Do Your Hearing Aids Need Adjusting?
You want your hearing aids to provide you with the best listening experience possible, whether you’re at work or out to dinner with your partner at The Noble South. Occasionally, your hearing aids will experience problems requiring an appointment with your audiologist to determine if an adjustment needs to be made. Common Reasons to Visit…
How to Feel Confident When Wearing Hearing Aids
Have you ever experienced a scenario like this: You’re having a conversation with a new friend or kind stranger at Old Majestic Brewing, when you turn your head and notice they’ve caught a glimpse of your hearing aids. Your natural conversation takes a turn as your conversation partner begins to shout and make overly-dramatic mouth…
Study Shows Cognitive Decline Begins Earlier With Untreated Hearing Loss
Age-related hearing loss is one of the most common health disorders of aging, affecting two-thirds of those over age 70. However, few adults are tested for hearing loss, and even fewer are treated. Only 14% of adults with hearing loss in the United States wear hearing aids, the standard treatment. Because studies show people with…
Bayat Foundation And Starkey Hearing Foundation Provide Gift Of Hearing
Fulfilling their pledge to enrich the lives of the Afghan people with the three precious gifts of Hearing, Healing and Hope, The Bayat Foundation (www.bayatfoundation.org), Afghanistan’s largest, private, non-profit Health, Education and Social Development Organization, and The Starkey Hearing Foundation (www.starkeyhearingfoundation.org), announced the successful conclusion of their third annual joint Bayat-Starkey Afghanistan Hearing Care Mission. The Bayat-Starkey Hearing Care…
Researchers Seek Answers For Varying Results With Cochlear Implants
A cochlear implant is an electronic device capable of restoring hearing in a profoundly deaf person by directly stimulating the nerve endings in the inner ear. This technology enables people who have become deaf to be able to communicate orally again, even by telephone, and children born deaf to learn to speak and to benefit…
FDA Seeks Input On Over-The-Counter Hearing Devices
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued two notices related to hearing aids, referencing the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) report to the President: Aging America & Hearing Loss: Imperative of Improved Hearing Technologies. (A PCAST report summary can be found here and the full report can be found here.) The FDA…
Starkey Introduces Hearing Aids That Recharge In Case
Starkey® Hearing Technologies, one of the world’s leading innovators in hearing technology, continues to reimagine and revolutionize the patient experience with the new Muse iQ Rechargeable, the smartest rechargeable hearing aid on the market. Muse iQ Rechargeable was announced January 4 at Starkey’s Hearing Innovation Expo in Las Vegas and is now available to consumers through Starkey’s vast global…
Oticon Seeks Votes For Focus On People Awards
Voting is now open for the 2017 Oticon Focus on People Awards at www.oticon.com/FOP. People are invited to cast their votes for the 12 finalists who represent the “best of the best” from this year’s nominations in each of four categories – Student, Adult, Advocacy and Practitioner. The total number of votes received by each finalist…
Starkey Halo 2 Named Finalist For Tekne Awards
The Minnesota High Tech Association (MHTA) has named Starkey Hearing Technologies as a finalist in the Healthcare-Established category for the 2016 Tekne Awards for our Halo 2 Made for iPhone hearing aids. This honor highlights the continued technological and innovative success of our Halo 2 hearing aids, which features the industry’s first quad core twin…
Signia Unveils Latest Rechargeable Hearing Aid Solution
Signia, the industry’s most experienced, global leader in rechargeable hearing aid solutions, today unveils Cellion primax™, the world’s first lithium-ion-powered rechargeable hearing aid to make use of wireless inductive charging technology. Cellion primax will give hearing aid wearers the convenience of virtually unlimited wireless streaming for up to two days’ use on a single charge*….