The Audiologist Informer

ReSound has expanded its OMNIA family of hearing aids to include its smallest rechargeable hearing aid yet—the miniRIE—along with two BTEs, and a full complement of custom in-ear styles. HearingTracker Audiologist Matthew Allsop gives you the scoop on these new additions in this new video.

Jan-Willem Wasmann and De Wet Swanepoel asked the AI bot, ChatGPT, how it can be used in hearing healthcare, as well as its potential risks and benefits. Although its reply may be a bit superficial (or cagey?), here's the answer.

The authors present a comprehensive list of values representing the field of audiology (see Table 1), with subjective benefit, professional duties, and self-efficacy being major themes. They contend this type of value-sensitive design (VSD) and codebook of values may be helpful when critically analyzing the shifting regulations, products, and services in hearing healthcare.

Cochlear implants can traumatize delicate intracochlear structures, resulting in loss of residual hearing and compromising hearing in noisy environments and appreciation of music. This research published in 'Nature' illustrates how new nondestructive 3D visualization of these structures can be achieved with contrast-enhanced microCT imaging (CECT).