Give Children Access to More Spoken Language With Roger It’s critical to provide early and immediate access to sound after a hearing loss is identified. Here are three tips to help your pediatric patients get ready for school using Roger technology. To be ready for school, a child needs 45 million words Everything in a […]
This infographic depicts the journey of what a child with unilateral hearing loss (UHL) goes through. To view this infographic as a pdf, please click here. Join the conversation online #PhonakUHL #PhonakKids […]
5 Key Messages When Working With Children With UHL With up to 10 times more children in the world being diagnosed with unilateral hearing loss (UHL) each year versus bilateral hearing loss, you may have more of a need than before to counsel families of patients with UHL. Utilize these five key messages to share […]
Where in the World Is Leo? Leo, our lovable plush lion, is tired of the cold weather and decided to start his summer break early. He’s packed his suitcase and is on the road for new adventures. While he won’t be back until the fall, we would love to see his summertime travels. Encourage parents […]
Keeping Kids in Charge All Day With Rechargeable Nothing should slow kids down — least of all, worrying about their hearing aids losing power. Sky™ B-PR is the only rechargeable hearing aid built specifically for kids. With 40 percent more power than conventional rechargeable batteries, lithium-ion is reliable and capable of supporting the innovative technology […]
Children Prefer Our Noise Management Technologies Research has clearly shown that children who have hearing loss frequently experience communication difficulties in noisy situations. Quite possibly the most compelling finding is the fact that an overwhelming majority of children expressed a strong preference for the combined use of adaptive directional microphone technology — the Phonak proprietary […]
New Pediatric Research Opens a Doorway for Children With Hearing Loss Hearing healthcare is now in a new era. According to Dr. Carol Flexer, Ph.D., while it’s important to understand the anatomy and physiology of the ear, it’s more important to understand how the brain interprets linguistic elements. “The ear is the structure that captures […]
Hearing Is Believing: Not All Pediatric Hearing Aids Are Created Equal In December 2017, we asked pediatric audiologists: Are all hearing aids made equal? We then prompted them to take the Hearing is Believing test to compare audibility between different manufacturers’ hearing aids. The results are in: Nine out of 10 listeners agree that Phonak […]