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The news that Sony and WSAudiology will deliver an over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aid places a spotlight on previous branding partnerships between global hearing aid manufacturers and consumer electronics giants—and how OTC is already disrupting hearing healthcare.
hearingtracker․com
An announcement in the Federal Register says the DoD and VA will assess the cost effectiveness of expanding the Hearing Aid Program (HAP) to a limited segment of the private sector care network of the TRICARE Managed Care Support Contractors (MCSCs).
federalregister․gov
After three decades of writing hearing healthcare columns, Dr. Van Vliet pens his last column before retirement.
hearingreview․com
iOS 16 will be available for iPhone users to download starting September 26, and Google has released Android 13 on their own devices, with major manufacturers now introducing it as a software upgrade. Hearing Tracker Audiologist Matthew Allsop recommends hearing aid users not update immediately until thorough testing, as the updates could cause issues with bluetooth connectivity.
youtube․comNews
- AAA: This Week is Balance Awareness Week! audiology․org
- Common Imaging Test for the Heart Applied to the Inner Ear hearinghealthfoundation-org․cdn․ampproject․org
- October 12: EUHA 2022 Congress: The Countdown's On! hearingtracker․com
- Q&A with Dr. Antony Joseph: Researching how wartime blasts damage service members’ hearing news․illinoisstate․edu
- Auditory cortex may develop early in autism; M100 appears earlier in autistic children spectrumnews․org
- Meet Audiologists and SLPs Making Big Shifts in Mid-Career leader․pubs․asha․org
- First Patient Enrolled in Clinical Trial of SENS-401 for Residual Hearing Preservation During Cochlear Implantation hearinghealthmatters․org
- AAA Audiology Quality Consortium Submits Comments to CMS audiology․org
Audio/Video
- Podcast: How the Osmonds story began with trying to raise money for hearing aids ldsliving․com
- Dr. Cliff vLog: 20-Hour Media Day about Hearing Loss & Hearing Aids youtube․com
- Dr. Cliff Short Video: OTC hearing aids done right youtube․com
- Dr. Cliff Reacts: PBS Interview on OTC Hearing Aids with Barbara Kelley from HLAA youtube․com
Research
- The influence of working memory on auditory category learning in the presence of visual stimuli | PDF emerginginvestigators․org
- Short-term plasticity of neuro-auditory processing induced by musical active listening training pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
- Extended high-frequency audiometric analyses of tinnitus patients exhibiting normal hearing on conventional pure-tone audiometry pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
- Congenital hearing loss: a literature review of the genetic etiology in a Mexican population pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
- Better Together. Group versus individual Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for tinnitus: A Multiple-Baseline Single-Case Experimental Design journals․lww․com
- Habituation of changed acoustics properties after canal wall down mastoidectomy link․springer․com
- Language-Independent Hearing Screening – Increasing the Feasibility of a Hearing Screening Self-Test at School-Entry journals․sagepub․com
- Neural signatures of auditory hypersensitivity following acoustic trauma elifesciences․org
- Effortful Listening Despite Correct Responses: The Cost of Mental Repair in Sentence Recognition by Listeners With Cochlear Implants pubs․asha․org