“Imagine earpieces that let you tune in to a guy who is whispering across the room, or eyeglasses that allow you to scan the price of any item in a supermarket.” This is the bionic future that The New York Times journalist, Farhad Manjoo, writes about in his article: “Conjuring Images of a Bionic Future”, …
It is widely known that when you lose one sense, your other senses may become sharper. So, what if you could cure hearing loss by temporarily removing the ability to see? This is what researchers at the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University have been exploring in adult mice. According to the journal, Neuron, …
Muskegon High School junior, Janiece Levelston, is a burgeoning high school basketball star – and she has mild to severe hearing loss. First diagnosed in First Grade, Janiece struggled to come to terms with her hearing loss, finding her hearing aids uncomfortable and being teased by the other kids. It wasn’t until Janiece started playing …
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ReSound recently contributed an article on “Lowering Your Patient Acquisition Costs Through Marketing” to ADVANCE for Hearing Practice Management. When it comes to marketing to prospective patients with hearing loss, you know that most consumers will not contact you the first time they hear about your practice. That’s true of many consumers regardless of industry, …
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In the wake of our announcement this week about ReSound’s new partnership with the Tinnitus Practitioner’s Association (TPA), here’s a look at what hearing industry bloggers are saying about Tinnitus treatment. Hearing Mojo blogger, David Copithorne, talks about an interesting phenomenon he has noted among his over-50 friends. “These guys (yes, they are usually guys) …
By Tammara Stender and Jennifer Groth A new trend is affecting the hearing aid market. This trend builds on the application of wireless connectivity between hearing aids and external sound sources, such as televisions, PCs, MP3 players and phones. Wireless connectivity itself is not new to the hearing aid market – but the ways it …
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The ReSound Unite Mini Microphone was featured in this month’s issue of Twin Cities Business Magazine. The Mini Microphone was highlighted as an innovation in health care for its ability to help hearing impaired individuals hear better in noisy environments. Kevin Mensink, VP of Marketing at Resound, was interviewed for this article. “It’s the first …
ReSound’s Tammara Stender recently contributed an article to the Hearing Journal’s R&D Blog on Binaural Fusion. The article talks about the philosophy behind Binaural Fusion; that the hearing aid user should remain in the driver’s seat and decide on the sound of interest, which is not the case with many wireless hearing aids. Many hearing …
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NFL player, Derrick Coleman, came to the Minnesota Vikings this year as a rookie. What people may not know about him is that he is hearing impaired. At the age of 3, Derrick was diagnosed as being hard of hearing due to a missing gene. He wears hearing aids and relies on lip reading, especially …
Researchers at the Beckman Institute at the University of Illinois have found that hearing loss may lead to permanent changes in the brain. Faculty member, Fatima Husain, who led the research said the results suggest “that functional changes due to sensory deprivation may result in long-term structural changes. However, in the case of tinnitus, surprisingly, …