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While the industry develops, tests, and ultimately deploys exciting new broadcast audio technologies like Auracast, it is critical that hearing aid consumers continue to reap the benefits of hearing aids with proven telecoil technology to connect to telephones and existing assistive listening systems—today.
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The vHIT and caloric test (Cal) both evaluate horizontal canal function, but several studies suggest test results are discordant for certain pathological conditions. This literature review shows substantial discordance rates for Ménière’s disease and vestibular migraine, schwannoma, and neuritis—highlighting the benefit of using both Cal and vHIT as complementary tests.
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This cross-sectional study suggests the development and use of the CI Quality of Life (CIQOL)–Expectations instrument may provide an opportunity for an evidence-based shared decision-making approach to the CI evaluation process.
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The FDA has announced that Chicago-based MD HearingAid—a manufacturer and distributor of online hearing aids with a professional online support and programming component—gained 510(k) premarket clearance on August 4 for the company’s line of Smart hearing aids and app.
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- My Life with Hyperacusis - The Business Meeting hyperacusiscentral․blogspot․com
- Tips on Interviewing for an Audiologist Position audiology․org
- Samsung Unveils Updated Galaxy Buds2 Pro with Two External Mics and Speech/Noise Processor audioxpress․com
- October 13: 2022 Audition & Cognition Summit with Drs. Beck, Darrow, Davis, and Grisel | Cognivue cognitivehearingcare․com
- September 13-15: Diatec Presents 3-Day Course on Assessing the Dizzy Patient in Toronto content․diateccanada․com
- August 25 NAL Soundbites: Patient Empowerment Along the Hearing Health Journey with Paola Incerti eventbrite․com․au
- November 24 British Psychological Society Webinar: Overview of psychological consequences of hearing loss over the life span bps․org․uk
- Associate Professor Grant Searchfield on Therapeutic App for Tinnitus rnz․co․nz
Audio/Video
- The Listening Brain Podcast: A Conversation with Shari Eberts, Founder of Living with Hearing Loss 3cdigitalmedianetwork․com
- Starkey Sound Bites: Tyson Gillies Isn’t About to Let Hearing Loss Hold Back His Dreams starkeysoundbites․com
Research
- Lower COVID-19 Vaccination Rates Among US Adults With Vision or Hearing Disabilities jamanetwork․com
- Educational Environments and Secondary School Outcomes Among Students Who Are D/deaf and Hard of Hearing in Special Education pubs․asha․org
- Congenital hearing loss in patients with familial exudative vitreoretinopathy (FEVR) and FZD4 gene variants jamanetwork․com
- Tonal language (e.g., Mandarin or Korean) speakers have more vocal pitch control when intoxicated aip․scitation․org
- Educational Environments and Secondary School Outcomes Among Students Who Are D/deaf and Hard of Hearing in Special Education pubs․asha․org
- Accessing the stapedius muscle via novel surgical retrofacial approach during cochlear implantation surgery: Intraoperative results on feasibility and safety dx․plos․org
- Association Between Early-Onset Osteoporosis With Hearing Loss and Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis journals․sagepub․com
- Pediatricians’ knowledge and attitude toward hearing loss and newborn hearing screening programs linkinghub․elsevier․com