The Audiologist Informer

Audiology Australia has developed a comprehensive set of guidelines to support the safe and effective delivery of hearing services through teleaudiology, and these guidelines should prove useful for any hearing care professional interested in the provision of telecare.

BeHear SMARTO is a rechargeable hand-held or body worn hearing amplifier from Alango Wear & Hear. Audiologist Steve Taddei puts this device to the test in the HearingTracker Lab, providing data on its output, directionality and noise reduction, sound personalization features, as well as actual sound samples you can listen to for yourself.

Two recent papers from the Vanderbilt Music Cognition Lab and Genetics Institute have unveiled brain locations for the abilities and affinities that allow humans to move in time to a musical beat, and suggest that asking patients about their musical affinities could help in providing personalized medicine.