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Research Quick Takes Volume 10: An Update on OTC Hearing Aids
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October 17, 2025
A review of the research that has been published since the FDA approval of OTC hearing aids in October 2022. Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults
Beyond Speech Intelligibility: Expanding the Clinician’s Role in Assessing the Individual’s Auditory Ecology
September 22, 2025
This article provides insights into how an individual’s auditory ecology can be assessed more broadly and how hearing aid selection decisions should be considered beyond improving the speech intelli... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults Hearing and Hearing Loss
Seamless Connections: A Busy Clinician’s Guide to Wireless Technology in New Generation Hearing Aids
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July 7, 2025
This is a 2-part article. Part 1 reviews wireless connectivity features with an emphasis on the evolution of Bluetooth transmission in hearing aids. Part 2 reviews the wireless benefits in hearing aid... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults Hearing and Hearing Loss
Research QuickTakes Volume 9: Clinical Implementation of Self-Assessment Inventories
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April 28, 2025
This course reviews the clinical application of self-report inventories, both those that can be used for a needs assessment, and also those which measure outcomes related to the use of hearing aids. W... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults
Improving Speech Understanding in Noisy Group Conversation: 86% of Participants Performed Better with Signia Integrated Xperience Versus Key Competitor
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April 2, 2025
This article presents a study that compared two different signal-processing approaches to improve hearing aid wearers’ ability to communicate in noisy group conversations. The study results show tha... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults
(Re)Connecting to the Conversation: How and Why to Optimize Outcomes in Group Communication Situations
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November 18, 2024
The spontaneous, often rapid fire, back and forth between listening and talking presents one of the greatest challenges for hearing aid wearers and their conversation partners. Using recently publishe... Read More
Research QuickTakes Volume 8: Hearing Aid Fitting Toolbox v2 - Non-audiologic Considerations in the Selection and Fitting of Hearing Aids
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September 3, 2024
A review of the literature and a discussion of non-audiometric factors that can influence a patient's success with hearing aids. Topics include the perception of hearing problems, locus of control, li... Read More
Aural Rehabilitation and Counseling - Adults Hearing Aids - Adults
Accentuating the Positive: Overcoming the Complexities of Stigma Through Thoughtful Product Design & More-Effective Person-Centered Communication
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June 17, 2024
A recent report suggests approximately 20% of hearing aid non-owners cite stigma as a barrier to pursuing hearing aids – even when lower cost, direct-to-consumer options are made available to them.... Read More
Research QuickTakes Volume 7: Useful Clinical Nuggets Mined From Recent Hearing Aid Research
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May 3, 2024
This course includes short summaries of recent journal articles that have direct clinical applications. Key teaching points are explained. The summaries are from articles spanning five different areas... Read More
Assistive Devices Hearing Aids - Adults
How AI-Driven Hearing Aid Features and Fresh Approaches to Counseling Can Promote Better Outcomes: Part 2, Towards Empowered Follow-up Care
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October 2, 2023
This article examines how AI-driven features in new generation hearing aids when combined with targeted person-centered counseling and other systematic approaches to follow-up care can speed the weare... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults Hearing and Hearing Loss
Research QuickTakes Volume 6 (Pt. 2): Hearing Aid Fitting Toolbox—Verification and Validation
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September 11, 2023
This course describes procedures associated with the varication and validation of the hearing aid fitting, including probe-mic assessment, sound field threshold testing and self-assessment outcome mea... Read More
Assistive Devices Hearing Aids - Adults Hearing and Hearing Loss
Research QuickTakes Volume 6 (Pt. 1): Hearing Aid Fitting Toolbox —Important Pre-Fitting Measures
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September 11, 2023
Prior to the actual fitting of the hearing aid, there are several pre-fitting measures that must be conducted. In this article, we review four of these measures, and provide step-by-step guidance rega... Read More
Assistive Devices Hearing Aids - Adults Hearing and Hearing Loss
Research QuickTakes Volume 4: Potential Hearing Aid Fitting Misconceptions
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August 25, 2023
In the everyday practice of hearing aid fitting, audiologists sometimes develop misconceptions about how hearing aids work, or different fitting practices. We reviewed a few of them in this article an... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults Hearing and Hearing Loss
Research QuickTakes Volume 3: Optimizing the Hearing Aid Fitting Process
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August 23, 2023
This course reviews several issues related to following best practice when fitting hearing aids. Topics discussed include patient-centered care, speech in noise testing, loudness measures, output veri... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults Hearing and Hearing Loss
Research QuickTakes Volume 2: Identification and Management of Post-Fitting Hearing Aid Issues
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August 21, 2023
This course reviews several issues related to patient satisfaction following the hearing aid fitting, and how the HCP can work through these problems. Discussion includes reliance on patient judgments... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults Hearing and Hearing Loss
Research QuickTakes Volume 1: Understanding and Treating the Background Noise Problem for Hearing Aid Users
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August 14, 2023
This course reviews the issues surrounding the understanding of speech in background noise and how hearing instruments and fitting procedures can be used to help solve this problem. New and innovative... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults Hearing and Hearing Loss
How AI-Driven Hearing Aid Features and Fresh Approaches to Counseling Can Promote Better Outcomes: Part 1, The Catch-22 of Follow-up Care
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August 1, 2023
The current state of follow-up care and its vital role in outcomes for adult hearing aid wearers is examined in this article. Ideas for making it more efficient are discussed. Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults Hearing and Hearing Loss
AI-Based Fine-tuning: How Signia Assistant Improves Wearer Acceptance Rates
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April 3, 2023
Despite major advances in all steps of the hearing aid fitting process, fine-tuning to arrive at the correct settings is still, and likely will remain, a key part of the wearer’s initial experience.... Read More
Hearing Evaluation - Adults
Optimizing Patient Benefit in Acoustically Challenging Social Situations, Part 3: Product
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December 12, 2022
This article describes the factors associated with communicating in acoustically challenging social situations. Part 3 focus on room acoustics, signal-to-noise ratios and their consequences on older a... Read More
Hearing and Hearing Loss
Optimizing Patient Benefit in Acoustically Challenging Social Situations, Part 2: Person
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November 1, 2022
This article describes the factors associated with communicating in acoustically challenging social situations. Part 2 focus on individual factors such as peripheral hearing loss and SNR loss, how to... Read More
