 Hearing Innovation Expo today in Las Vegas, one of the largest events for independent hearing care professionals in the US, a strategic partnership has been announced between the company and German startup Bragi, creators of The Dash, touted as “the world’s first…
When, Not If: More Disruptors Entering the Hearing Marketplace
Originally posted at HHTM On February 9, 2016. Reprinted with permission. On the heels of Starkey’s announcement of their industry-first partnership with the upstart hearable company, Bragi, more news of other products entering into the ear-level amplification space are emerging. As early as February 21st, hearing care professionals just might get a peek at a new hearing aid option for their…
The Final Element
Marshall Chasin tells us about “The Final Element.” That one last piece of the puzzle to optimize a hearing aid for music.
HEARING LOSS, NO, BUT….!
In modern life there are noise sources that may not cause hearing loss but are highly annoying. Alberto Behar gives us his “hit list” of the worst offenders.