Monthly Archives:: October 2017

A new hearing technology deemed ‘revolutionary’ by NHS surgeons is restoring the hearing of deaf patients!   Not only is this revolutionary tech pushing the boundaries of medical technology, but also of discreetness; as the new ‘bionic ear’ is completely invisible! This new bionic ear known as the Carina is a take on the conventional… Read more »

Protect Your Hearing We all know that with age, comes loss of hearing. We’ve all seen the comedy sketches which feature grandparents comically mishearing people. Most people assume that they will need hearing aids eventually and that there’s no solution. This is simply not the case! Hearing is largely affected by environmental factors, and there’s… Read more »

Ambient Noise in the Office   A while back, we wrote an article on noise pollution, and how people living in urban areas are far more at risk to Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL), due to high levels of ambient noise, than those living in rural areas. We highlighted which cities were the loudest, the… Read more »

New Research Poses Interesting Question New research from Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science has got people intrigued about the future of hearing aid technology! Current Hearing Aid Tech Current hearing aid technologies use a variety of approaches to improve speech intelligibility in background noise. Some hearing aids try to suppress the level… Read more »