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Yesterday, at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), Apple announced Adaptive Audio for AirPods, a new listening mode that dynamically blends Transparency mode and Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) together based on the conditions of a user’s environment to deliver the best experience at that moment.
hearingtracker․com
NuHeara reports it has secured commitments from existing and new investors to raise $4.4 million (before costs) at a premium, largely supported by the company’s three largest shareholders, as it “scales its commercialisation activities and ramps up revenues and cashflows.”
nuheara․com
A recent study at the Beckman Institute (Univ of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) shows that polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)—unlike mechanisms that drive typical hearing loss in the cochlea—act directly on the auditory cortex, causing reorganization of the neuronal connections.
beckman․illinois․edu
A double-blinded study from researchers at the University of Michigan’s Kresge Hearing Research Institute suggests tinnitus relief may be possible with treatment that involves Auricle Inc's timed bisensory (auditory plus somatosensory) stimulation. Also see Research article below, "Reversing Synchronized Brain Circuits Using Targeted Auditory-Somatosensory Stimulation to Treat Phantom Percepts."
michiganmedicine․orgNews
- 11 tips to find, recruit and hire the most amazing audiologists | Auditdata auditdata․com
- Parents push for insurers to cover pediatric hearing aids scrippsnews․com
- Providers Must Offer Effective Communication for Hearing-Impaired or Face ‘Robust Enforcement’ | McGuireWoods Legal mcguirewoods․com
- Hearing Aid Museum: Acousticon A-200 Vacuum Tube (Barrette) Hearing Aid hearingaidmuseum․com
- Analyst: GN Hearing divestment could still be in the cards after new capital plan | Paywall medwatch․com
- 64 Audio Launches VAC Pro Mini Cordless Vacuum Cleaner for Hearing Aids, In-ear Monitors, and More twice․com
- Hearing Test Developed for Hmong Community wicenterfornursing․org
- AAA Announces Board of Directors 2023–2024; Patricia Gaffney, AuD, as President Elect audiology․org
- Enabling a global assistive listening ecosystem [Auracast and telecoil system installations] | Essential Install Commercial essentialinstall․com
Audio/Video
- Dr. Rachael Cook: Don’t Hurt Yourself! Common At-home Ear Cleaning Injuries | Eosera youtube․com
- Dr. Cliff: 3 Tips For Amazing Audio On Zoom & Microsoft Teams youtube․com
- Dr. Cliff Short Video: The Secret to IDEAL Custom-Tuned Hearing Aids [Real-Ear Measurement] youtube․com
Research
- Effects of inaudible binaural beats on visuospatial memory journals․lww․com
- Electroencephalogram-based objective assessment of cognitive function level associated with age-related hearing loss link․springer․com
- Metabolic decline in an insect ear: Correlative or causative for age-related auditory decline? pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
- NIOSH Hearing Loss Prevention Program for Mining thieme-connect․com
- Discriminant Analysis of the Prognostic Factors for Hearing Outcomes in Patients with Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
- Reversing Synchronized Brain Circuits Using Auditory-Somatosensory Stimulation jamanetwork․com
- Auditory steady-state responses: multiplexed amplitude modulation frequencies to reduce recording time biorxiv․org
- Evaluation of auditory brainstem implant (ABI) users’ auditory behavior in everyday life link․springer․com
- Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids – Using Regulatory Policy to Improve Public Health | Paywall nejm․org
- Linear mixed-effect modeling of organ of Corti vibratory tuning curves linkinghub․elsevier․com