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Lexie Lumen: IntriCon and hearX Partner on Direct-to-Consumer Hearing Aid Initiative
The Lexie Lumen is a slim-tube hearing aid manufactured by Intricon. The hearing aids are sold by hearX USA and cost $49/m.
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How Artificial Intelligence Could Completely Restore Hearing
Computers are now able to read lips and reproduce the speech. And Elon Musk wants to transmit hearing directly into your auditory cortex via Neuralink electrodes.
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Patent Could Fix Hearing Aid Performance For Everyone
The US patent office recently published "Method of adapting a hearing device to a user’s ear." The patent is very exciting as it suggests a method of verifying a hearing aid fitting, without requiring the hearing aid fitter to purchase expensive verification equipment...
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Lively Sells and Supports ReSound Hearing Aids Online
Direct-to-consumer Lively hearing aids offer comprehensive teleaudiology services, including web-based testing and face-to-face videoconferences with audiologists.
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New Zealand Company Develops Remote Hearing Care Innovation
New Zealand-based company, Triton Hearing, announced in April that it would be providing hearing aid services to rural communities via the internet— using a local nurse and remote audiologist.
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Audiology Best Practice Standards - Incorporating Virtual Care
Professor De Wet Swanepoel, Dr Paul Dybala, PhD, and Mark Truong have a lively discussion on incorporating remote care into best practice standards for audiology.
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Interview with Giles Tongue, CEO of ChatableApps
Hearing better in background noise is the #1 priority for hearing aid users around the world, and your app promises a significant improvement over existing technological solutions.
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Petition Asks Video Conferencing Services to Consider People with Hearing Loss
While video calls aid with lipreading, it is often still difficult to follow a conversation over video call due to poor audio quality and weak internet connections, especially if discussions involves more than one person.
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COVID-19 and Hearing Loss
Deaf and hard of hearing may be at higher risk of getting COVID-19 and becoming seriously sick. First, deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) people may have more heart and blood pressure disease than hearing people, which can place them at a higher risk of dying from COVID-19.
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Accessibility Strategies for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People in Remote Meetings
Like many of us in response to COVID-19, your home is now your office and/or classroom. If you’re deaf or hard of hearing like me, you may be scrambling to figure out the best way to communicate in this virtual space.
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Coronavirus Puts Spotlight on Clear-Window Surgical Masks
Now, with coronavirus, more people are wearing surgical masks than ever. That's why it's time to take another look at an obvious solution that should get far more attention: clear-window surgical masks.
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“You Have a Quiet Voice for Someone Who Works in an Audiologist’s Office”
Talking to the receptionist at the audiologist office can often be a frustrating struggle for someone with hearing loss. It should not be.