Profession
Mexico: Exponential advances in cochlear implants
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- Published on 22 May 2014
Over the last 20 years in Mexico there has been a considerable development of the use of cochlear implants, with increasingly more patients claiming the technology has changed their lives.
Business tips for audiologists: Make a great impression
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- Published on 16 May 2014
It can take just a quick glance, and no more than seven seconds, for someone to evaluate you when you meet for the first time. Opinions are formed based on appearance, body language, demeanour, mannerisms and dress. These first impressions can be nearly impossible to reverse. Mike Yates, coach and regular contributor to Audio Infos United Kingdom, provides some guidance on how to make a great first impression.
Bilateral cochlear implantation under the prism of the 'disruptive technology' concept
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- Published on 07 May 2014
Using the business concept of technology disruption helps us to give a different look on bilateral cochlear implantation and the binaural benefits it provides to users. Applying the concept shows for instance how simultaneous or short delay bilateral CI represents a disruptive technology in the treatment of bilateral deafness since it prevents auditory cortex from reorganization. Long sequential implant can be considered as a form of techonology disruption since users accept and appreciate a lower level of fidelity than the market expects they would require to get the level of benefit they derive. Settling happily with this poorer fidelity demonstrates that the criterion "good enough" is relevant to consider in a cost-efficacy analysis.
Australian researchers lead the way for developing countries to have self-fitting hearing aids
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- Published on 07 May 2014
EVENT
Australian researchers believe a self-fitting hearing aid is a cost-effective way to bring relief to the millions of people suffering hearing loss worldwide. The need to develop a self-fitting hearing aid to help manage the hearing loss currently experienced by 360 million people worldwide is a topic up for serious discussion by international leading experts at a roundtable on the future of global hearing services at the XXXII World Congress of Audiology in Brisbane this week.
People with hearing loss rate level of after-care as top reason for choosing independent centres
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- Published on 06 May 2014
Survey
More than three quarters (76 per cent) of people in the UK with a hearing loss say that the high level of after-care offered by independent hearing centres is the primary reason for choice over national outlets or the NHS, according to new research.
Universal newborn hearing screening in Ireland: an update
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- Published on 05 May 2014
NHS
Universal newborn hearing screening makes it possible to identify hearing impairment early and, along with timely audiological treatment, can significantly improve quality of life and development in children found to have hearing loss. In April 2011, Ireland‘s national health service, the HSE (Health Service Executive) contracted Northgate Public Services to implement the country’s screening program.
Deaf versus hard-of-hearing: a viewpoint
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- Published on 18 April 2014
Awareness
In a viewpoint article in the American Journal of Nursing, Margaret Widner-Kolberg, a hearing loss support specialist and clinical instructor in pediatrics at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland (USA), provides her insight into hearing loss and the difference between people who identify as deaf and those who identify as hard-of-hearing.
Bluetooth: new global standard for hearing aids
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- Published on 14 April 2014
MARKET
In a press release on March 2014, the European Hearing Instrument Manufacturers Association (EHIMA) announced that it has teamed up with the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), the organization that issues authorizations to manufacturers that wish to use the technology.
Happy birthday Audiology Worldnews!
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- Published on 08 April 2014
April marks the one-year anniversary of the launch of the Audiology Worldnews website. We would like to thank all our readers who take the time to look through our frequently visited pages. Launched during the American Academy of Audiology event AudiologyNOW! in 2013, Audiology Worldnews is the website for hearing healthcare professionals across the globe that provides continuously updated quality international content. A network of local correspondents provides news, technical and medical articles, interviews, videos and industry events from many different countries.
Further roll-out of hearing loop technology
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- Published on 04 April 2014
service
Hearing loop technology that wirelessly transfers sounds and words coming over an auditorium’s sound system directly into hearing aids or cochlear implants has continued its wide-spread roll-out in the USA.
