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Visit hhf.org/subscribe to get a FREE subscription. c o n t e n ts Hearing Health vol. 31, no. 3, summer 2015 Departments 6 Statistics 8 HHF News 32 Assistive Advice 20 34 Hearing Aids 101 36 Marketplace 38 Meet the Researcher features 10  Hearing Health Turn Down the Noise, Turn Up the Quiet. It’s time to take action, through advocacy and education, to protect our hearing from noise in shared public places. Daniel Fink, M.D., and Bryan Pollard Dry, Clean Hands May Come at a Price. Super-strong electric hand dryers are as loud as you think. Shari Salzhauer Berkowitz Music to Your Ears? Enjoy tunes, but safely. M. Jennifer Derebery, M.D. 38 16  Family Voices Constant Companion. A rock musician with chronic tinnitus finally finds a measure of relief. Bill Meehan 18  Hearing Health How I Learned to Love My Ears. A former HiRes Optima Kanters “studio rat” now hosts hearing conservation workshops. Benj Sound Processing Hearing Health magazine (ISSN: 0888-2517) is published four times annually by Hearing Health Foundation. Contact Hearing Health Foundation for subscription or advertising information at: [email protected] or 866.454.3924. Copyright 2015, Hearing Health Foundation. All rights reserved. Articles may not be reproduced without written permission from Hearing Health Foundation. In no way does Hearing Health Foundation nor Hearing Health magazine endorse the products or services appearing in the paid advertisements in this magazine. Furthermore, while we make every effort to publish accurate information, Hearing Health Foundation and Hearing Health magazine are not responsible for the correctness of the articles and information herein. USPS/Automatable Poly HiRes Optima Sound Processing Wide IDR 20 Living With Hearing Loss “Hearing Makes Me Happy.” Meet a remarkable 10-year-old boy who loves art, and his hearing devices. 22 Research Distilling the Data. The Hearing Restoration Project HiRes Fidelity 120 AutoSoundis HiRes Optima Wide IDR using the sophisticated data analysis of bioinformatics the Sound Processing to shorten HiRes Fidelity 120 AutoSound HiResolution Sound time to find a cure for hearing loss and tinnitus. Michael Lovett, Ph.D. Wide Aqua HiResolutio Aqua BlueT 24  Hearing Health Sharing a Sound Strategy. Puro Sound Labs partners with HHF to help prevent hearing loss. Kathi Mestayer HiRes Fidelity 120 AutoSound HiRes 90K Implant HiRes 90K Implant HiResolution Sound New Implant 28  Technology Showstoppers. Highlights from AudiologyNOW! showcase technological advances in hearing devices and accessories. New Im BlueT Listening