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• Kids Hearing Loss – Oticon’s Breakthrough
  A child is but a parent’s dream. Learning that he may be suffering from any physical setback is always a huge blow to the parents. Helpless, anxious and bewildered, they urgently try to find out as much information as is possible about the childs disease. Kids hearing loss is one such impairment that many parents wished they could obtain more information on.
  Author: William Pensworth - Date: May 13, 2005



• Smile Hearing Aids – No More Background Noise
  People having impaired hearing always feel helpless when they find themselves in a crowded room. Why do they become helpless? Because hearing all the sounds at once makes it difficult to make out the words individually. Hearing speech clearly is essential for everyone, even for those who have difficulty in listening. For the hearing impaired, Bernafon has come up with a new device. Smile hearing aids are simple devices, which enhance hearing capability even if you are in a crowded room.
  Author: William Pensworth - Date: September 25, 2005



• Automatic Hearing Aids – No Need To Adjust
  People with hearing problems often face many complications when it comes to wearing a hearing aid. They complain about the aid’s size being too big, also they have to adjust these devices all the time according to their surroundings. So how about a device that would run automatically, without needing any assistance? Automatic hearing aids are now available among many hearing care professionals.
  Author: William Pensworth - Date: July 10, 2005



• Hearing Aid Prices – Get The Most For Your Money
  Losing your ability to hear is a problem. To rub salt in the wound, companies selling hearing aids usually sell their products at a huge cost, their prices so high that most people suffering from hearing loss cannot afford them. Hearing aid prices have always been on the higher side, and if the product is digital, it is going to cost even more.
  Author: William Pensworth - Date: May 8, 2005



• Voice-Activated Hearing Aids – Comfortable And Reliable
  Oticon, the pioneering Danish hearing aid manufacturer, has recently launched its new high end Adapto range of hearing aids at the 46th international dispenser congress. All models in the Adapto range of voice-activated hearing aids feature a technology that switches to the voice sensitive Speech mode when speech signals are present and to the inactive Comfort mode when voice signals are absent. The voice-activated hearing aid imitates the amazing ability of the human brain to focus on and hear voice and speech signals in the user’s environment and while drowning out background sounds.
  Author: William Pensworth - Date: May 12, 2005



• Hearing Aid Styles – Choose The One That's Right For You
  Studies estimate that only 20 percent of people who would benefit from hearing aids actually have one. Hearing loss often starts with an inability to hear high-frequency sounds. A person with diminished hearing often will complain that he or she can hear others just fine but can't make out what they're saying. With today's progressive technology, hearing aids are better than ever. Just as there are many types and degrees of hearing loss, there are a multitude of hearing aid styles too. The hearing aid style is dependent on the machinery within the device; manufacturers can fit any type of circuitry into most sizes of hearing aids.
  Author: William Pensworth - Date: May 20, 2005



• Children's Cochlear Implants – Conducive To A Second Language?
  Understandably, a child with profound hearing loss has great difficulty in developing oral language skills and faces severe shortcomings and setbacks. . It is not unusual for some hearing impaired children to exhibit deviant development in fluency of language and vocabulary. Therefore, it is not surprising that therapists are reluctant to recommend bilingual language environments for children with implants in their cochlea. Although children's cochlear implants take kids out of the silent world, a second oral language might confuse a deaf child whose auditory and communication skills are already underdeveloped. The children’s cochlear implant, a modern tool for hearing, is a neoteric innovation in implant technology.
  Author: William Pensworth - Date: May 21, 2005



• Electronic Hearing Aids – Making A World Of Difference
  A national program, approved by the Department of Health and the Royal National Institute for the Deaf, will provide free electronic hearing aids to help hard of hearing adults and children overcome their disability. The electronic hearing device combines state-of-the-art technology with modern manufacturing methods to offer effective assistance to persons with total or partial hearing loss.
  Author: William Pensworth - Date: May 27, 2005



• Oticon Digital Hearing Aids – The Best There Is
  Oticon A/S adds a fully digital hearing aid to its existing range of listening devices for the hearing impaired. Oticon digital hearing aids are a culmination of extensive research and sheer dedication to those with severe hearing loss. Every improvement in the development of advanced hearing solutions has a crucial effect on the quality of life. The Oticon digital hearing aid offers unprecedented advancements and hope to hard of hearing individuals.
  Author: William Pensworth - Date: July 20, 2005



