Have you registered for the EHDI Annual Meeting yet? Did you register to attend the field trip on March 1st to the Atlanta Area School for the Deaf and the Atlanta Area Speech School? Learn more about the field trips and register now while early registration rates still apply!
Monthly Archives: January 2017
Link: http://ehdimeeting.org/Meetings.cfm?pg=pre
Study: Headphones Designed for Children May Not Be Safe for Their Ears
A consumer products website’s recent analysis of 30 children’s headphones found that nearly half of the products advertised as having volume limits actually allowed sounds to play above safe levels.
Link: http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/study-headphones-designed-for-children-may-not-be-safe-for-their-ears-851963971906
Advanced Pediatric Audiology: Evaluating the Hearing of Infants and Toddlers
Idaho’s Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) program and the National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management (NCHAM) are partnering to offer a new training opportunity for audiologists. This instruction will be an advance workshop on the assessment of hearing loss in infants and toddlers. Six weeks of online preparation readings and weekly chats will prepare the student for this 3 day, onsite workshop at the Coeur d’Alene Resort Hotel.
The dates of the onsite workshop are:March 16, 17, & 18, 2017
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at
The Coeur d’Alene Resort
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho Register at the link below.
Link: http://www.infanthearing.org/resources_home/events/diagnostics_id2017.html
Critical Steps in Establishing a Teleaudiology Practice
Interested in building a teleaudiology program into your existing hearing care practice or organization? Here is some practical advice, as well as 10 items to consider in your planning.
Link: http://www.hearingreview.com/2017/01/critical-steps-establishing-teleaudiology-practice/
The January Edition of Probes and Tips is now available
Ring in the New Year by Registering for Hearing Screening Training!
Link: http://myemail.constantcontact.com/January-Probes---Tips---Ring-in-the-New-Year-by-Registering-for-Hearing-Screening-Training--.html?soid=1102782899287&aid=-Usty4m9WMk
App turns music into vibrations and visualizations for the deaf, hard of hearing
Technology and its infinite ways has helped to make life easier in the 21st century. It seems that everyday you hear of a new technology, and while most of it is “cool,” some of it has actual benefits for society.
One such technology is the app BW Dance, which creates visualizations and vibrations for the deaf or hard of hearing (HOH) to help them feel the music. According to the iTunes store description, the app turns music into visual equalizer, vibration signals, and flashing lights.
Link: https://theamericangenius.com/tech-news/bewarned-dance-deaf-hard-hearing/
Happy New Year!
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