Category Archives: Hearing Instrument Technology

Help Patients Get a Grip on their Hearing Aids

Posted on February 25, 2015 by AU Bankaitis

We all have a few hearing instrument wearing patients who could use a little assistance with hearing instrument insertion. The Gator Grip is a new hearing aid insertion tool that makes it easier and faster for BTE, RIC, and open fit users … Continue reading →

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Product of the Moment for #AudPeeps: Mirror-Go-Round

Posted on October 23, 2014 by AU Bankaitis

Don’t you wish you could show your patients how their new hearing instruments look in their ears without having to break out that huge mirror and positioning it just so in order for it to reflect to the other main … Continue reading →

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Vanish: Hide Your Patient’s Hearing Aids – guest post by Robert M. Traynor

Posted on June 4, 2014 by AU Bankaitis

The Problem: About 4 years ago, a hearing aid consumer came to me with a problem. Al Musser was using a very nice set of relatively new, high-end receiver-in-the-canal (RIC) hearing instruments but remained concerned that the receiver wire covers were too … Continue reading →

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Hearing Aids Made for iPhone – guest post by Jennifer Groth

Posted on May 7, 2014 by AU Bankaitis

Like many technical fields, audiology is rife with acronyms. Many are identical to those used in other fields, to the consternation of anyone trying to learn them. Take “REM” or “CIC”, for example. Recently, a new acronym has begun to … Continue reading →

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Business Phone Solutions for Hearing Aid Wearers: Part 3

Posted on April 23, 2014 by AU Bankaitis

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

Posted on April 16, 2014 by AU Bankaitis

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

Posted on April 9, 2014 by AU Bankaitis

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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Hear life to its fullest with Halo, the new Made for iPhone Hearing Aid from Starkey Hearing Technologies – guest post by Dave Fabry

Posted on April 2, 2014 by AU Bankaitis

Starkey Hearing Technologies is excited to announce the release of Halo, our Made for iPhone Hearing Aid. Halo offers proven best-in-class hearing aid features for feedback reduction, adaptive noise management, frequency lowering (when needed) and directionality.   But that is just … Continue reading →

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