The latest version of the Decos VRA-test offers you even more appealing reward material. When performing this pediatric audiometry test, you can now reward the patients with films or images of Dora, SpongeBob and other popular Nickelodeon-characters. In this way, you can make use of rewards that correspond with the child’s age and gender, and you can keep abreast of the latest trends.

The Hearing Review recently had the opportunity to meet C. Jason Brown, vice president of sales and marketing for Decos Audiology USA, and ask him a few questions about the Decos audiometer. Amongst other things, Brown explained the history of the software company, the unique features of the Decos audiometer and the many advantages it offers its users.

In the latest issue of the International Journal of Audiology an interesting article is published about a Dutch study regarding music venues and hearing loss. The study explores the opportunities for and barriers to improving environmental conditions in order to reduce the risk for music-induced hearing loss in people who attend music venues. 

A US study regarding hearing and attitudes towards noise among young Americans is published in the latest issue of the International Journal of Audiology. The purpose of the study was to investigate possible associations between college students' attitudes, risk-taking behaviour related to noisy activities, and hearing problems such as threshold shifts or self-experienced hearing symptoms.