By JANE E. BRODY Yvetta Fedorova Hearing loss, a disability currently untreated in about 85 percent of those affected, may be the nation’s most damaging and costly sensory handicap. It is a hidden disability, often not obvious to others or even to those who have it. Its onset is usually insidious, gradually worsening over years […]
In just a short time, hearing aid batteries could be replaced by a drop of methanol. Danish scientists are working on replacing the existing batteries in hearing aids with easily rechargeable fuel cells which run on methanol. ”We have come further than we ever could have hoped when we started this project of designing methanol-based […]
A new Better Hearing Institute study shows increased quality of life with hearing aid use A new study by the Better Hearing Institute asked hearing aid owners to rate their hearing handicap reduction attributed to hearing aid usage as well as the impact of hearing aids on 14 quality of life factors. The key findings […]
New Legislation Introduced in the Senate Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) have introduced S.905, the Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act. The legislation provides a tax credit of up to $500 per hearing aid, once every five years for any individual who purchases a hearing aid Please write your member of Congress […]
How Oticon's ConnectLine Microphone has changed my life. Ok I have had a lot of time with this small microphone that Oticon released recently and here are my thoughts: WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG? Seriously, it is the most wonderful product I have seen in a long time…maybe ever, for helping those “companions” of those […]
Holland, MI — Holland Free Health Clinic and Van Doorne Hearing Care have joined efforts to provide hearing aids to the underserved in the Holland/Zeeland community. Behind-the-ear hearing aids which have six years of use or less and are in good, working condition can be dropped off at the Holland Free Health Clinic or Van […]
ConnectLine Microphone is a new addition to Oticon’s family of Bluetooth (TM) solutions. As a wireless companion microphone, ConnectLine Microphone helps with one-on-one communication in difficult listening situations by improving signal-to-noise ratios for the instrument user. To the majority of people, this email blast would go unnoticed. Audiologists get blasted with marketing and new releases constantly, […]
