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In a market flooded with poorly-performing hearing care products, the “HearAdvisor Expert Choice” badge aims to give consumers a simple and reliable way to identify high-quality hearing aids. Click on the embedded video in this article to see all 13 current badge recipients and also read about the new HearAdvisor SoundScore™ rating.
hearingtracker․comWS Audiology, the parent company of Signia and Widex, reported revenue growth of 9% driven by continued strong sales in US Managed Care, “market share gain in a key account in the US,” and strong growth in the Asian-Pacific region, including Japan and recovery in China.
wsa․comBlaise Delfino in the Hearing Matters Podcast interviews Abram Bailey, AuD, and Steve Taddei, AuD, about HearingTracker and the HearAdvisor test lab.
pdcn․coNews
- WS Audiology CEO doesn't feel bested by competitors despite lower growth | Paywall medwatch․com
- Impact of Hearing Loss on the U.S. Armed Forces Discussed on Starkey Sound Bites hearingtracker․com
- Suno Introduces Mobile App for AI-Powered Practice Management Software for Audiology Clinics hearinghealthmatters․org
- Researchers find hearing aid music programs aren’t particularly good at preserving the sound quality eurekalert․org
- Specialized weight loss program for deaf people helps participants lose weight news-medical․net
- Vestibular dysfunction may be modifiable risk factor for cognitive decline medicalxpress․com
- First Deaf, Black Woman Receives her PhD in a STEM Discipline newswise․com
- A Cocktail Party of 3D-Printed Robot Heads newswise․com
- Audiology Professor Goes to Poland to Help Ukrainian War Refugees Hear Again | Rush University rush․edu
- A Boost to Inner Ear Organoid Development hearinghealthfoundation․org
- American Neurotology Society Awards Presidential Citation to Donna Sorkin acialliance․org
Audio/Video
- Steve Taddei, AuD: HearAdvisor Expert Choice Awards 2023 youtu․be
- This Week in Hearing: Racing Beyond Barriers–Keenan Tully's Journey with Hearing Loss and Motivating Others m․youtube․com
- Dr. Cliff Short Video: Are rechargeable hearing aids DANGEROUS? youtube․com
- Matthew Allsop Short Video: Lexie B2 Powered by Bose Now Allows Bluetooth Streaming of Cellphone Calls!!! youtube․com
Research
- Piceatannol protects against age-related hearing loss by inhibiting cellular pyroptosis and inflammation through regulated Caspase11-GSDMD pathway sciencedirect․com
- Vision, audition, cognition and sensory-based clinics [PDF] medcraveonline․com
- Clinical Trial: Small Sample, Unicentric, Randomized, Controlled Clinical Study of Coenzyme I for Injection in the Treatment of SSNHL clinicaltrials․gov
- Clinical Trial: The Effectiveness of Intratympanic Methylprednisolon Injections Compared to Placebo in the Treatment of Vertigo Attacks in Meniere’s Disease clinicaltrials․gov
- Contralateral bone conducted sound wave propagation on the skull bones in fresh frozen cadaver nature․com
- Effects of sensorineural hearing loss on formant-frequency discrimination: Measurements and models sciencedirect․com
- Postoperative Impedance-Based Estimation of Cochlear Implant Electrode Insertion Depth journals․lww․com
- ‘Real-life’ benefit of hearing preservation cochlear implantation in the paediatric population: a single-site case-control study bmjopen․bmj․com
- Referral rate and false-positive rates in a hearing screening program among high-risk newborns link․springer․com
- Analysis of cross-talk cancellation of bilateral bone conduction stimulation linkinghub․elsevier․com
- Low Intention to Visit a Hospital for Hearing Loss Among Older Adults linkinghub․elsevier․com