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Hearing Aid and Ear Device Patents for April 2025

3 weeks ago | hearinghealthmatters.org | Holly Hosford-Dunn

Starkey’s patent #12273683 (Self-fit hearing instruments with self-reported measures of hearing loss and listening) aims to implement intuitive strategies for self-fitting OTCs and other ear devices. It describes direct or indirect mapping of an audiogram from responses to a questionnaire of hearing loss and listening perception (e.g., BHI Quick Hearing Check ). The derived audiogram is then used to perform an initial device fitting.
Hearing Device Patents for March 2025

1 month ago | hearinghealthmatters.org | Holly Hosford-Dunn

Samsung’s patent #12251292 is au courant with merging hearing aid and hearables technologies. Entitled Multi-device integration with hearable for managing hearing disorders, the device describes implementations which include generating an audiogram, noise cancellation, [and] hearing enhancement.
Hearing Aid and Ear Device Patents for February 2025

2 months ago | hearinghealthmatters.org | Holly Hosford-Dunn

Auditory assistance systems are under-utilized, as Norphonic AS patent #12190717 (Auditory guidance method and system) points out. Their patent aims to help people get around without getting lost or bumping into things, especially in fraught situations. As the patent puts it:… people navigate in long corridors rely heavily on visual aids such as signs, arrows, and markings on the floor.
Modifications of the Dix-Hallpike Test for BPPV

Dec 11, 2024 | hearinghealthmatters.org | Alan Desmond

Editor’s Note: This blog was written by Carrie Nuss, BS. Carrie is a fourth -year student at the University of Louisville, doing a vestibular (among other things) residency at Atrium Wake Forest Medical Center. –Alan Desmond, AuDBPPV is common, bothersome, potentially disabling, but generally quickly resolved once a specific diagnosis has been established.
Initial Case History Interview with Vestibular Patients

Oct 15, 2024 | hearinghealthmatters.org | Alan Desmond

Most vestibular disorders cannot be diagnosed by testing alone. With the exception of BPPV, patient’s test findings must be placed in context with the medical history and symptoms. Some common disorders, such as vestibular migraine, suffer from no diagnostic tests, and diagnosis is primarily based on patient report of symptoms. Financial pressures which affect both generalists and specialists alike, have resulted in shorter appointment times with patients.
vHIT Tracks Compensation Following Acute Vestibular Neuritis

Jun 19, 2024 | hearinghealthmatters.org | Alan Desmond

In the Fall of 2017, I experienced an episode of acute right vestibular neuritis (VN). I joke that I likely have the most well documented case of VN on record. I am often the first live patient most of our students test as I am a willing example of “abnormal.” Seven years later, my permanent vestibular dysfunction has faded to the background, and rarely does anyone see any evidence of the lingering issues that many VN patients suffer.
Video Based Education in the Vestibular Clinic

May 1, 2024 | hearinghealthmatters.org | Alan Desmond

I am a “late career” audiologist that specializes in vestibular disorders. It is never boring, as each patient brings with them some mystery, some challenge. There is little that is more rewarding than solving that mystery in a patient that has given up hope after months or years of symptoms with prior incorrect diagnosis and ineffective treatments. On the other hand, routine counseling can seem a bit repetitive and an inefficient use of time.
The Deaf Legacy of Martha's Vineyard

Nov 13, 2023 | hearinghealthmatters.org | Robert M. Traynor

In Parts I and II of this series uncovering the Deaf community of Martha’s Vineyard, we explored the presence of recessive genes for deafness that arrived in Massachusetts during the “great migration” of Puritan Separatists from England. The Weald region in the County of Kent, England, was recognized for having a significant number of deaf residents due to the inheritance of recessive genes across generations.
Does Caffeine Make Tinnitus Worse? Is It Possible There Is No Connection?

Oct 22, 2023 | hearinghealthmatters.org | Robert M. Traynor

Coffee, one of the world’s most beloved and international beverages, is deeply ingrained in the daily lives of people across the globe. Its journey begins in faraway places, where coffee beans are sourced, roasted, brewed, squeezed, pressed, boiled, and perked. Each country adds its unique cultural touch to every cup of coffee. In some places, products and research projects are born over coffee, while in Turkey, fortunes are divined from coffee grounds.
Beethoven's Hearing Impairment and its Influence on his Music: New Insights and Speculations

Sep 30, 2023 | hearinghealthmatters.org | Robert M. Traynor

Ludwig van Beethoven, the iconic composer, faced the challenge of progressive hearing impairment throughout his life. Despite the complications brought about by his condition, he continued to compose masterpieces that resonated with audiences. In our previous two-part series, Hearing International explored Beethoven’s life, his frustration with his hearing loss, and the existing speculations regarding the causes of his impairment.