News tagged with hearing aid

New research to enhance speech recognition technology

New research is hoping to understand how the human brain hears sound to help develop improved hearing aids and automatic speech recognition systems.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Government needs to listen up on hearing aids

(Medical Xpress) -- Evidence is mounting of an aggressive campaign by private providers to push hearing aids onto people who are not psychologically ready for them, according to an Australian National University ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Audio systems pioneer Villchur dies at 94 in NY

(AP) -- Edgar Villchur, who went from repairing radios in his New York City shop to inventing groundbreaking audio equipment and hearing aids, has died. He was 94.

Technology / Other

created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New devices like motorcycle ambulances help poor

(AP) -- A bit of creativity never hurts, especially when it comes to solving health problems in developing countries.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mild hearing loss linked to brain atrophy in older adults

A new study by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania shows that declines in hearing ability may accelerate gray mater atrophy in auditory areas of the brain and increase the listening ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Treatment approach to human Usher syndrome: Small molecules ignore stop signals

Usher syndrome is the most common form of combined congenital deaf-blindness in humans and affects 1 in 6,000 of the population. It is a recessive inherited disease that is both clinically and genetically ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jul 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New software 'hearing dummies' pave the way for tailor-made hearing aids

New software 'hearing dummies' are part of cutting-edge research that promises to revolutionise the diagnosis and treatment of hearing impairments.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sound safety: Novel device with rock 'n' roll roots may protect listeners

Engineers investigating "listener fatigue" -- the discomfort and pain some people experience while using in-ear headphones, hearing aids and other devices that seal the ear canal from external sound--have ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A hearing aid you install yourself

Melbourne researchers have invented a small, smart, self-managed hearing aid that outperforms most conventional hearing aids for less than half the price.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 17, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Novel device with rock 'n' roll roots may protect listeners from dangers of personal listening devices, hearing aids

Engineers investigating "listener fatigue"-- the discomfort and pain some people experience while using in-ear headphones, hearing aids, and other devices that seal the ear canal from external sound -- have ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study: Lowering cost doesn't increase hearing aid purchases

Lowering the cost of hearing aids isn't enough to motivate adults with mild hearing loss to purchase a device at a younger age or before their hearing worsens, according to researchers at Henry Ford Hospital.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Better hearing just an App away

(Medical Xpress) -- People with hearing problems living in the developing world may have a solution on the horizon, thanks to an innovative University of Alberta professor in the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine.

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Laser printing speeds parts on demand to manufacturers

Pull into the auto repair shop with a smashed bumper, and there's no wait while they order a replacement. Instead, the technician downloads specifications from the manufacturer's database. You both watch as a laser beam probing ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Early detection, intervention key to rehabilitating infant hearing loss

Delaying treatment may hinder speech and language development, University of Michigan audiologist cautions.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Mar 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Small remote control for hearing aids with bluetooth

A tiny remote control now enables people who wear Siemens hearing aids to transmit audio signals from a television, phone, or MP3 player directly to their hearing devices. They hear the sound much more clearly ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0