Recent developments in some hearing aid technology provides the ability to have firmware upgrades. This allows the client to upgrade the features of their hearing aids as the manufacturers make improvements and introduce new technology.One of our favorite hearing aids – the Widex Moment, allows for those firmware upgrades. Below are the steps to update […]

Good news: the CHHA (Canadian Hard of Hearing Association) is holding their National Conference in Halifax this year. It will be at the Westin Hotel from May 21-23. For information on the Conference, visit CHHA

An audio (induction) loop is a wire loop (or thin loop pad) attached to an amplifier. It creates a magnetic field that broadcasts sound, in pure, undistorted form, directly to people who are within the loop and have a hearing aid containing a telecoil. Aliant Pioneer Volunteers donate their time to install “audio loops” to […]

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Marco Hearing Health Centre’s entire staff has just attended Sounds+ 2012. The 11th Annual Audiology Conference offered international Presenters educating on the latest research in acoustic science and hearing aid development and fittings. They also attended a pre-Conference workshop on Tinnitus Management. Exhibits at the Conference included the latest and most exciting developments in hearing […]

I was away in April at the first WiSE (Widex Scientific Excellence) seminar held at ORCA in Chicago, Illinois. This seminar was attended by a select group of Audiologists from Canada, US, England, Australia, Belgium, and the Netherlands and was led by clinical researcher Dr. Francis Kuk. We had the opportunity to learn and ask […]