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The Best Apps for Captioning
Thursday, February 9th 2012
Phone applications provide people suffering from hearing impairment and loss on-the-go captioning services with in-call and movie options.
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What type of wireless technology is available in hearing aids today?
Tuesday, November 8th 2011
Wireless technology in hearing aids has provided many benefits to wearers, including increased convenience and access to Bluetooth devices.
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The Best Apps for Learning Sign Language
Tuesday, November 1st 2011
Today's smart phone apps make learning sign language convenient and interactive. We've reviewed the best apps for learning sign language here.
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Cell Phone Usage Linked to Brain Concerns
Friday, February 25th 2011
Recent studies have yielded evidence that the human brain is sensitive to the effects of RF-EMFs from acute cell phone exposures and that further testing is warranted.
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Hearing Aid Phones: Hearing Aid Compatibility Negotiations
Monday, December 13th 2010
Join the conversation and let the FCC and hearing aid manufacturers know your position and thoughts on the Hearing Aid Compatibility Act.
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Hearing Impaired Cell Phones: New FCC Ruling
Sunday, August 22nd 2010
The FCC has taken important steps to ensure that the latest wireless phones are hearing aid compatible which will expand access to mobile networks and services to the 8 million Americans who use hearing aids.
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Digital Hearing Aids with Bluetooth Technology for 8 Devices
Monday, July 26th 2010
The latest digital hearing aids with Bluetooth technology have changed the way hearing aid users stay connected. The Oticon Bluetooth Streamer delivers signals from up to eight different devices.
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As Part of its Commitment to Serving Customers with Disabilities, AT&T Is First Provider to Enhance IM Relay Services
Friday, November 13th 2009
Dallas, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - For people with hearing and speech loss, communicating with callers who can speak and hear just went real time,...
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iPhone as Hearing Aid?
Saturday, July 18th 2009
A new application for iPhone and iPod Touch called soundAMP claims to be the "first assistive application that turns your iPhone and iPod touch into an interactive hearing...
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Unlimited Connectivity for Easy Access to the Modern Communication World
Friday, May 15th 2009
New Phonak solutions offer intuitive wireless connectivity with mobile phones, TV, MP3 players or computers
Stafa, Switzerland, April 1st 2009 - Phonak introduces a new...
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TV Never Sounded So Good: Wireless Connectivity Hooks Your Hearing Aid Up
Monday, September 22nd 2008
Well, the networks are rolling out their new offerings for the fall viewing season and the question is: are you ready for some football? Or, more specifically, are your hearing...
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Hearing Aid Compatibility with Cell Phones
Monday, April 14th 2008
Millions of people who wear hearing aids have a difficult time with the use of cell phones. The problem is the way that sound is emitted over a wireless network. The conversation is transmitted using radio waves...
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Cordless Phone Manufacturers to Make All Handsets TIA-1083 Compliant
Friday, January 25th 2008
TIA's Interference Standard Quickly Becoming Ubiquitous in the Industry. Arlington, Va. - The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) and the Hearing Loss Association of...
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FCC Supports Adoption of ATIS Hearing Aid Compatibility Incubator Recommendations
Friday, November 23rd 2007
November 12, 2007, Washington, DC- ATIS announced today that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) tentatively adopted a number of proposed rule changes set forth by the...
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Technology Marches On! Wireless Comes to Hearing Aids
Monday, October 8th 2007
The world is on the move. Today, were all connected to the grid through cell phones, wireless laptops, Blackberry PDAs, wireless TV (the dish) and other devices that keep us...
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iPods and Thunderstorms: Danger Alert
Saturday, August 18th 2007
So youre jogging your usual route, listening to your iPod to block out the world and suddenly, out of nowhere, a bolt of lightening hits a nearby tree. You think that could be a...
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Consumer-Industry Consensus Reached Through ATIS Hearing Aid Compatibility Incubator on Alternative to FCC 'Fifty-Percent' Rule
Tuesday, May 22nd 2007
April 24, 2007, Washington, DC ATIS announced today that wireless service providers, wireless manufacturers and advocates for consumers with hearing loss have reached on...
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Wireless FM Systems for Improving Understanding in Noise
Monday, January 8th 2007
I have been informed that a wireless receiver might be useful to increase speech recognition. I have a pair of Siemens Triano hearing aids. Is there a wireless receiver that I can purchase for these hearing aids?
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Wireless CROS/BiCROS ITE-to-ITE System Offers More Choice and Flexibility
Thursday, September 28th 2006
Kitchener, Ontario - Unitron Hearing US, a manufacturer of easy-to-use digital hearing solutions, announced today the availability of the WiFi Mic ITE-to-ITE system. Since its...
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Telephones and the MyLink FM System
Monday, September 25th 2006
If I have an in-the-ear (ITE) hearing aid with a telephone switch, how would I use the MyLink wireless receiver? What would the cost be, and what components would I need to purchase? Would it work with a switchless telephone amplifier?
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Interton Selects AMI Semiconductor for Development of Advanced Wireless Capabilities in Digital Hearing Aids
Thursday, July 27th 2006
Ultra-low power technology positions AMIS as wireless audiology solutions expertPocatello, Idaho - July 5, 2006 - AMI Semiconductor (NASDAQ: AMIS), a designer and manufacturer of...
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The Mobile Phone Challenge
Monday, July 10th 2006
"Mobile phones. Can't live with them. Can't live without them." That was my complaint to my wife after our 16-year-old son recently lost his mobile phone. It's not...
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MicroMLxS: Smallest Radio Receiver Shrinks by Another 50%
Monday, May 15th 2006
It is not only hearing instruments that are getting ever smaller. Todays wireless communication devices for people with hearing impairment are miniaturized as well. Two years ago...
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MyLink: New Affordable Wireless Receiver for Custom Products
Monday, May 1st 2006
A new invention by Phonak, MyLink, makes wireless communication possible for many hearing instrument users, who so far could not benefit from this technology.Recent studies...
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Using the Phonak Handymic With My PC
Monday, February 27th 2006
Is there a way to make my Phonak Handymic work with my pc, so that I can hear when receiving a videocall?
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