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Published May 08, 2023
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MrBeast: 1,000 Deaf People Hear For The First Time
The popular MrBeast—a YouTuber with 151 million subscribers—turns his attention to donating hearing aids to people and giving them cash. (Also see "Opinion" article in News below.)
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Lexie B2 Powered by Bose Hearing Aids Now Stream Phone Calls from iPhones
Lexie Hearing will launch firmware updates to their Lexie B2 Hearing Aids Powered by Bose, incorporating voice call streaming capabilities for iPhone users starting May 11.
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20Q: Audiology Economics, with Amyn Amlani
Audiologist and researcher Amyn Amlani, PhD, presents a macro-economic viewpoint of the profession of audiology for both the demand- and supply-sides.
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- Opinion: Deaf people like me deserve better than MrBeast’s ‘inspiration porn’ independent․co․uk
- xMEMS Labs Aims to Replace Earbud and Hearing Aid Audio Drivers with Semiconductor Speakers eejournal․com
- Demant sees multiple scenarios for divesting Oticon Medical | Paywall medwatch․com
- WEARABLE WORLD: Will Apple Usher In An AI Future With AR Glasses? forbes․com
- Google Is Using AI to Make Hearing Aids More Personalized wired․com
- Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids Are Attracting Young Users | Paywall nytimes․com
- Nearly Half of Patients With Vertigo Have History of Migraine | Physician's Weekly physiciansweekly․com
- Improving hearing in an increasingly noisy world medicalxpress․com
Audio/Video
- Matthew Allsop: UK–Phonak Nathos Hearing Aid Bluetooth Pairing & MyPhonak App Setup in 3 Steps youtube․com
- Dr. Cliff Short Video: Ear pain from TOO MUCH earwax? youtube․com
- DrCliffAuD Vlog: What’s Wrong With You? youtube․com
Research
- The Effectiveness of Unguided Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Tinnitus for Patients with Tinnitus Alone or Combined with Hyperacusis and/or Misophonia: A Preliminary Analysis thieme-connect․de
- Tinnitus Is Marginally Associated with Body Mass Index, Heart Rate and Arterial Blood Pressure: Results from a Large Clinical Sample mdpi․com
- Clinical Trial: Evaluation of a Digital Therapy of Auditory Training clinicaltrials․gov
- Clinical Trial: Video Game Hearing Tests for Remote Monitoring of Ototoxicity | Imperial College London clinicaltrials․gov
- Developmental exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls prevents recovery from noise-induced hearing loss and disrupts the functional organization of the inferior colliculus jneurosci․org
- Prevalence of hearing loss in COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis tandfonline․com
- A convolutional neural network provides a generalizable model of natural sound coding by neural populations in auditory cortex journals․plos․org
- Clinical Trial: Improving Early Intervention in Hearing Impaired Children Using Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) clinicaltrials․gov
- Hearing Preservation in Cochlear Implantation sciencedirect․com
- Association between hearing loss and deprivation among Welsh adults: a cross-sectional observational study bmjopen․bmj․com
- Neural Correlates of Individual Differences in Speech-in-Noise Performance in a Large Cohort of Cochlear Implant Users journals․lww․com