Category Archives: Hearing Assistance Technology

Fall Back for some real Daylight Savings!

Daylight saving time will end this upcoming Sunday whereby clocks will “fall back” officially at 2:00 am local time for those areas observing this practice. It was originally adopted by many countries as a means to conserve fuel during World … Continue reading

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Thinking Outside of the Packaged Product’s Box

Recently, a customer was seeking a wireless communication solution for her clinical practice that would enable an audiologist to privately communicate with another audiologist during pediatric assessments. Specifically, the audiologist sitting outside of the audiometric booth (at the audiometer) needed a means to relay … Continue reading

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Business Phone Solutions for Hearing Aid Wearers: Part 3

This is the third post in a three-part series addressing ideal business phone solutions for hearing aid wearers experiencing difficulty using the phone at work. Part 1 and Part 2 both addressed options for hearing instrument wearers employed in traditional work … Continue reading

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Business Phone Solutions for Hearing Aid Wearers: Part 2

This is the second post of a three-part series addressing ideal business phone solutions for hearing aid wearers experiencing difficulty using the phone at work. Part 1 outlined options for users of streamers and/or T-coil equipped hearing instruments using standard PBX phone systems. … Continue reading

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Business Phone Solutions for Hearing Aid Wearers: Part 1

This is the first of a three-part series addressing ideal business phone solutions for hearing aid wearers experiencing difficulty using the phone at work.  Why a three-part series? Because viable business phone solutions depend on available hearing aid features (streamer vs. no-streamer, T-coil vs. no T-coil) as … Continue reading

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I Need a Wireless Solution to Hear My Cell Phone Better!!

When your patient with hearing loss tells you “I need a wireless solution that will help me hear my cell phone better“, what solutions come to mind? Certainly, a hearing instrument accompanied with a streamer would be ideal although those of us in the … Continue reading

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Become a Member of Bluetooth Royalty with the Quattro 4.0

A blog post about a neckloop may seem pedestrian, dull, boring, tiresome, and (oh, did I mention?) unremarkable. After all, a neckloop is simply a thick “necklace” worn by a hearing instrument or cochlear implant wearer that connects to an external sound source (cell phone, home phone, iPod). All … Continue reading

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Say Hi to Roger, Phonak’s New Standard in Wireless Technology – guest post by Dan Stover

These days, the world is your hearing oyster. New technology is being introduced at an almost overwhelming rate to help bring better hearing to individuals with hearing loss, even in the most challenging of environments. Regardless of the incredible technology … Continue reading

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