Providing captions for users with hearing issues. A team of Georgia Institute of Technology researchers has created speech-to-text software for Google Glass that helps hard-of-hearing users with everyday conversations. A hard-of-hearing person wears Glass while a second person speaks directly into a smartphone. The speech is converted
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The Levo system uses sound therapy to trick the brain. The FDA has given clearance to startup Otoharmonics for its iPad and iPod Touch application that uses sound therapy to teach the brain to ignore persistent ringing caused by tinnitus. The 510k clearance for what the company,
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Enough with the preaching! You’re right, it seems like every other article on hearing protection is talking about Noise Induced Hearing Loss. And for good reason: Noise Induced Hearing Loss, or NIHL as it’s commonly referred to, is a “slow injury.” It creeps up on people over
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Why We’re Continually Learning Charles Mokotoff is an audiologist’s worst nightmare and an audiologist’s greatest teacher. Charles is a hard of hearing musician who is as at home with computers as he is with his six-stringed classical guitar. The points that Charles makes with respect to changes
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Indy 500 Learns To Listen Carefully The engine of a single IndyCar can reach 128 decibels. With 33 cars, racing 500 miles, across 200 laps in front of a speedway that hosts more than 1.5 million people over three days, Indy 500 fans are exposed to some
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Westone Elite Series in-ear earphones aim at musicians and audiophiles. Westone, the leader in high-performance audio and in-ear monitoring technology, announces an exciting new line of earphones. Musicians designed the Elite Series of high-performance earphones for other musicians and audiophiles. The E-Series 10, 20, 30 and 50
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Should I choose an Audiologist or Hearing Aid Dealer? BY: SHARON HIRSTEIN, BOARD CERTIFIED AUDIOLOGIST Okay, you have finally decided that you need to do something about your hearing. You definitely want to hear the punch-lines, you really need to turn the TV down, and it would
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There are many factors that affect how long a hearing aid battery lasts. See the photos below for more information…
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The Importance of Proper Hearing Aid Cleaning and Disinfecting Shared by: Sharon Hirstein, board certified audiologist, Elkhart Audiology Rehab The picture below provides some good visual reminders about why it is important to keep your hearing aid insert, ear mold, hearing protection, musician monitor, ear-buds clean. For
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What is Cadmium? It’s a rare metal that does not occur naturally in nature. It comes from greenockite, which is nearly always is found in association with sulphide ores of zinc (sphalerite). Cadmium itself is a “transition metal” because it emerges as a by-product of zinc mining.
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