by Bruce Brown | October 8, 2018 | General News, Health
Hearing impairment rates for U.S. adults vary significantly with age, according to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communications Disorders. For example, while only 2% of adults aged 45 to 54 have a disabling hearing loss, the rates climb to 8.5% for ages...
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by Bruce Brown | January 24, 2018 | General News, Health
Nuheara introduced hearables at CES 2018 that would not have been legal six months earlier. IQbuds Boost’s Ear ID hearing threshold calibration analysis software incorporates National Acoustics Labs’ NAL-NL2 self-fit protocol. NAL-NL2 is an international,...
by Kimberly Houston | December 14, 2017 | General News, Health
When smartphones started omitting the standard 3.5mm headphone jack, there was a bit of an uproar among those who didn’t love the idea of buying a separate adapter to listen to music, podcasts, or other audio with their headphones. Blog posts and online forums filled...
by Alfred Poor | August 31, 2017 | General News, Health
The hearing aid (and “hearing device”) market is in the middle of a revolution. On the one hand, sophisticated devices are becoming available for consumers over the counter, without the need for a professional exam or prescription. And digital signal...
by Bruce Brown | August 9, 2017 | General News, Health
Even Republicans and Democrats agree that hearing loss is a major health and wellness issue in the U.S. According to the Hearing Loss Association of America, 1 in 5 people report having some level of hearing impairment. Among adults 65 and older, 1 in 3 have hearing...
