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A new Better Hearing Institute study shows increased quality of life with hearing aid use A new study by the Better Hearing Institute asked hearing aid owners to rate their hearing handicap reduction attributed to hearing aid usage as well as the impact of hearing aids on 14 quality of life factors. The key findings
Many shops in the UK do not provide looping systems for people with hearing loss. And among those who do, many are out of order. The British organisation for the hearing impaired, RNID, has investigated more than 1,500 businesses across the UK. They found a shocking lack of loop systems in shops and services. The
According to research out of Saint Louis University School of Medicine and The Ear Institute of Texas, your new Porsche 911 convertible may be exciting, but it can also damage your hearing. The researchers tested five popular convertibles and drove with the top down and wind in their ears at various speeds and measured the
It takes a village – or at least a lot of people – to make sure the growing population of hearing impaired Americans have access to better hearing in all venues. It is no wonder that a hearing disability is unfashionable when we are either embarrassed to acknowledge our hearing loss or afraid to wear
New Legislation Introduced in the Senate Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) have introduced S.905, the Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act. The legislation provides a tax credit of up to $500 per hearing aid, once every five years for any individual who purchases a hearing aid Please write your member of Congress
How Oticon's ConnectLine Microphone has changed my life. Ok I have had a lot of time with this small microphone that Oticon released recently and here are my thoughts: WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG? Seriously, it is the most wonderful product I have seen in a long time…maybe ever, for helping those “companions” of those
Holland, MI — Holland Free Health Clinic and Van Doorne Hearing Care have joined efforts to provide hearing aids to the underserved in the Holland/Zeeland community. Behind-the-ear hearing aids which have six years of use or less and are in good, working condition can be dropped off at the Holland Free Health Clinic or Van
ConnectLine Microphone is a new addition to Oticon’s family of Bluetooth (TM) solutions. As a wireless companion microphone, ConnectLine Microphone helps with one-on-one communication in difficult listening situations by improving signal-to-noise ratios for the instrument user. To the majority of people, this email blast would go unnoticed. Audiologists get blasted with marketing and new releases constantly,
We support the Loop. Van Doorne Hearing Care is now looped! We support the Loop America Initiative. Now, we can not only verify the integrity of your T-coil in the office, but we can also loop homes for better listening to TV or, with the use of a mic, each other! This is a welcome
American Sign Language (ASL) is now available on mobile apps. The app is called iSign ASL and what makes this app extra cool is that a 3-D character shows you each particular gesture. You can see the movements from different vantage points so you have a more thorough way of grasping each particular sign. This
If the key to a happy marriage is good communication, then what happens when you take away the ability to convey thoughts, share feelings, ideas, hear and respond because of hearing loss? The relationship is bound to suffer…sometimes even crumble. According to research, this happens more often than you would think. ALARMING STATISTICS REGARDING HEARING
