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This UCSF study found that 29% of children who received genetic testing had a diagnoses significantly affecting prognosis because of identification of syndromic or progressive SNHL or auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder relating to otoferlin.
jamanetwork․comThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it will broaden Medicare coverage of cochlear implants (CIs) by removing the requirement that individuals with test scores of 40%-60% be covered only under special circumstances, effectively expanding CI coverage to moderate to profound losses.
hearingtracker․comGN Hearing’s parent organization stock price has dropped 65% year-to-date, mostly because of the impact a possible recession might have on GN Audio's headphones and its SteelSeries e-gaming division, says an analyst.
medwatch․comDental implants can conduct sound through jawbone, making them candidates for discreet, high-quality hearing aids, researchers say.
sciencenews․orgData from screenings of more than 1,600 Bering Strait schoolchildren found that lack of running water corresponded to a 53% higher rate of middle-ear infections.
alaskapublic․orgNews
- Soundwave Hearing Partners with Amptify to Launches Novel Digital-First Package of Care for Hearing Loss hearinghealthmatters․org
- Biden Medicare costs victory due mostly to Alzheimer's drug change reuters․com
- MDHearing Outlines the Benefits of Auracast™ Broadcast Audio for People With Hearing Loss bluetooth․com
- National Cancer Institute: Common Chemotherapy Drugs Seem to Increase Hearing Loss in Adults (surprise finding?) prevention․cancer․gov
Audio/Video
- Dr. Cliff is fed up! The problem with online hearing aid sales and claims about hearing customization youtube․com
Research
- Impact of Genetic Testing on Hearing Interventions onlinelibrary․wiley․com
- Clinical Trial: Electroacupuncture With or Without Combined Warm Needling for Tinnitus clinicaltrials․gov
- Clinical Trial: Place-based Cochlear Implant Mapping clinicaltrials․gov
- The sensitivity of bone conduction for dental implants asa․scitation․org
- Relationship between cognitive domains and hearing ability in memory clinic patients: How did the relationship change after 6 months of introducing a hearing aid? [Prepublication] sciencedirect․com
- Endoscopic Versus Microscopic Pediatric Tympanoplasty: Is There a Difference Between Closure Rates and Hearing Outcomes? journals․lww․com
- Adaptive mechanisms facilitate robust performance in noise and in reverberation in an auditory categorization model biorxiv․org