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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.
hearingtracker․comUntil 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.
hearingtracker․comEargo 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.
marketwatch․comThe 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.
hearingtracker․comA 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.
thelancet․comAn 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.
urmc․rochester․eduNews
- "Feature Attractions" YouTube Series Launched by Starkey hearingtracker․com
- Deaf Mice Maintain Inner Ear Function Until Ear Canal Opens; Findings Shed Light on Cochlear Implant Effectiveness hearingtracker․com
- EARWAYS Medical Welcomes Alicia D.D. Spoor, Au.D. to its Scientific Advisory Board openpr․com
- Tuned Launches Innovative Pediatric Hearing Care Program prnewswire․com
- Empowering Veterans: VA New Jersey Healthcare System Collaborates with Xander on Prototype Smart Captioning Glasses va․gov
- Amptify Unveils the Virtual Clinic: A Comprehensive Digital Platform for Audiologists news․amptify․com
- Starkey Sound Bites Explores New Research on Link Between Dementia and Hearing Loss hearingtracker․com
- GN inks $73.4 million divestment agreement of Belaudição hearing aid network in Portugal medwatch․com
- What Musicians Can Teach Us About Noise and Hearing Loss | CNET cnet․com
- Erin Piker, AuD, PhD, Appointed New JAAA Editor-in-Chief | AAA audiology․org
- TruHearing Study Reveals Access to Hearing Healthcare Lacking in Employee Benefits Packages hearinghealthmatters․org
- Otolaryngologist Named AMA President-Elect hearingreview․com
- Oticon Government Services Team Takes Strides to Benefit Homeless Veterans hearingtracker․com
- Knowles Introduces an Improved Method for Measuring Microphone Vibration Sensitivity knowles․com
- AI-Augmented Earbuds That Read Your Mind [Greenwaves Technologies]! eejournal․com
- Beltone Relaunches Website with Enhanced Features, Including Valuable Analytics & Lead Generation, for Independent Network audiologyonline․com
Audio/Video
- Hearing Matters Podcast: Listen–Use Technology to Improve the Patient Experience in Hearing Clinics, with Sycle VP Kelsey Fleming sycle․com
- Dr. Cliff: Why Americans Hate Hearing Aid Clinics youtube․com
- HearingTracker Audiologist Matthew Allsop: Easily Change Your Phonak CeruShield Wax Filter in 4 Simple Steps youtube․com
- Paul Simon on learning from his hearing loss, hoping to perform again cbsnews․com
- Dr. Cliff: Paying $12,000 for Hearing Aids?!?! youtube․com
- Hear It Podcast: Meet Demant’s CEO Søren Nielsen | Demant hearit․buzzsprout․com
- Dr. Cliff Vlog: How Much do Hearing Aid Clinics Make? youtube․com
- This Week in Hearing: How Intel is Improving Accessibility for People with Hearing Loss with Darryl Adams hearinghealthmatters․org
Research
- Central Auditory Processing Dysfunction in Service Members and Veterans: Treatment Considerations and Strategies pubs․asha․org
- Hearing Aid Loan Program for Hearing Loss at the End of Life pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
- Cerebral dominance in spatial hearing and working memory abilities in adults with normal hearing sensitivity ejo․springeropen․com
- Third-Party Disability for Significant Others of Individuals with Tinnitus: A Cross-Sectional Survey Design pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
- Curcumin protects against the age-related hearing loss by attenuating apoptosis and senescence via activating Nrf2 signaling in cochlear hair cells pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
- Patient–healthcare provider communication and age-related hearing loss: A qualitative study of patients’ perspectives link․springer․com
- Cognitive reserve disorder in age-related hearing loss: cognitive cortical compensatory to auditory perceptual processing academic․oup․com
- Clinical Utility of the Standardized Word Recognition Score journals․lww․com
- Capabilities, opportunities and motivations of staff to provide hearing support to long-term care home residents with dementia tandfonline․com
- Pre-registered controlled comparison of auditory function reveals no difference between hospitalised adults with and without COVID-19 tandfonline․com
- Feasibility of Diagnosing Dead Regions Using Auditory Steady-State Responses to an Exponentially Amplitude Modulated Tone in Threshold Equalizing Notched Noise, Assessed Using Normal-Hearing Participants journals․sagepub․com
- Changes on clinical and participatory outcomes in people with severe-to-profound hearing loss after cochlear implantation: protocol of a multicentre prospective observational cohort study – Societal Merit of Intervention on Hearing Loss Evaluation (SMILE) bmjopen․bmj․com
- Cochlear Implantation and Educational and Quality-of-Life Outcomes in Adolescence jamanetwork․com
- Reexamining the effects of electrode location on measures of neural health in cochlear implant users pubs․aip․org
- Clinical Trial: Combined Electric and Acoustic Hearing (EAS) in Children and Adults | Vanderbilt Univ & NIDCD classic․clinicaltrials․gov
- Effect of speech-stimulus degradation on phoneme-related potential dx․plos․org
- Age and Incidence of Cochlear Implantation in the Pediatric Population With Congenital Bilateral Profound Hearing Loss journals․lww․com
- The Impact of Daily Processor Use on Adult Cochlear Implant Outcomes: Reexamining the Roles of Duration of Deafness and Age at Implantation journals․lww․com
- The Self-Stigma of Hearing Loss in Adults and Older Adults: A Systematic Review journals․lww․com
- Prognostic factors in pediatric cochlear implant: an outcome-based study link․springer․com
- The impact of cochlear implantation on quality of life and psychological status in single-sided deafness or asymmetric hearing loss with tinnitus and influencing factors of implantation intention: a preliminary study link․springer․com