• Hearing Aid Cell Phones – Help For The Hearing Impaired
  More than 120 million people across the U.S. use cell phones, but people with hearing aids are still struggling to keep up with fast paced wireless technology. Audex Inc., a leading manufacturer of telecommunications and assistive listening devices, comes to their assistance with a new hearing aid mobile phone accessory compatible with many Nokia cell phones. These hearing aid cell phones offer improved mobile phone clarity to hearing impaired individuals, as well as to people using their phones in noisy environments.
  Author: William Pensworth - Date: June 3, 2005



• Implanted Hearing Devices – The Convenient Choice For Hearing Amplification
  Amongst the wide range of implanted hearing devices available, the Vibrant Soundbridge from Symphonix Devices, Inc. is one of the best. This implanted hearing device is designed to treat moderate to severe sensorineural hearing loss, which is the most common form of listening impairment in humans. An implant, the Vibrant Soundbridge hearing aid provides greater functionality through the external component, so users do not have to face another surgery or more hearing aids to gain the benefits of future upgrades.
  Author: William Pensworth - Date: May 5, 2005



• Digital Hearing Devices – For Greater Assistance
  Sensorineural hearing loss or nerve deafness is the most common type of hearing loss in the United States, affecting more than twenty-three percent of Americans in the age group 65 and above. Until the introduction of digital hearing devices, individuals suffering from deafness had only the option of traditional hearing devices.
  Author: William Pensworth - Date: August 14, 2005



• Easytab Hearing Aid Batteries - What’s So Easy About It?
  Easytab hearing aid batteries offer three major product improvements over other batteries; a design that is portable, compact and lightweight, a longer tab for ease of handling, and enhanced cell performance.
  Author: William Pensworth - Date: August 31, 2005



• Children's Hearing Aids – Made With A Difference
  A revolutionary hearing aid is transforming the lives of deaf children in the UK. The technology of fitting of bone anchored hearing aids (BAHA) is still in its infancy, but these children’s hearing aids are suitable for kids with a conductive hearing loss whereby sound cannot pass efficiently through the ear in the normal way.
  Author: William Pensworth - Date: June 30, 2005



• Hearing Aid Guides – Find One That’s Right For You
  In this rapidly expanding technological world, communication needs of the hearing impaired cries out for help. Omnidirectory, a new guide to technology and contacts for deaf and hard of hearing people, provides a wealth of unbiased information and bridges the existing gap by saving deaf people, their families and professionals the effort of tracking down individual details themselves. This comprehensive contacts listing guide brings together information on education, health and social services providers nationwide and provides assistance when sifting through the overwhelming sum of products and services being offered to the hearing impaired. The new edition of Omnidirectory now includes a special audiology section with hearing aid guides to deliver integrated services to hearing impaired children and adults and their families.
  Author: William Pensworth - Date: October 2, 2005



• Digital Hearing Aids – A Neoteric Solution
  In response to the communication needs of the hearing impaired, Oticon A/S has introduced Atlas, an extraordinary new line of fully digital hearing aids that offer neoteric technology at an affordably attractive price. This digital device combining state-of-the-art technology and audiology with the latest production methods offers valuable assistance in allowing people to hear properly.
  Author: William Pensworth - Date: April 29, 2005



• Hearing Aid Dangers – Be Aware Of The Risks Involved
  Thousands of children and adults in the United States with varying degrees of hearing loss have a cochlear implant. The cochlear implant replaces the function of the entire ear. It uses a microphone and directly stimulates any remaining hearing nerves using electricity to help the brain to hear. Persons using these hearing aids and parents of children going in for these type of hearing aids should be fully aware that there is a possible association between cochlear implants and the occurrence of bacterial meningitis. Although the cause of meningitis dangers in these hearing aid implant recipients has not been established, physicians must make individuals aware of these hearing aid dangers before the hearing device is implanted.
  Author: William Pensworth - Date: May 1, 2005



• Hearing Aid Telephones – Durable Headsets Recommended By Clinical Audiologists
  With the varying and demanding communication needs faced by every hard-of-hearing person, Andrew Corporation's wireless products division has introduced hearing aid telephones. These hearing aid compliant phones facilitate hearing aid wearers to benefit from supportive tools and devices for their home and work environments. A hearing aid telephone is one that has an internal feature that allows the use of telephone-compatible hearing aids, offering the hard of hearing a versatile solution matching their needs.
  Author: William Pensworth - Date: May 2, 2005



