By Stephen Hallenbeck, Au.D The location of the microphone is extremely important during the design phase of hearing instrument because of the differences in sound energy. Prior to reaching the ear, a sound wave interacts with the environment. Absorptions and reflections inherent in any acoustic environment provide amplification or attenuation to certain frequency regions of […]
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By Stephen Hallenbeck, Au.D This week, I’ll be posting a number of blog posts about the science behind Remote Microphone Technology and the patient benefits in terms of localization, directivity and wind noise reduction. Remote Microphone Technology works by leveraging the natural effects of the pinna and external ear. The pinna carries out an important
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By Tammara Stender, Au.D. & Rena Appleby, Au.D. Verification and validation are techniques that are used to ensure hearing aid performance and end-user satisfaction. Despite the many benefits, these techniques are often overlooked during fitting. Some common reasons are: Unclear on test result interpretation or how to convey results to patients, and/or belief that digital
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By Jennifer Groth, M.A. One of the best ways to personalize a fitting for your patients is to choose the most appropriate hearing aid experience level. ReSound’s Aventa 3 fitting software includes 4 levels specific to the patient’s hearing aid experience level: Comfort User, First Time User, Experience – Linear, and Experience – Nonlinear. This
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Wax build-up is the most common cause for “weak” or “dead” custom instruments being returned to ReSound for repair. To illustrate the impact of a plugged wax filter, response curve Hearing Instrument Test (HIT) measures were obtained for a hearing instrument in two different scenarios. It was run once with a plugged wax filter and
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We know from our regional sales directors and business partners that selling hearing aid accessories is not easy. Based on the feedback we’ve received from audiology clinics and dispensers, we’ve come up with some recommended strategies to boost your wireless accessories sales. Use bundled pricing Keep patient needs front and center; determine whether a patient
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ReSound’s Reconfigure option can be used when the physical receiver or the open versus closed configuration that you are using is different than that identified in Aventa 3. Reconfigure allows you to customize Alera BTE aids to best fit your patients’ needs. Follow these guidelines to take advantage of Reconfigure: After connecting the instruments in
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ReSound has developed a new technology for wind noise protection. WindGuard, which will be available in the Fall, is a dual-microphone signal processing technology designed to effectively reduce the level of wind noise in hearing devices. While hearing devices have come a long way in eliminating wind noise, hearing instruments that use dual microphones still
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We’ve heard from our Facebook community that there is a desire for more practical advice around overcoming technical problems. The “Tech Tip” section of our blog will be dedicated to solving key technical issues that have been reported to our technical support department. If you have other technical issues that you would like us to
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Here at ReSound, we’re excited to launch this blog as a way to share hearing industry news, insights and innovations with audiologists, dispensers and hearing industry professionals. Our Global Audiology team of experts are constantly writing white papers and publishing content about key industry topics. Via “In Your Ear”, ReSound is now bringing this content
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