Monthly Review: Recovering Sound - Planning Ahead

Happy HallowTurkeymasYear!

Well hello there! Seems like I was wearing my Halloween costume the other day, when I was invited to eat some turkey and then put up my Christmas tree, but now there are fewer and fewer shopping days left before I have to ring in the new year! I hope your holiday season is going well, seems like mine is going by at light speed, so I will make this email quick!

Recovering Sound

We have two feature articles this month that relate to nonlinear frequency compression. The first is, Nonlinear Frequency Compression for Mild Loss. Michael Boretski from Phonak and Andrea Kegel from University Hospital Zurich's show data that demonstrate that this technology may be applicable for a wider range of hearing loss than what was thought possible. The second is, Modified Verification Approaches for Frequency Lowering Devices. Our friends from the north do more than sip Tim Hortons, they like to VERIFY hearing aid fittings. Danielle Glista and Susan Scollie propose a protocol for the the verification of frequency lowering hearing aids. Take a read. BTW - my best time is 26:42 seconds - beat THAT Susan Scollie!

Planning Ahead

Over the past year, how many of you watched the value of your 401ks look like the hearing losses that we are trying to help with nonlinear frequency compression? Hopefully, your portfolio has recovered some, but I think now we all know what a precipitous loss feels like! Take a read of Planning Ahead - Retirement Benefits for an Uncertain Future by Granville Brady and Ralph Braskett. They talk about Social Security, 401ks and other options we should be looking at for retirement.

Fact From Fiction

To round out our offerings, we help you to understand the current trends in noise reduction schemes with Dr. Brian Taylor's paper Separating Fact from Fiction: Making Sense of Processed-Based Noise Reduction.

Other Great Interviews and Interesting Web Tidbits

Dr. Smaka has been very busy with interviews lately, so take a look to the right for insights on the latest regarding Starkey's new S Series BTE with Sweep Technology, SeboTek's RIC offerings, Unitron's Passport Premium, and Bernafon's ChannelFree processing. Also, our Associate Editor, Kristi Albers, takes us "Around the Web" for some interesting tidbits on how the rest of the world looks at audiology, hearing aids and hearing loss. This includes: life as a cyborg, iPhone helps tinnitus sufferers, the skin hears, dizzy dogs and bling for hearing aids.

Thank You and That Time of Year

As always, thank you so much for reading and participating in our website. It is that "Time of Year" - time to earn those CEUs before the year runs out! Please be sure to view our latest collection of CEU courses that are free to view, and when you are ready to earn your CEUs, sign up for our CEU Total Access Program, simply the best continuing education program anywhere!

Best regards,
Paul Dybala, Ph.D. - Audiologist
President & Editor-in-Chief, Audiology Online