• Hearing Aid Risks – Are There Risks With Cochlear Implants?
  Nearly 10,000 children and 13,000 adults in the United States with severe-to-profound hearing loss have a cochlear implant. The implant is an electronic device containing electrodes that are surgically inserted into the inner ear to activate nerve fibers and allow sound signals to be transmitted to the brain. Unfortunatly, this listening device that aids children with hearing loss to perceive sounds and learn to speak comes with its own perils. Every parent should be apprised of these hearing aid risks before the device is implanted.
  Author: William Pensworth - Date: May 3, 2005



• Hearing Aid Discounts - For Your Listening Pleasure
  Hearing loss affects 28 million children and adults in the United States and can sometimes lead to poor school performance and behavioral problems in children . Apart from this, hearing disability has a correlative relationship with poor work productivity, low self esteem and debilitating psychological problems like depression, social anxiety and withdrawal from social activity. Statistics show that only 20 percent of all people who need hearing aids actually have them, because others cannot find affordable hearing aids. Hearing aid discounts offered by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina aim to offer users an afforadable solution.
  Author: William Pensworth - Date: June 4, 2005



• Hearing Aid Guidance – NICE Issues Guidance On Technology
  The National Institute for Clinical Excellence has today issued its guidance on hearing aid technology to the NHS.
  Author: Jay Barber - Date: May 12, 2004



• Compatible Hearing Aid – Digital Wireless Phones
  SHHH submitted comments to the Federal Communications Commission today, together with the National Association of the Deaf and Telecommunications for the Deaf Inc.in Response to the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association’s, Request for Reconsideration of the Hearing Aid Compatibility Rule. CTIA is fighting regulations that would work, over a period of time, toward enabling six million hearing aid wearers to use digital wireless phones.
  Author: Jay Barber - Date: May 12, 2004



• Double Hearing Aid – Allows People To Converse
  Hearing impaired people fitted with two hearing aids are better able to keep up with conversations and generally experience better sound quality than people wearing only one hearing aid.
  Author: Jay Barber - Date: May 12, 2004



• Hearing Aid Price – Drastically Cutting Prices
  Hearing loss and the problems that go with it mean that many sufferers find themselves penalised twice – firstly by their disability and secondly by the high cost and availability of high quality modern hearing aids.
  Author: Jen Bead - Date: January 2, 2004



• Automatic Hearing Aid – Speech Focus And Natural Sound Quality
  Bernafon presents a breakthrough in digital signal processing technology for hearing instruments.
  Author: Nick Town - Date: January 2, 2004



• Smile Hearing Aid – Better Speech Understanding In Noise
  Hearing impaired people experience their greatest difficulty in understanding speech in situations where there is disturbing background noise. To overcome this problem, Bernafon is proud to introduce the Smile 115 DM — the hearing system with the highest directional performance worldwide.
  Author: Nick Town - Date: January 2, 2004



• Voice-Activated Hearing Aid – Adapto Has Three New Features
  Miniature Computer in the Ear is the “Brains” Behind Ability to Detect Human Voice.
  Author: Nick Town - Date: January 2, 2004



• New Hearing Aid – Deltek Has 6 New Products
  Deltek, the electromechanical components division of Knowles, will strengthen its position as the preferred provider of reliable and innovative micro-electromechanical controls with the worldwide introduction of two new volume controls, two new switches, one micro trimmer and an active telecoil at the 7000 Volume Control.
  Author: Nick Town - Date: December 31, 2003



• Hearing Impaired Cellphone – Cellphone Won't Interfere With Hearing Aid
  Myers Johnson Inc., the developer of the Vortis Antenna for cellular phones and Centurion Wireless Technologies, Inc., the leading designer and manufacturer of antennas for wireless communications, today announced a strategic alliance that will make cellular phones accessible to the hearing impaired. Centurion will manufacture Myers Johnson's Vortis antenna, an advanced array antenna that alleviates RF interference that people with hearing aids experience when using cellular phones. Centurion and Myers Johnson will work together in the sales and distribution of the antenna.
  Author: Trent Offer - Date: December 30, 2003



