Everyone knows that loud noises can damage hearing. Fire Crackers, standing too close to the speakers at a concert, or being in a loud stadium can quickly and permanently cause damage to your ears. But what about the quieter sounds that people are exposed to every day? Many everyday sounds register between 85-100 decibels. Whether…
Today, Signia announced the latest addition to their hearing aid line up, the Pure 13 BT Primax, scheduled for release in May. The new instrument offers some of Signia’s most innovative technology and will be the only hearing aid in Signia’s line-up that combines binaural audio exchange and direct streaming thanks to the e2e™ wireless…
Congratulations to our friends over at Starkey, whose Halo 2 hearing aid won an Interactive Innovation Award for Wearable Tech at the South by Southwest Conference and Festival in Austin last week. Launched in March of 2016, the Halo 2 continued the innovative line of “Made for iPhone” hearing aids; upgrading the both the compressor…
Browsing the internet can lead you to several “too good to be true” deals on hearing aids. Many of the places offering such deals simply ask you to send in an audiogram and they will send you your instruments of choice. It all seems so easy and convenient; how could anyone say “no”? But what…
Less than six years after its initial description, Scientists may have found a cause of hidden hearing loss. Hidden hearing loss manifests itself through the inability to hear and understand speech in noisy environment, without affecting patient’s ability to pass a traditional hearing test. Researchers at the University of Michigan believe that the disruption of the…
Seniors are not the only ones struggling with hearing loss today. A study from the American Academy of Otolaryngology has found that three million children under the age of 18 have some hearing loss or deafness, including 4 out of every 1,000 newborns. Many factors can cause hearing loss in a child and children are very vulnerable…