New software ‘hearing dummies’ pave the way for tailor-made hearing aids From: University of Essex - 06/13/2011 New software "hearing dummies" are part of cutting-edge University of Essex research that could revolutionise the diagnosis and treatment of hearing impairments. The aim has been to enable hearing aids to be carefully calibrated so that they address the particular underlying hearing condition affecting each individual patient; and to ensure that they tackle the most common problem affecting hearing-impaired people - sound interference, which leads to an inability to follow conversations in noisy environments. Read the entire article at: http://www.essex.ac.uk/news/event.aspx?e_id=3125 Links: Ray Meddis http://www.essex.ac.uk/psychology/department/people/Meddis.html YouTube video http://www.youtube.com/user/EPSRCvideo?feature=mhum Related: Bringing Hearing Aid Manufacturing into the Digital Age http://www.medicaldesignbriefs.com/component/content/article/9355