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Published Aug 29, 2022
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Automatic identification of tinnitus malingering based on overt and covert behavioral responses during psychoacoustic testing
Results from this study demonstrate that it is possible to discriminate individuals who are feigning tinnitus with an accuracy of 81% using approximately 10 minutes worth of reporting data.
nature․com
OTC Hearing Aids: Hearing Device Manufacturers Share Perspectives on FDA's Final Regulations
Laurel Christensen (GN Hearing), Gary Rosenblum (Oticon), Dave Fabry (Starkey), and John Luna (Nuheara) provide their perspectives on OTC and how it will shape hearing healthcare in the future.
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‘Earable’ uses sonar to reconstruct facial expressions
Cornell researchers have developed a wearable earphone device – or “earable” – that bounces sound off the cheeks and transforms the echoes into an avatar of a person’s entire moving face.
news․cornell․eduNews
- WSA is not yet committed to OTC – but has FDA-approved device ready | Paywall medwatch․com
- I have hearing loss. The new over-the-counter hearing aids won’t work for me, but may be transformative for others. post-gazette․com
- What you should know about the risks of over-the-counter hearing aids, according to an audiologist wgbh․org
- Virtual hearing aids enter Roblox amid Gen Z stigma | Paywall adage․com
- On track for reduced noise pollution and railway safety amplifiers techxplore․com
- Will Hunters Finally Start Using Hearing Aids? outdoorlife․com
- Inventis Showcases Trumpet Rem System and Harp Plus Advanced Diagnostic Audiometer audiologyonline․com
Audio/Video
- The Disability Doctors Show: Let's Talk About Tinnitus rss․com
- Dr. Cliff Vlog: Everything Went Wrong in Last Live Podcast youtube․com
- This Week in Hearing: The Giants of Audiology: Interview with James W. Hall III, PhD hearinghealthmatters․org
Research
- Mechanisms of auditory masking in marine mammals link․springer․com
- Impact of unilateral hearing loss in early development pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
- A qualitative investigation of the hearing and hearing-aid related emotional states experienced by adults with hearing loss tandfonline․com
- The use of VEMP in the diagnosis of otolithic dysfunction of patients with obstructive sleep apnea: Survey of otorhinolaryngology medical staffs link․springer․com
- Evaluation of auditory pathway excitability using a pre-operative trans-tympanic electrically evoked ABR under local anesthesia in cochlear implant candidates tandfonline․com
- Gains in Quality of Life in Chronic Otitis Media Patients After Surgery, Adjusted for Placebo Bias journals․lww․com
- Audiometric and Surgical Outcomes of a Novel Bone-Conduction Hearing Aid journals․lww․com
- Hearing Loss Is Associated With Worse Socialization in the U.S. Hispanic Adult Population journals․lww․com
- Effects of better-ear glimpsing, binaural unmasking, and spectral resolution on spatial release from masking in cochlear-implant users asa․scitation․org
- Deep neural network algorithms for noise reduction and their application to cochlear implants biorxiv․org