Serious hearing loss is an all-too-common problem besetting U.S. military veterans and is the number-one cause of disability among those soldiers returning from Afghanistan. The problem is all the more tragic because for the most part hearing loss is preventable: a simple, inexpensive set of good earplugs can protect your hearing from the damage caused by even explosions and … [Read more...] about Doing Well By Doing Good: Etymotic Research Wins CES Award For High-Tech Ear Plugs Protecting Soldiers’ Hearing In War Zones
Hearing Protection
Phonak Uses World Cup Vuvuzela Noise As Design Laboratory For New Hearing Protection Products
Phonak's Hear the World initiative got so much attention from its announcement that vuvuzela horns were damaging World Cup attendees' hearing that the hearing aid company's product designers sprung into action to adapt Phonak's popular Serenity industrial hearing-protection products with a new line of consumer devices for fans who need to protect their hearing at stadium events … [Read more...] about Phonak Uses World Cup Vuvuzela Noise As Design Laboratory For New Hearing Protection Products
Vuvuzela Or No Vuvuzela, Ear Plugs Are A Must To Protect Your Hearing At Any Stadium Sporting Event
Phonak's Hear The World Foundation touched a nerve when it warned World Cup fans of the damage stadium noise can cause to your hearing, especially if you're in the midst of a chorus of vuvuzela horns. It turns out that, at 127 decibels (dB), a vuvuzela is louder than an air horn. On top of normal cheering in a heated match, the sound can quickly do permanent damage to your … [Read more...] about Vuvuzela Or No Vuvuzela, Ear Plugs Are A Must To Protect Your Hearing At Any Stadium Sporting Event
With FDA’s Blessing, New Over-The-Counter Hearing Aids And Personal Sound Amplifiers Promise To Disrupt Global Hearing Industry
Improvements in technology and performance have enabled a new class of over-the-counter hearing aids and personal sound amplifiers to gather momentum in the global hearing-aid market. A new breed of manufacturers is bypassing traditional distribution channels with products that have the potential to dramatically change the price/performance equation and disrupt the traditional … [Read more...] about With FDA’s Blessing, New Over-The-Counter Hearing Aids And Personal Sound Amplifiers Promise To Disrupt Global Hearing Industry
Hearing Aid Technology Is Finally Going To Work In Hearing Protection Market
For a long time, the standard in hearing protection for the military, police and workers in noisy industrial environments was little more than a set of ill-fitting ear plugs. But blocking your hearing is often more dangerous than potentially losing it in noisy environments where inability to hear your colleague's voices or failure to hear warnings of an imminent threat can put … [Read more...] about Hearing Aid Technology Is Finally Going To Work In Hearing Protection Market