• Hearing Aid Implant – Provides Better Sound Quality
  A new hearing device that is implanted in your middle ear may provide better sound quality than conventional hearing aids, according to the January issue of Mayo Clinic Health Letter.
  Author: Trent Offer - Date: December 30, 2003



• Type Of Hearing Aid – The Four Basic Types
  There are four basic types of hearing aids common to most manufacturers. All four will help with mild to moderate losses, but if loss is more severe, choices can be more limited. While size is the most obvious difference, each style has different attributes that are important to consider.
  Author: Jen Bead - Date: December 30, 2003



• Implanted Hearing Device – Treats Moderate To Severe Loss
  Symphonix Devices, Inc., a San Jose, Calif.-based hearing technology company, has received authorization to affix the CE Mark to the next generation of its Vibrant Soundbridge™ system, announced Kirk Davis, president and chief executive officer of Symphonix. The Vibrant Soundbridge is a semi-implantable hearing device designed to treat moderate to severe sensorineural hearing loss, the most common form of hearing impairment.
  Author: Trent Offer - Date: December 29, 2003



• Hearing Device Experiment – Yamaha AW4416
  Since 1988, Salt Lake City based SONIC Innovations has designed, developed, manufactured and marketed advanced digital hearing aids, and is renowned for using the smallest single-chip DSP platform ever installed in a device for the hearing impaired.
  Author: Jen Bead - Date: December 22, 2003



• Octicon Digital Hearing Aid – Two Cosmetic Looks
  Oticon A/S announced today the introduction of Adapto Power; a new, fully digital hearing aid for severely hearing impaired people. Depending heavily on their hearing instruments, this group is among the most challenging to fit. Every improvement in the development of advanced hearing solutions can have a crucial effect on their quality-of-life.
  Author: Nick Town - Date: December 22, 2003



• Hearing Aid Implant – Expanding Criteria For Cochlear Implants
  Previous research has concluded that expanding the criteria for cochlear implantation is justifiable. Groups that have benefited from this research include children under age two, multiply handicapped children, and children and adults with increased amounts of residual hearing. This same research shows that the duration of deafness, especially in the congenitally deaf population, and age of implantation are important predictors of success for this device. Consequently, many believed that cochlear implantation for the congenitally deaf would not provide a significant impact in overall communication skills.
  Author: Nick Town - Date: December 22, 2003



• Hearing Aid Style – Range Of Functions And Features
  Hearing aids are better than ever. Many hearing-impaired people would benefit from using them, but only one out of five, who need hearing aids, actually have one. There are many types and degrees of hearing loss. This is why there are many types of hearing aids with a wide range of functions and features to address individual needs. Today, hearing aids can be programmed to automatically respond to minute changes in sounds, etc.
  Author: Trent Offer - Date: December 22, 2003



• Digital Listening Aids – Small, Invisible Digital Hearing Aids
  A whole new generation of digital hearing aids is now available from Mills-Peninsula's Audiology department. These leading-edge digital devices can be small - sometimes nearly invisible - require little maintenance and often are an easier adjustment for people, according to Ellen King, Mills-Peninsula audiologist.
  Author: Nick Town - Date: December 22, 2003



• New Hearing Aid – Compression Amplifier
  Dave Adams, Executive Vice President of Micronix , announced today that the company has developed an ASIC that contains a special compression amplifier that will be of great benefit to the hearing impaired. Designed to be programmed precisely for a person's hearing loss, the in-the-ear hearing unit is automatic and requires no volume control. With the recent attention given to President Clinton's hearing loss, this new technology becomes an important announcement as more focus will be centered on the hearing impaired and new technological developments being developed to help them. Micronix is an application specific integrated circuit company, specializing in analog and mixed-signal solutions.
  Author: Jen Bead - Date: December 22, 2003



• Nokia Hearing Aid Accessory – Digital Phone Clarity
  First-of-its-kind product features inductive technology, providing T-coil hearing aid users digital phone clarity.
  Author: Nick Town - Date: December 22, 2003



• Availability Of Hearing Aid – Some Don't Want Hearing Aids
  Of the five million people who could benefit from a hearing aid only two million have one according to a Health Which? report today.
  Author: Jen Bead - Date: December 22, 2003