The Audiologist Informer

Want to know the inside scoop on the Sony CRE-C10 Self-Fitting OTC? HearingTracker takes an in-depth look at the new device, its set-up, how it works, and compares it with existing models (including Silk and Vibe) and the competition.

GN has announced the integration and rebranding of Lively to Jabra Enhance and the creation of the new website JabraEnhance.com to allow more consumers to explore, purchase and receive hearing care from home.

"Whilst preliminary, these results suggest speech-in-noise hearing impairment could represent a promising target for dementia prevention," says epidemiologist and study author Thomas Littlejohns of the University of Oxford.

As more OTC hearing aids appear in what Starkey's David Fabry, PhD, characterizes as the "garage band era" of hearing aids where many new companies are targeting the market, some devices will cost as little as $199 and be sold at mass retailers. This news video provides different perspectives and looks at what goes into hearing aid manufacturing, using Starkey as an example.

Research shows the cochlea's reticular lamina (coupled to the basilar membrane via the outer hair cells) in gerbils is not a stiff plane, but actually much more flexible than the cells connected to the OHCs at their bottom surfaces—implying the RL's mosaic-like structure may instead bend and/or stretch.