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Formula 1 engine noise affects commentator?s hearing
2008-05-31 00:51:00 In an interview with BBC Radio 4, Formula 1 racing commentator Murray Walker described the impact that 50 years at the side of the race track has had on his hearing and how that?s affecting his life. The commentator, who went deaf from the roar of the car engines, never wore ear protectors because he ... More About: News , Formula 1 , Engine , Noise
Deafening call for new toy law
2008-05-30 01:15:00 Health Canada is examining the way it tests noisy toys to make sure they aren’t damaging childrens’ tender ears. Many toys seem to sing, shout, beep and wail at deafening decibels. And the current testing method — holding a toy at an adult arm’s length — doesn’t reflect the reality that kids hold toys close to their ... More About: News , Call
ASL video dictionary and inflection guide
2008-05-23 00:23:00 The ASL Video Dictionary and Inflection Guide shows thousands of signs in crisp color video and links them to sentences that demonstrate how they change to convey different meanings. This is critical because unlike English words, ASL signs change - inflect - from sentence to sentence to show different meanings. The sign for help, for ... More About: Sign language
Sonova group reports record sales growth
2008-05-23 00:14:00 The Sonova Holding AG (previously Phonak Holding AG) have posted their 2007/2008 financial report. Sales across all brands, including Phonak and Unitron reached a new record of US$1.16 billion (1.2 billion CHF) - with 59% of hearing system sales being generated from products launched less than 2 years ago. New product releases in the last year have ... More About: Industry , Growth , Record , Group
AmericaHears adds a splash of colour
2008-05-15 22:04:00 America Hears (www.AmericaHears.com) announced it will offer its popular Freedom SIE (speaker-in-the-ear) hearing aids in an array of six colors for fashion-conscious consumers demanding up-to-date looks along with high-performance digital hearing assistance. The new hearing aids now are available in off-white, slate-grey, ebony, cobalt-blue and ruby-red in addition to the original flesh-toned version. Henry S. Smith, ... More About: Industry , Splash , Colour
Find subtitled videos using Google
2008-05-15 21:56:00 You can use Google ’s video search to find subtitled videos on the web. Go to the Advanced Search option: The simply click the “search only closed captioned videos” checkbox: Super easy and super useful. More About: Videos , Information , Find
My name is Steve and I have a hearing loss
2008-05-15 21:40:00 Something unusual happened in the office last week: I had a conversation with several people about my hearing problems and the aids that I wear. I’ve never been one to hide my hearing aids, they are there for everyone to see, but I’ve never really talked about them with anyone. Possibly people just weren’t interested or ... More About: Steve , Thoughts , Loss , Hearing
BAHAs help to overcome single-sided deafness
2008-05-08 00:31:00 Although Jim McGinn of Wheaton, Ill, is completely deaf in his right ear, he still can hear from that side. A sound processor McGinn wears just behind his right ear converts sound waves into tiny vibrations that move through his skull. The vibrations are detected by his good left ear, so it sounds to McGinn like ... More About: News , Single , Overcome
The SolarAid
2008-05-07 22:01:00 Newsweek has an interview with Howard Weinstein, the designer of the SolarAid. He talks about the hurdles he faced when trying to get it into production and how he hopes it will help bring better hearing to Africa: Weinstein knew what he had to do: change the business model. Drawing on his years in the corporate ... More About: News
Possible financial help for hearing aids?
2008-05-07 00:37:00 Americans are coming together in a campaign to encourage Congress to pass a federal tax credit to help people buy hearing aids. To help organize the effort to have Congress pass the legislation, the Better Hearing Institute (BHI) has launched a new Web site (www.hearingaidtaxcredit.org). An excellent resource and tool ... More About: News , Financial , Aids
Donate used hearing aids in Palm Beach County
2008-05-07 00:32:00 The Hearing Aid Bank, a program of the Deaf Service Center of Palm Beach County , provides used and recycled hearing aids free to those in financial need. Many people have the misconception that hearing aids cannot be re-used. That is basically true and there are three good reasons why a person should not use another’s hearing ... More About: Charity , Donate
Deaf Awareness week 2008
2008-05-01 13:58:00 5th - 11th May 2008 is Deaf Awareness Week and organisations working with deaf people across the country are inviting everyone to ‘Look At Me’. The theme aims to improve understanding of the different types of ... More About: News , Charity
America Hears: A customer?s view
2008-04-24 22:07:00 David from Hearing Mojo has blogged about his recent purchase from America Hears. America Hears is a vendor that manufacturers and distributes hearing aids via the Internet. You send them an up-to-date audiogram and impressions of your ears and they will manufacture and mail back to you the hearing aid model of your choice. You are ... More About: Buying , Customer , View
Hearing aid prices wanted
2008-04-21 14:35:00 I have been thinking of ways that I could expand this blog so that I can offer services and tools that people would find useful. One of the things I would like to do is start a hearing aid price database. The idea is that someone would be able to either enter a model and see the current price for it or they would be able to enter a price and see what models are available at that price. It would be impossible for me to keep a record of all hearing aid vendor’s prices for all models so the intention is to have a database of “approximate prices across all vendors”. Something that will give people a ball-park figure - over time the prices will even themselves out and give a reasonably accurate indication of the current price for each model. I already have some price-lists for a few vendors here in the UK. But this is a call out to you, dear reader: Do you have any price information that you are willing to share? Do you work for a vendor? Have you purchased an aid rece... More About: Wanted , Hearing , Prices
Blog Tag
2008-04-17 14:21:00 My Internet connection has been on the blink for a few days now so I haven’t been able to write or check the comments on here. Just checked the comments today and Sarah from SpeakUpLibrarian has tagged me in a game of Blog Tag! So, to stick with the rules I have to answer the ...
