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In an unusual court order, 3M CEO Mike Roman is required to go to Florida this week to help resolve costly federal litigation concerning the company's allegedly faulty military earplugs. One of the largest-ever U.S. mass torts, the litigation involves over 200,000 cases with potentially billions at stake.
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The Go Ultra over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aid debuted on the QVC shopping network this past weekend. The new device is the first behind-the-ear (BTE) hearing aid launched by Go Hearing which is part of the hearX group that also includes Lexie.
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Researchers from South Korea found that round-window delivery of lithium chloride (with a surfactant/poloxamer) reduced cochlear synaptic loss after acoustic overexposure in a rat model, even when administered 24 hours post-exposure of noise.
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- ReSound “Gift of Hearing” Campaign Helps 260 People hearingtracker․com
- 'Hear & Beyond' Named a Gold Winner! livingwithhearingloss․com
- Introducing Ceretone’s Core One: The Revolutionary OTC Hearing Aid Launching on Indiegogo in May prnewswire․com
- Analysts raise expectations for Demant significantly after guidance upgrade | Paywall medwatch․com
Audio/Video
- Worst Hearing Aid Secret EVER [Importance of Real-Ear Measurements]! youtube․com
- Dr. Cliff Short Video: Reduce Wind Noise with Hearing Aids! | Oticon youtube․com
Research
- The Applications of Targeted Delivery for Gene Therapies in Hearing Loss pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
- Subclinical hearing loss associated with aging sciencedirect․com
- Day-to-day loudness assessments of indoor soundscapes: Exploring the impact of loudness indicators, person, and situation pubs․aip․org
- Frequency-dependent Distribution of Different Subtypes of Spiral Ganglion Neurons in the Cochlea and the Changes During Aging biorxiv․org