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Published Jun 30, 2023

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Go Ultra Expert Review: Underwhelming Sound Performance

Go Hearing Ultra is a more affordable OTC hearing aid offering wireless streaming and hands-free phone calls. It is comfortable and easy to use, but the HearAdvisor Lab was not overly impressed with its ability to make speech clear.

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Machine Learning May Widen Use of Tympanometry and Improve Hearing Screening for Children

Until now, assessment of middle-ear function for ear infections and hearing loss has been too complex and expensive to implement in many hearing screening programs. Using new smartphone technology and machine learning, that may soon change.

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Eargo CEO Christian Gormsen to Leave as Company Cuts up to 120 Jobs | Paywall

Eargo said Tuesday that Chief Executive Christian Gormsen is leaving the company, and it plans to cut 90 and 120 employees, or between 32% and 42% of its workforce.

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Sandy Brandmeier to Serve as Hearing Industries Association Chair, Succeeding Gary Rosenblum

The Hearing Industries Association (HIA) announces that Sandy Brandmeier, President of Hearing Instruments Wholesale for Sonova USA, has been elected new Chair of the HIA Board of Directors, effective July 1.

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Associations between hearing loss and clinical outcomes: Population-based cohort study

A retrospective study of 4.7 million adults residing in Alberta from 2004-2019 shows that 3.2% had hearing loss. The findings reveal these people had higher rates of hospital stays, adverse drug events, and emergency room visits, and greater adjusted hazards of death, heart attacks and heart failure, dementia, pressure ulcers, and placement in long-term care.

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An Unexpected Doorway into the Ear Opens New Possibilities for Hearing Restoration

An international team of researchers has developed a new method to deliver drugs into the cochlea, repair inner ear hair cells, and restore hearing in deaf mice.

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