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Ally's Act (HR 2439 and S 1135) is a bipartisan/bicameral federal bill reintroduced on March 30th, 2023 ensuring coverage of bone-anchored hearing systems (BAHS) and cochlear implant systems (CI) for children and adults from birth to age 64. This video explains how you can help support the bill.
youtube․comAmplifon has announced the signing of a new sustainability-linked revolving credit facility with a pool of banks for a total amount of 300 MM euros (US$323 MM).
corporate․amplifon․comAs an adolescent, Bruce Willis' daughter Tallulah thought her father’s unresponsiveness was due to a lack of interest in her life—and hearing loss incurred on the set of 'Die Hard'.
theguardian․comDirected attention is a treatment strategy of distracting attention away from the tinnitus; habituation is a treatment goal to stop paying attention to stimuli that are irrelevant or meaningless. In this tutorial, one of the world's leading tinnitus researchers, James Henry, PhD, describes the four major tinnitus intervention methods and shows how each attempt to accomplish distraction in the short term and habituation in the long term.
pubs․asha․orgNews
- CMS Notification, July 1, 2023: Allowing Audiologists to Furnish Certain Diagnostic Tests Without a Physician Order [PDF] cms․gov
- Washington state: 175 violations lead to one of the largest worker safety fines ($2 MM) in state history for King County business lni․wa․gov
- Signia Aspire Program and Styletto AX Garner 2023 Loyalty360 and HearAdvisor Awards hearingtracker․com
- The Future of MEMS Directional Microphones Goes Digital: Soundskrit Announces the SKR0410 prnewswire․com
- Brian Taylor, AuD: How Do We Ensure People with Hearing Loss Get the Best Quality of Care? The Answer Might Be Found in Implementation Science hearinghealthmatters․org
Audio/Video
- Dr. Cliff: Want the Best Hearing Aids??? Well That’s Too Bad youtube․com
- Jim Polito Podcast: What can we all do now to reduce the risk of dementia later, with Keith Darrow wtag-iheart-com․cdn․ampproject․org
- NPR 3-minute Podcast: By boosting memory consolidation, scientists may be able to help Alzheimer’s patients npr․org
- Dr. Cliff and Dr. Cook Short Video: Hidden Risk of Hearing Loss? youtube․com
Research
- SoundFields: A Virtual Reality Home-Based Intervention for Auditory Hypersensitivity Experienced by Autistic Children mdpi․com
- Case report: Mohr-Tranebjaerg syndrome: hearing impairment as the onset of an insidious disorder with high recurrence risk frontiersin․org
- Fatigue and Quality of Life in Children with Hearing Loss or Obstructive Sleep Apnea onlinelibrary․wiley․com
- Associations of Dietary Intake With Self-Reported Hearing Loss: Findings From the Survey of the Health of Wisconsin pubs․asha․org
- Do-It-Yourself Voice Dosimeter Device: A Tutorial and Performance Results pubs․asha․org
- Multisensory perception and decision-making with a new sensory skill doi․apa․org
- Obesity and risk of hearing loss in the middle-aged and elderly: a national cohort of Chinese adults bmcpublichealth․biomedcentral․com
- Developmental Alterations in Brain Network Asymmetry in 3- to 9-Month Infants with Congenital Sensorineural Hearing Loss biorxiv․org