The Audiologist Informer

In this short video, HearingTracker Audiologist Matthew Allsop plays sound files of the most common types of tinnitus and helps point you in the right direction to overcome those annoying sounds. He also makes note of the various forms of tinnitus that should tip you off to see a medical professional for further investigation.

In the Netherlands, nearly 45% of those who say they have a hearing loss use hearing aids, according to a new EuroTrak survey. Nearly 12% of people aged 18+ years and 33% of people aged 74+ have self-reported hearing loss.

Does lower-level noise have an impact on long-term health? Marshall Chasin guest-edits a special edition of 'The Hearing Review' about the different facets of lower-level noise (see articles in the Research section below).

The new seven-item Tinnitus Impact Questionnaire (TIQ) is a quick, valid and internally consistent way to assess the impact of tinnitus that has been developed by Hashir Aazh, Chloe Hayes, Brian C.J. Moore, and Silia Vitoratou in the UK.

Could we use hair to measure chronic noise-related stress? In this paper, researchers discuss the strengths and limitations of hair cortisol analysis with an emphasis on its utility as a measure of chronic stress in environmental noise studies.