Pediatric hearing solutions for every age. Children are unique. Thanks to a broad Phonak pediatric portfolio, there’s a solution for every child.
Smart and Switched on: Gen Z hearing aid wearers Today’s teens are digital natives, and they need connectivity. Generation Z is the world’s first generation of true “digital natives,” and to them, a smartphone is not a piece of technology, but simply, part of life. They don’t know a world without high-speed internet and social […]
Provide Live, Automated Captions to Students With Hearing Loss Helping students understand in the modern classroom is critical — and not always easy. Our Roger for Education portfolio can improve understanding through ear level solutions, Soundfield solutions and now through classroom speech-to-text solutions. Learn more about using Roger with speech-to-text vendors, like Microsoft and Interact […]
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 […]
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 […]
Phonak Hearing Aids Platform Expands Into Power and Pediatrics Belong™ extension includes rechargeable options for both hearing aid portfolios. Phonak announced on Feb. 14, 2018, its extension of our latest-generation Belong platform with Naída™ B and Sky™ B hearing aids. Each portfolio also includes the addition of a lithium-ion rechargeable option, freeing patients from the […]
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 […]
Engaging Families in Their Child’s Hearing Care Management The Phonak Pediatric Family-Centered Care (FCC) initiative recently created a Question Prompt List (QPL) to help parents get the information they need during their child’s clinic visit. It covers three main categories: Our Child’s Diagnosis Family Concerns Management of Devices Providing the QPL to parents as part […]
Make 2018 the Year for Children to Hear Better Here are two simple steps — whether you work in a school or a children’s clinic — that can make a big difference for the children you work with. In the school 1. Perform daily checks on hearing aids and receivers Making this a part of […]