As a music enthusiast what would you do if you lost your hearing? Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is a permanent condition. Harmful levels of environmental noise can damage the sensory hair cells in your inner ear that convert sound energy into electrical signals that travel to the brain, and they
Introducing the Doctor recommended TV Ears Wireless Headset! TV Ears is a new way to enjoy listening to the television at your own level without disturbing others. While the TV Ears are in use, the television volume can be lowered, or even muted, without affecting the TV Ears volume – making it convenient
The temperature and humidity levels in our ear canals can be problematic, often creating an environment for bad bacteria as well as an undesirable environment for hearing instruments. Since we do not have the ability to control these humidity levels in our ears, anything placed into our ears needs to be able to
The OtoLens is a new and unique style of hearing aid – it is the first digital hearing aid that is completely invisible in the ear canal featuring the technology and signal processing of the S Series iQ. The new noise reduction and speech preservation system in the S Series
Transcript: So, to clean a Slim Tube BTE like this one, this is a ReSound Air, you need to use a very small wire. This wire should have come with your hearing aid – if it didn’t talk to your Audiologist. It doesn’t take much wax to plug up this
Siemens received the Red Dot Product Design Award for its hearing instrument remote control called the ePen. The ePen is a remote control for Siemens hearing aids that is shaped like a fountain pen. The ePen allows hearing aid wearers to discreetly adjust the volume and listening programs. The ePen
Having just returned from the American Academy of Audiology annual convention, it appears that the latest advancements in hearing aid technology are focused on wireless communication. However, manufacturers such as Oticon, Phonak, Siemens and Unitron have been offering some wireless accessories for a while. Later this year, ReSound and Starkey
Transcript: From time to time, you need to change the wax guard – behind the tip of the hearing aid. You do that by removing the tip – it’s just like a sock or a sleeve – it comes right off. Then you can see the ring. In this case
It’s the morning of the last day of AudiologyNOW!, the annual convention of the American Academy of Audiology. I’m writing this from my hotel room before packing up and heading to the convention center. First, about the hotel . . . I never stay in convention hotels, because they just
Transcript: Okay so, a lot of different hearing aids come with a cleaning tool. This is probably the most popular style. There’s 3 parts to this cleaning tool. You have a brushed end, you have a wax loop, and you also have a magnet on the end. We’re gonna demonstrate