Being a successful hearing care professional requires balancing a passion for helping people hear with the day-to-day needs of running a small business. In every episode of Starkey Sound Bites, Dr. Dave Fabry — Starkey’s Chief Health Officer and an audiologist with 40-years of experience in the hearing industry — talks to industry insiders, business experts and hearing aid wearers to dig into the latest trends, technology and insights hearing care professionals need to keep their clinics thriving and patients hearing their best. If better hearing is your passion and profession, you won’t want to miss Starkey Sound Bites.
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Thursday Sep 26, 2024
Thursday Sep 26, 2024
Research shows people with mild hearing loss are three times more likely to have a history of falling than peers with normal hearing. In this episode, during National Falls Prevention Awareness Week, Dave chats with Dr. Patricia Gaffney, an audiologist with a specialty in vestibular diagnostics and treatment. They talk about emerging research, as well as the important role hearing professionals can play in helping their patients prevent falls.
As the only hearing aid manufacturer with fall detection and alerts built into our hearing aids, this is a topic we are passionate about. To learn more about these features in Starkey hearing aids, watch this video on the Starkey YouTube page.
10 days ago
An interesting conversation! I have learned something about how the NPU is constructed and how it works. Clearly, the integration of the DNN processor and the G2 Neuro Processor allows faster processing and reduces power consumption. I’m using Starkey Edge AI mRIC R hearing aids and have been tuning up to these since I bought them a couple of months. All is well except for music where, in association with my audiologist, I’m struggling to tune the frequency response bands for an acceptable sound. I’m still working on this. A/B testing between two programmed modes would be very useful! At the bottom of the podcast, I noticed a frequency bar graph that was modulating in time with the voices of the interviewer and Dr Bhowmik. This was probably not a real-time representation of the real frequencies present. HOWEVER, for music in particular, wouldn’t it be great if I could monitor the sound produced by the hearing aids in real time and the use a graphic equaliser to increase/decrease frequency bands? I could then act directly on the sound I’m perceiving. Comments/ideas welcome.