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Understanding Hearing Loss, Hearing AidsTRANSCRIPT
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KnowledgeThe more you know the better you’ll hear
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"Blindness cuts you off from things; deafness cuts you off from people.“
-- Helen Keller
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Agenda
• Demographics
• Why does it matter?
• New technologies
• The “loop” story
• What’s next?
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A little about Dr.Turri
• Board Certified Audiologist
• Interest in educating people about hearing loss and in helping enhance their experience with hearing instruments.
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Quiz1. How many Americans have some form of
hearing loss?
2. What percent of the population is screened for hearing loss during their physical exams?
3. What percent of hearing aids are sold to first-time users?
31.5 Million
ONLY 12.5%
40%
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The population is growing!
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Hearing Loss Population
Source: July 2005 The Hearing Review
Over 50 Million Americans!
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Becoming more acceptable?
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Hearing Instrument Adoption Rates
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Rock-n-Rollers are being fitted!
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Understanding hearing loss
• Straining to hear
• Stress
• Misunderstanding – “Faking it”
• Withdrawal
• Isolation
• Depression
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Great new technologies
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BlurredColor Problems
Clean, SharpToo Dark
Too Much Contrast Best
Artificial Intelligence in Digital Photography
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Hearing aids have their problems
• Distance
• Echo
• Background noise
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Room without a loop
Courtesy Siegfried Karg
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Induction loops can be the answer
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Room with a loop…
Courtesy Siegfried Karg
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Westminster Abbey
"The whole of the church is served
by a hearing loop. Users should turn their hearing aid
to the setting marked T."
~ The first sentence of Westminster Abbey's program for the 50th anniversary celebration of the Queen's coronation, 2003.
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Europe
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What’s next?
Transmitter - music, phone, movies - friend’s voice
Personal Communications Device - blue tooth technology, i-pods
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Hearing aids are just the beginning…
of a whole world of possibilities