I’ve been eagerly anticipating the acoustic analysis of Apple’s AirPods Pro Hearing Aid Feature since their release was announced in September 2024. Now, The Hearing Review has published a study conducted by the National Acoustic Laboratories, a research institution known for shaping clinical practices and advancing hearing aid technology. This study explores key performance metricsContinueContinue reading “Breaking Down the AirPods Pro Hearing Aid Feature: How Their Gain Stacks Up Against Traditional Hearing Aids”
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The Future of Hearing: Do We Still Need Audiogram-Based Prescriptions in the Age of Over-The-Counter Hearing Aids?
Hearing aids are essential for individuals with permanent hearing loss, offering a primary solution to improve their hearing. These devices are customized to the user’s specific hearing needs, which are determined through an audiogram. An audiogram is created by having the patient listen and respond to pure tones, with the softest sounds they can hearContinueContinue reading “The Future of Hearing: Do We Still Need Audiogram-Based Prescriptions in the Age of Over-The-Counter Hearing Aids?”
Evaluating Online Information on Hearing Aids: A Credibility Review
To follow-up on my last article, I reviewed a research titled “Evaluating Quality, Credibility, and Readability of Online Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Information” by Shah et. al.. This study evaluated the quality, credibility, and readability of online -over-the-counter hearing aid educational material. The authors sourced the first 50 articles of 32,300,000 results from a Google Search of “over-the-counter hearing aids”.ContinueContinue reading “Evaluating Online Information on Hearing Aids: A Credibility Review”
What Google Trends Reveal About Public Interest in OTC Hearing Aids
A big topic in the Audiology world is OTC hearing aids, especially since Apple announced their Hearing Aid Feature in AirPods. There is still a lot of uncertainty around the product and the interest amongst the general public. I reviewed an article by Panth et al who studied the trends in OTC hearing aid informationContinueContinue reading “What Google Trends Reveal About Public Interest in OTC Hearing Aids”
Colorism and Structural Bias in Over-The-Counter Hearing Aid Color Options
One of the things that has always bothered me about the hearing aid space, is the lack of a variety of skin tone options for mid to darker skin tones. Recently I went on a deep-dive of information seeking about Over-the-Counter (OTC) hearing aids. I came across a fascinating article by Kirjava and Faulkner (2024)ContinueContinue reading “Colorism and Structural Bias in Over-The-Counter Hearing Aid Color Options”
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