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The first access route to the complex nerve structures of the human inner ear has been developed by scientists from the UK, Sweden, and Canada, and also provided amazing anatomical illustrations. (Also see the Research article below "Unlocking the Human Inner Ear for Therapeutic Intervention".)
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Researchers analyzed three large-scale databases (totaling 168,183 participants) to uncover the mechanisms of the association between hearing performance and cognitive function. They conclude hearing impairment is associated with cognitive decline, brain atrophy, and tau pathology, and hearing impairment may reflect the risk for cognitive decline and dementia.
thelancet․com
William Demant Invest has extended its equity position in GN Store Nord to at least 10%, and whereas the Danish investment firm’s CEO says this move is wholly in line with company strategy, several analysts question the motives behind the purchase.
medwatch․com
Electronic music lovers know the drill: as soon as the DJ turns up the bass, the crowd goes wild and dances with heightened enthusiasm. But to what extent is this a conscious reaction?
phys․org
A new ASHA survey indicates audiologists earned a median annual salary of $88,000 in 2021, with median salaries ranging from $68,000 for audiologists working in franchises or retail chains to $99,000 for those working in industry.
leader․pubs․asha․orgNews
- Our brains 'time-stamp' sounds to process the words we hear: New research shows why we hear 'lemon' and not 'melon' sciencedaily․com
- Sensorion Announces US FDA Grants Rare Pediatric Disease Designation to OTOF-GT for the Treatment of Otoferlin Gene-Mediated Hearing Loss businesswire․com
- Automatic speaker recognition technology outperforms human listeners in the courtroom techxplore․com
- Personalized whole genome sequencing could double the diagnostic rates—with direct impact on patient care including HL news-medical․net
- Medicare Cuts 2023—and Likely Future—Home Health Payments leader․pubs․asha․org
- Douglas Beck, AuD: Still Battling Turf Wars: 2022 hearingreview․com
- Interview with Dr Michael Cohen, Pediatric Otolaryngologist at Massachusetts Eye and Ear hearingreview․com
Audio/Video
- Starkey Sound Bites Podcast: Raising Awareness of Hearing Health–David Fabry interviews HLAA’s Barbara Kelley starkeysoundbites․com
- Talking Ears Podcast: Michael Santucci - Talking In-Ear Monitors and Education talkingears․podbean․com
- Dr. Cliff Short Video: Surprising connection between smoking and hearing loss youtube․com
- The Biggest FLAW of Hearing Aids | Phonak Lyric youtube․com
Research
- Investigation of correlation between dichotic listening performance and speech in noise perception with hearing aid outcomes in the elderly tandfonline․com
- Effect of perinatal and postnatal thiamine deficiency on auditory pathway of the Wistar-Albino rats bjorl․org
- Parkinson's disease deficits in time perception to auditory as well as visual stimuli - A large online study pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
- Relationship of loudness-dependent auditory evoked potentials with change-related cortical responses journals․plos․org
- Combined Bifrontal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Auditory Stroop Training in Chronic Tinnitus link․springer․com
- Unlocking the human inner ear for therapeutic intervention nature․com
- A Prediction of Dental Attendance for Children with Hearing Loss: Theory of Planned Behaviour Application onlinelibrary․wiley․com
- Effects of Age and Middle Ear on the Frequency Tuning of the cVEMP and oVEMP thieme-connect․de
- Relationships Between the Auditory Nerve Sensitivity to Amplitude Modulation, Perceptual Amplitude Modulation Rate Discrimination Sensitivity, and Speech Perception Performance in Postlingually Deafened Adult Cochlear Implant Users journals․lww․com