Audiologist-articles

Roadmap to a Auracast Community

(6 pages) Advocacy for Auracast (just like hearing loops) will set you apart as a provider. Read how an audiologist helped to bring attention to assistive listening in her community and beyond. You can do something similar.  May/June 2014, Audiology Today. If all audiologists would foster one or two AURACAST installations, we could make this […]

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2025 NASEM Measuring Meaningful Outcomes for Adult Hearing Health Interventions

As people get older, they become more likely to have hearing difficulties in certain situations; for example, having conversations in public settings where there is naturally more noise. This can sometimes lead to isolation, depression, or even fatigue from the effort needed to communicate with others. Clinicians and researchers often do not use standardized outcome

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Clinician Perspectives on Training and Implementation of Telecoils in Hearing Aids (Poster)

(December 2024) This study explored clinicians’ perspectives on telecoils, including their approaches to patient education and the factors influencing their decision to implement telecoils in hearing aids. Assistive Listening Burwinkel, Justin R., et al. (February 2024) “Hearing Loops and Induction Coils: Improving SNR in Public Spaces.” Hearing Review 31, no. 2 pp 22–25. Alles, M.

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Hearing Loops and Induction Coils Improving SNR

(4 pages) February 2024. Burwinkel et al. Hearing Review. pp. 22-25. Previous studies have demonstrated the significant benefits of hearing loops and induction coils based on subjective reports or objective measurements in controlled environments. This study evaluates the extent of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) improvement provided by these assistive technology systems in various real-world listening situations.

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