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Production Begins on First FDA-Registered UV-Sterilizing Clear Mask
...ker https://www.hearingtracker.com/news/production-begins-on-first-fda-registered-clear-mask Production Begins on First FDA-Registered UV-Sterilizing Clear Mask The world's first FDA-registered clear UV-Sterilizing smart mask has reached almost $4 Million in backing on Indiegogo. Delivery is expected in the c...
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Clear face masks made by UA, KSU audiology students aid patients with hearing loss
https://www.beaconjournal.com/news/20200719/clear-face-masks-made-by-ua-ksu-audiology-students-aid-patients-with-hearing-loss Akron Beacon Journal https://www.beaconjournal.com/news/20200719/clear-face-masks-made-by-ua-ksu-audiology-students-aid-patients-with-hearing-loss Clear face masks made by...
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Widex Clear 330 and Masking
Hi, I just started a trial of the Widex Clear 330. It includes the Zen program which includes white noise which can be added to the Master Program to provide masking for tinnitus. It also includes bluetooth connectivity. So far I LOVE it!! I just tried the Phonak Audeo Yes 5 and it sucked! I high...
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Masks have made me rethink how soon I need new hearing aid
There are clear mask available. Hospitals have them for deaf patients. Screenshots_2020-07-10-20-15-29 Sometimes l have to ask them nicely to remove his/her mask for just...
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Assessment for Cochlear Implant - I'm a candidate!
...phone. No luck connecting - and then I became aware that every staff member was wearing a normal mask, when I was also assured they would be wearing clear masks! Just then the audiologist came for me - in my angst I blurted out that I was completely unable to “hear” with everyone wearing regular masks, and I...
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Face Masks for the Deaf or Hard of Hearing Pose New Challenge
This isn’t a new idea (surgical type mask with a clear plastic window for lip reading). I’ve had email blasts before from someone who sells them. At the time it wasn’t more than a curiosity. I hope they are still in business and doing well now. https://safenclear.com/ Safe'N'Clear https://safencl...
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59% drop in US hearing aid sales due to COVID
...ke a pass. Many first time users of HA’s are skeptical of the whole process to begin with, plus the cost. Throw in facial masks and an Audi wearing a clear mask - and X amount of people that should wear a hearing aid are going to say - NOPE. Not for me. And as we know the elderly are the largest age group to...
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Mask Usage for next 12 - 18 plus months
So think twice about buying expensive assisted listening devices. Simply because those expensive listening devices (Phonak pen/select) etc. won’t work as well as they should due to everyone wearing face masks. As everyone with a hearing loss knows masks can create communication problems making it...
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What hearing loss means to me
My wife loves comedies, I get nothing out of them due to my hearing loss, even with my hearing aids. Comedies give me a headache, because I have to work so hard to try to figure out when the audience is laughing. I can’t understand enough of what is said to understand the punchline. I have been c...
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Audiologist wearing a mask when in contact with patients
...and varied state licensure and dispensing laws, but you can ask. In our office we will be wearing masks and shields. We have a limited supply of the clear masks for lip reading. We will only use the one brand that has been FDA tested and approved, and they are hard to come by. I’m waiting for delivery of a v...
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'Please speak up': Mask buttons help those who wear hearing aids
I don’t wear a face mask, I wear a clear full face medical shield
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Fear of after pandemic face to face work
https://theclearmask.com theclearmask.com sells FDA-cleared and CE-marked clear masks. Also, is it possible for you to walk over to the patient who’s talking?
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Personal comparison between OTICON REAL 1 VS MORE 1 VS OPN1
I jump from Bernafon Zerena 9 (which is technologically equivalent to OPN1) to Oticon Real 1. For overall. Been wearing Since 13 Dec 2023 so I don’t have much to add, please take it with grain of salt. I find it approximately 30% improvement for me and it is not placebo. Oticon Real1 just definit...
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Mask Design
...s a pack of 24.) https://shop.hearingtracker.com/collections/clear-masks Hearing Tracker Shop https://shop.hearingtracker.com/collections/clear-masks Clear Masks Welcome to Hearing Tracker's hearing aid shop! We sell hearing aid batteries, domes and wax filters for hearing aids, and hearing aid dryers.
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Need to get hearing aids fast
...to run out and buy some cheap OTC ear dohicky that doesn’t compensate for your own unique hearing loss. Maybe you can talk the director into using a CLEAR mask (which everyone at my old audi’s clinic wore), but don’t count on it! You are putting the cart before the horse here. You need to first get fit with...
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Is it the Aids or the Provider
You would think that at least so called professionals would comprehend by now and and accommodate their patients with a clear mask.
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Teacher With Newly Diagnosed Loss Very Frustrated in the Classroom
Believe it or not, I’m a Teacher of the Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing and lost my hearing AFTER I’d been teaching about 15 or so years. I didn’t get hearing aids for about another 5 year since I was teaching using sign language. I became an itinerant (go from school to school) and that’s when I got my hea...
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Folks Just Don't Understand Hearing Loss!
eliotb: She doesn’t grasp that there is a difference between hearing and understanding, This was the hardest thing for my wife to understand. A typical occurrence when I first got the aids was that she would say something at low volume facing away from me and when I asked her to repeat she would ...
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Interesting appointment with AU.D.,CCC-A
It is why my doctor or nurse have to find clear masks or face shield and keep a distance.
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What term best to describe myself?
I don’t bother with describing myself. I do tell people: "I wear hearing aids, and with them I don’t hear very well so please speak loudly and clearly. Masks are just making this harder for me. " Most people just start shouting at me. Well, it works, I hear them. And that’s what matters to get wh...
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Changes to our shop for COVID-19 times
...er.com/collections/cleaning-sprays-and-wipes Cleaning Sprays and Wipes – Hearing Tracker Shop https://shop.hearingtracker.com/collections/clear-masks Clear Masks – Hearing Tracker Shop As you’ll notice, we don’t have a lot in these categories yet, but we are adding more over time. I more or less have access t...
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New OPN1 ITE aids
If you can put your hands on this clear mask and try it would better than freaking out at the audiologists.
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Resound Enzo Q - Disappointed
...basic tests and it appears I was in the upper limits of the aid range. General communication back and forth in Audi office seemed fine but even with clear mask and distance factor you’re not going to get the ideal environment to test aids as in the past. From there things seem to go down hill very quickly. T...
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ReSound LiNX Quattro vs Oticon OPN 1's
How accommodating will your hospital be? I’m fairly sure there are clear masks available that would help from the lipreading angle. If, somehow, the hospital has a pile of cash to throw around, you could look into the Phonak Ro...
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CI recipients, how are you all going?
It’s been two and a half months for me since activation.I understand speech very well in quiet one on one and sometimes do well with 2or3 people in quiet. People that I regularly talk to I understand well. New people I usually have to listen real hard. The robotic sounding voices have slowly fade...