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Hearing The Internet Of Things

The Internet of Things (IoT) has evolved since 1999 and it’s only now that hearing-devices and hearables are starting to interoperate with door bells, smoke and house alarm systems. Consumer Technology As A Driver Wire-free technology provider Energous, is gearing to ship its WattUp product to wirelessly charge phones and multiple IoT devices such as

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8 years ago 1 Comment Hearing, Smartphones, Telehealthaccess, charging, headset, hearables, hearing, home, Internet of Things, interoperable, IoT, smartphone, technology, wire free, wireless

Strategies For Effective Auditory Verbal Therapy

Babies whose hearing issues are detected at birth, who receive hearing-devices and who start auditory-verbal therapy (AVT) before their first birthday, can have age-appropriate language within six months, according to a recent webinar from Hear And Say (Australia). Founder, Dimity Dornan, presented Is Auditory Verbal Therapy Effective? to highlight the family-centred teaching approach of social skills and listening-based cognitive strategies. Meantime, The Hearing Journal noted in

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10 years ago Education, Hearing, Language Development, Telehealthauditory, avt, child, cognitive, creche, deaf, deafness, devices, education, family, hearing, inclusion, inclusive, language, languages, listen, listening, parent, parents, preschool, score, session, social, speak, speaking, speech, spoken, student, students, talk, talking, technology, telepractice, teletherapy, test, tests, therapist, therapy, verbal, wireless

Smartphones May Power Wireless Hearing Devices

Several times recently, Sound Advice was asked what future hearing systems for today’s children and young adults, might look like. Remember, before 2007 iPhones and mobile, touchscreen devices were unknown – while developers are now addressing wireless, inter-device connectivity and miniaturisation. Connected Hearing There’s good news for child and adult wearers of future hearing-devices, who will

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11 years ago Hearing, Smartphones802, app, assistant, bluetooth, charge, charging, cochlear, connected, connectivity, control, device, devices, education, find, fully, implant, implants, intelligent, iPod, ishuffle, kinetic, lost, manage, management, rechargeable, remote, RFID, smartphones, standard, technologies, technology, wearable, wifi, wireless

Smartphone Apps For Bluetooth Hearing Devices

New smartphone-based hearing solutions are marketed to ‘boomers’ or seniors, but the reality is that a tech-savvy youth population with partial hearing similarly wants discreet hearing-solutions for their daily lives. Bluetooth Links Wireless connectivity between hearing-devices and smartphones is a trend, as digital protocols open up and active people seek miniature hearing-solutions to access their

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11 years ago 3 Comments Hearing, Smartphonesaccess, accessibility, accessible, app, bluetooth, book, books, child, children, cochlear, communication, connect, connectivity, deaf, deafness, device, education, environment, family, hearing, inclusion, inclusive, iPad, iPhone, link, literacy, mainstream, mobile, parent, parents, read, reading, school, schools, social, speech, student, students, teach, teacher, teachers, teaching, training, visual, wifi, wireless, words

Hearing-Aids As Assistive Listening Devices

Today’s wireless technologies can link hearing-aid wearers to their TVs, PCs and phones, with audio streamed directly to hearing-devices as wished. The challenge however is to set an open standard for this wireless technology. Read: Hearing Aids Can Double As Wireless Speakers Each hearing-aid vendor offers a proprietary wireless technology, which makes device-pairing difficult. In

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12 years ago 1 Comment Hearingability, bluetooth, built, closed, communicate, customise, environment, hack, individual, level, open, PC, personal, phone, physical, proprietary, protocol, smartphone, smartphones, standard, standards, technologies, technology, TV, wireless

The Necessity Of Teaching ICT Skills In Schools

Schools in Ireland received a €43 million investment for IT systems in November 2010 from the Department of Education, but this total is insufficient, according to the National Centre for Technology in Education (NCTE). Here’s why all schools need IT investments. This €43 million allocation was good news for schools, but the budget fails to

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14 years ago 3 Comments Captions, Education, Hearing, Smartphonesbaseline, best, broadband, budget, building, calibre, children, computer, concepts, content, data, department, education, efficiency, English, example, ICT, infrastructure, insufficient, internactional, investment, irish, IT, laptop, literacy, mathematics, mouse, NCTE, numeracy, people, professional, schools, shortage, shortfall, skills, systems, teacher, teachers, training, wireless, young

Tax Reliefs For Parents/Families of Deaf Children

Parents often ask Sound Advice,  “what tax reliefs am I entitled to, in respect of my child’s hearing?”. Here are two factsheets for your review and reference. For clarity, two factsheets were created for families with deaf children: Tax relief on equipment & services (PDF file) Tax relief on medical expenses (PDF file) Check with

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15 years ago 5 Comments Hearingadvice, appointment, cochlear, consulting, credit, credits, education, FM, hospital, relief, reliefs, soundfield, surgery, system, tax, teacher, teaching, travel, wireless

Deafness Led To The Phone, Internet & SMS Texts

Deafness had a key role in the invention of the phone, the internet and SMS texting. Miriam Walsh explains the link to each technology. Would you consider deafness to have influenced the telephone, Internet and SMS texting as everyday communication tools? Most people would not – but deafness is the universal link. The Phone Let’s

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