Hearing-aid apps pump up the volume, double as headphones

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Hearing-aid apps pump up the volume, double as headphones

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/hearing-aid-apps-pump-volume-double-headphones-140820378.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ammCK2siVZHC6RDRzgaV0w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/116bf104bf5dd502e30e6a7067009c43.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE -This May 2010 file photo shows Zahra Clare Baker, 10, getting a hearing aid during an event at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Hickory, N.C. Elisa Baker, Zahra's mother, was indicted in January 2011 on a bigamy charge involving her marriage to Adam Baker, Zahra Clare Baker's father, and another man, but AP found documents at a half a dozen county courthouses that showed at one point she was married to three men at the same time, calling into question the single charge. The question of bigamy is unrelated to the Zahra Clare Baker case. (AP Photo/The Independent Tribune, James Nix, File)" align="left" title="FILE -This May 2010 file photo shows Zahra Clare Baker, 10, getting a hearing aid during an event at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Hickory, N.C. Elisa Baker, Zahra's mother, was indicted in January 2011 on a bigamy charge involving her marriage to Adam Baker, Zahra Clare Baker's father, and another man, but AP found documents at a half a dozen county courthouses that showed at one point she was married to three men at the same time, calling into question the single charge. The question of bigamy is unrelated to the Zahra Clare Baker case. (AP Photo/The Independent Tribune, James Nix, File)" border="0" /></a>By Natasha Baker TORONTO (Reuters) - New smartphone apps that link to hearing aids are helping people with impaired hearing to pump up the volume on their devices or to use them as headphones to stream phone calls, YouTube videos and music. About 36 million American adults have some hearing loss, according to the National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. But only a fifth of people who could benefit from a hearing aid wear one. &quot;People will always need really good hearing aids, but moving forward, what will differentiate competitors will be connectivity (to smartphones), and it will need apps,&quot; Lars Viksmoen, chief executive of GN ReSound, a maker of hearing aids based in Denmark, said in a telephone interview.</p><br clear="all"/>

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