With the Olympic Games currently going on in London, we decided to take a look at some of the Olympic athletes (both current and historic) that have overcome their hearing impairment to compete. David Smith 2012 US Men’s Volleyball Team David is a 27 year old first time Olympian. He was born with hearing loss, […]
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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,
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The MarketTrak VIII research report was published in November about the prevalence of tinnitus in the United States. According to this report, the size of the tinnitus population in the US is now 30 million – about 10% of the entire population. Sergei Kochkin, PhD, Richard Tyler, PhD, and Jennifer Born present data in this
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“To the hearing impaired listener, the fidelity of a hearing aid is not fidelity to the input sound but fidelity to the normal perception of that sound.” This quote from a 2004 article on hearing aids by Edgar Villchur sums up what has been and continues to be the ReSound philosophy of amplification. Villchur passed
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Below are some of the questions that were asked during the ReSound Online Symposium, along with the answers provided by Laurel Christensen, Chief Audiology Officer for ReSound. If you have additional questions, post a comment here or contact us on Twitter @gnresoundus. Do you recommend that elderly patients be given wireless accessories at their first
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Did you know that October is Audiology Awareness Month and National Protect Your Hearing Month? As hearing care professionals you know how hard it is for individuals to accept hearing loss and take the next step to get help. October is the perfect time to focus on increasing awareness about the isolation of hearing loss
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By Jennifer Groth, M.A. Hearing conservation and recreational noise exposure are topics that go hand-in-hand. Enthusiasts of noisy recreational activities, such as musical performance or hunting, recognize that hearing is an integral part of their pastime that needs to be guarded and maintained. Specialty shops for musical instruments, sporting goods or motorcycle dealerships often host
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