Rayovac batteries at Specsavers
2008-03-27 13:37:00 Specsavers are selling boxes of 60 hearing aid batteries ( 10 x 6 packs ) for 18 pounds. The batteries are branded as Specsaver’s own but they are actually Rayovac - so you can rely on them being of good quality. More About: Buying , Batteries
Zebrafish can regain lost hearing
2008-03-26 00:29:00 Hearing rarely returns once a human loses the ability to hear. However, when lower vertebrates such as birds, reptiles, fish and amphibians lose the ability to hear, they are able to regenerate hearing cells, called hair cells, and regain their hearing. The cells are called hair cells because they are tiny, hair-like projections found in ... More About: Science , Lost , Hearing
Moose?s hearing aid
2008-03-26 00:22:00 They are some of the most extravagant headgear in the animal kingdom, but a moose’s antlers are not just for show. Scientists believe they act as elaborate hearing aids that help males to find calling females. A study has found that the antlers’ sound-gathering qualities boost the hearing of the animals by 19%. Moose, which are called ... More About: Science , Hearing
HearAtLast at Wal-Mart
2008-03-26 00:09:00 From a HearAtLast press release: HearAtLast Holdings Inc. is pleased to announce that it has finalized the next phase of its expansion plans. Wal-Mart Canada will include HearAtLast operations in additional supercentre and discount store ... More About: Industry , Wal-Mart , Wal Mart
Second hand hearing aids?
2008-03-20 14:47:00 Why is there no established market for second hand hearing aids? Given the high price of a new aid, you would think that a cheaper second-hand model would be very tempting to a lot of people. It’s not so different from buying a second hand car The second-hand car market is huge. People have the option of ... More About: Thoughts , Hand , Hearing , Aids , Second Hand
Hearing specialists open new world for Hondurans
2008-03-16 22:15:00 They would line up at 7 a.m., wait all day and spend their food money to get there - all to gain the ability to hear. “It was incredible, absolutely incredible,” Ginny Smith said. “It was overwhelming,” Rick Silverman added. Smith and Silverman, partners from American Hearing Care in Orange Park, were referring to a four-day mission trip ... More About: News , World , Open , New World
Starkey founder honoured
2008-03-16 22:12:00 William Austin, founder and chief executive of Starkey Laboratories in Eden Prairie, has long been known as the Santa Claus of Hearing. Now he’s being honored as member of the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans. The Horatio Alger award honors those who have defied adversity with hard work, courage and determination to achieve the American ... More About: News , Founder
Digital Audio Used for Treatment of Tinnitus
2008-03-16 21:58:00 A company called Neuromonics believes it has developed an audio device that can treat people suffering from ringing in the ears, known as tinnitus. Using an audio player that over time changes the way it plays music and accompanying sounds, the firm already offers its service in number of clinics, reports today’s Wall Street Journal: For ... More About: News , Audio , Treatment , Digital Audio , Digital
Product and service
2008-03-05 09:42:00 Hearing aid vendors supply both a product (the aid) and a service (fitting, maintenance, etc). To my mind, these are two completely separate things. I’m writing about this because I popped into my local Scrivens branch last weekend - I was waiting for my Wife and just happened to notice the “Hearing Care” sign in their ... More About: Industry , Product , Service
Hearing Review top ten of 2007
2008-02-29 09:41:00 The Hearing Review ’s editor, Karl Strom, has compiled a list of last year’s top ten news items from the hearing aid / health industry. It’s an interesting list and also a very positive one - Karl talks about the advances in hearing aid technology and research as well as the increased exposure of hearing aids ... More About: News
Burger King settles student?s lawsuit
2008-02-24 22:03:00 The owner of a Burger King franchise in Newark has agreed settle a lawsuit filed by a student who was fired after one day on the job because the owner discovered he wore hearing aids. Andy Patel, who owns the Burger King inside the University Hospital complex, reached a settlement with Jordan Myrie Feb. 5 as ... More About: News , Lawsuit , Student
Take your hearing aids out, hear more
2008-02-20 10:25:00 You could hear more by taking your hearing aids out. How does that work? Well, I was in a meeting yesterday, sat around a table with seven other people - after a while I realised that I wasn’t hearing several of them as well as I normally would be. I did a quick check that the ... More About: Information , Hear , Hearing , Aids
Lean BSL online with SignpostBSL
2008-02-16 15:40:00 The Signpost website is a great resource for anyone who wants to learn BSL. They have a fingerspelling video tutorial that goes through the alphabet - you can zoom the video in and out, you can view it in slow-motion and you can also view left of right-handed spelling. More impressively there is another option that ... More About: Lean , Online , Sign language
Old hearing aids to get new life abroad
2008-02-11 23:59:00 A ground breaking appeal launched in Huddersfield to transform the lives of hard of hearing people in the Third World has been hailed a success. The hearing aid recycling scheme, the first of its kind in the UK, was launched in November last year to encourage people to give their unwanted aids in a bid to ... More About: News , Life , Hearing , Aids , New Life
Phonak CORE technology
More articles from this author:2008-02-07 21:45:00 Phonak’s revolutionary chip technology powers three exciting new Digital Wireless Accessories: iCom brings Bluetooth to the hearing impaired; the myPilot command center provides full-color display feedback; and iCube enables totally CableFree Fitting.The CORE (Communication Optimized Real-audio Engine) technology developed for the chip used in the new Exélia and Naída hearing instruments permits wireless communication between ... More About: Information , Technology , Core 1, 2, 3 |
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