Now Hear This — earbuds

  In Czech author Milan Kundera's 1984 novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Sabina, a main character, says, "People are going deaf because music is played louder and louder, but because they're going deaf, it has to be played louder still.”  That was written before the iPod and boy, was it prophetic.We've always said we exist to stem the tide of hearing loss in the world and Asius Technologies is proud to have been part of a paper recently published in Acta Acustica, the official journal of the European Acoustics Association. The EAA is an affiliate member of the International Commission for...

  Here's a review of the ADEL™ Drum 11 earbuds by drummer Colby Peters: "The ADELs allowed me to experience several sensations I've NEVER experienced before. One of them being the ability to essentially open and close the "gate to the eardrums." (Adjustable ambient control). There's a lever feature that allowed me to control how much sound was being let in/out that left me dumbfounded in the best possible way. I was on FaceTime with Stephen live and he probably thought there was a ghost in the room or something by the expression on my face... but I was just...

Here at Asius Technologies, we're seeking out all sorts of information out there to share with the rest of the world regarding hearing.  We do know a lot about the subject, but there are things that catch our attention and we're not afraid to learn even more, because that helps us help you. The Better Hearing Institute has come out with a great poster that can really wake you up.  They sound the alarm (pun intended) about things to consider if you feel that your hearing is going or gone - all of these things to consider are very alarming indeed....

Creative Commons Weatherman90 at en.wikipedia [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons   Not too long ago, Asius Technologies Founder Stephen Ambrose recorded a heart felt video letter to famous AC/DC rocker Brian Johnson after reading that he has had to stop touring with he band due to hearling loss.       The video went viral, to the attention of Mr. Johnson, and in May the two gentlemen met in Southern California to see if he could be helped.  According to Stephen, "What a gracious man; He and his wife Brenda invited me to visit them next week. If anyone...

  We saw this post at Healthy Hearing and liked it so much we had to improve upon it with links and images for annotation. The History of AudiologyWhen did audiology begin? It depends on who you ask. It's clear that audiology as a profession really began taking off in the 1920s when technology was advanced enough to design the first audiometers to measure hearing, though the term "audiology" wasn't used until 1946. Yet even thousands of years ago, people began investigating hearing, hearing loss and its causes. Here's a timeline of important events in audiological history:1550 BC - There...