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Published Jul 21, 2023
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ACHIEVE Study Shows Hearing Aids Slow Cognitive Decline in Older Adults with Hearing Loss and at Risk for Cognitive Decline
Results from the long-awaited Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders (ACHIEVE) study showed that, while the results were negative in the total study population, the hearing aids slowed cognitive decline in older adults with mild to moderate hearing loss by 48% in a pre-specified segment of the study population.
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Legislation to Provide Medicare Reimbursement for Audiology Services Reintroduced in Congress
Bipartisan legislation introduced on Wednesday by U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Rand Paul (R-KY), and Charles Grassley (R-IA) is designed to provide seniors with more timely and robust access to services provided by audiologists.
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Italy: EIB provides up to €350 million to back the innovation strategy of Amplifon
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a €300 million loan with Amplifon, global leader in hearing solutions and services, to further accelerate its innovation and digitalization process.
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Hearing Loss Increases Severity Risks for People with Medical Conditions
A new study in 'The Lancet' shows that hearing loss is associated with a significantly greater risk for increases in hospitalization rates, long-term care placement, emergency visits, adverse drug events, and falls.
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SpiralE: Scientists build brain-computer interface that connects via the ear canal
A novel method connects people to computers via the ear without need for surgery (also see article in 'Research' section below about SpiralE).
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- Salary: Hearing Aid Dispenser in United States July 2023 | Glassdoor glassdoor․com
- Hearing aid sales grew in Europe in 2022. Is this because of greater awareness of hearing health? audiology-worldnews․com
- Sara Downs, AuD, Appointed as Interim Executive Director of American Tinnitus Association ata․org
- Starkey Named Manufacturer of the Year by Manufacturing Leadership Council hearingtracker․com
- Is repetitive heading of the ball during a professional soccer career associated with an increased risk of cognitive impairment? news-medical․net
- The battery tech that could make the iPhone 15 last hours longer – and change phones forever | Paywall independent․co․uk
- Seasoned audio professionals raise USD 1.5m to prepare for production of new hearing aid | Paywall medwatch․com
- Why Audiologists Are Key Players on the Cleft Palate/Craniofacial Team leader․pubs․asha․org
- Course: Confident Living with Hearing and Vision Technology: A Course for Older Adults with Combined Hearing and Vision Loss. learn․helenkeller․org
- Beltone Named One of the Best Retailers in Hearing Care for 2023 by Newsweek, Two Years in a Row prnewswire․com
- ASHA to Change 'Better Hearing and Speech Month' to 'National Speech-Language-Hearing Month' in 2024 leader․pubs․asha․org
- Cadence, GlobalFoundries, Hoerzentrum Oldenburg and Leibniz University Hannover Collaborate to Advance Hearing Aid Technology businesswire․com
- Consumer Technology Association Joins White House to Support Cybersecurity Labeling Program to Protect Consumers from IoT Attacks prnewswire․com
- ‘Anywhere Audiology’ Goes Everywhere Patients Are leader․pubs․asha․org
- New Study Reveals Reptiles’ Spontaneous Association Between Vision and Hearing qmul․ac․uk
- Carly Sygrove: My Cochlear Implant Story: Part 3 – Reasons Not to Get a Cochlear Implant myhearinglossstory․com
Audio/Video
- Dr. Cliff: Bad OTC vs. Good OTC Hearing Aids | Sony CRE-10 youtube․com
- Hearing Matters Podcast: Safeguarding Your Devices–Unveiling Redux’s Innovative Home Dryer, with Mark Campbell Foster, AuD buzzsprout․com
- Audiologist Matthew Allsop: THIS $5 HACK Will Improve Music With Hearing Aids!!! youtube․com
- Dr. Cliff Short Video: Scammy hearing aid marketing tactics youtube․com
- This Week in Hearing: AirPods as a Hearing Aid Substitute? Exploring NAL's Research with Nicky Chong-White, PhD hearinghealthmatters․org
- Dr. Rachael Cook: Can Water Break My Hearing Aids? youtube․com
Research
- Clinical Trial: Comparison in New Cochlear Implanted Subjects of a Tonotopy-based Bimodal Fitting and a Conventional Fitting | MED-EL classic․clinicaltrials․gov
- Genetic Testing Is Appropriate for Some Pediatric Patients with Unilateral Hearing Loss or Single-Sided Deafness | ENTtoday enttoday․org
- Speech Intelligibility in Reverberation is Reduced During Self-Rotation journals․sagepub․com
- A Clinically Viable Medial Olivocochlear Reflex Assay Using Transient-Evoked Otoacoustic Emissions journals․lww․com
- Verification of EasyGain Settings in the Roger Remote Microphone System pubs․asha․org
- Interindividual variability in the benefits of personal sound amplification products on speech perception in noise: A randomized cross-over clinical trial dx․plos․org
- Otosclerosis and stapedotomy: hearing improvement, complications, and analysis of potential prognostic factors in a series of 93 cases tandfonline․com
- Clinical Trial: Effects of Nonlinear Signal Processing Algorithms on Speech Perception | Indiana Univ. classic․clinicaltrials․gov
- SpiralE: Conformal in-ear bioelectronics for visual and auditory brain-computer interfaces nature․com
- Universal screening programme for cytomegalovirus infection in the first trimester of pregnancy: study protocol for an observational multicentre study in the area of Barcelona (CITEMB study) bmjopen․bmj․com
- Descriptive Characterization of High-Frequency Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emission Source Components in Children pubs․asha․org
- Serum fat-soluble vitamin levels may be related to sudden sensorineural hearing loss tandfonline․com
- Long-Term Effects of Intervention on Vestibular Migraine: A Preliminary Study journals․sagepub․com
- Cochlear Implantation in Radiation-Induced Hearing Loss: A Systematic Review journals․lww․com
- Comparison of Outcomes of Surgery Versus Implantable Device for the Treatment of Hearing Loss Associated With Congenital Aural Atresia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis journals․lww․com
- Steroid Efficacy on Audiologic Recovery in Patients With Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss and Vestibular Schwannoma: A Retrospective Review journals․lww․com
- Phonemic segmentation of narrative speech in human cerebral cortex nature․com
- Speech understanding and extended high-frequency hearing sensitivity in blast-exposed veterans pubs․aip․org
- Asymmetric effects of sudden changes in timbre on auditory stream segregation pubs․aip․org
- Disentangling the effects of hearing loss and age on amplitude modulation frequency selectivity biorxiv․org
- The experience of device failure after cochlear implantation journalotohns․biomedcentral․com
- Asymmetric Hearing Thresholds are Associated with Hyperacusis in a Large Clinical Population sciencedirect․com
- Adapting to New Hearing Aids and Hearing Aid Adjustments in Adult Danish Users pubs․asha․org
- Clinical Trial: Comparison of Speech Therapy and Audioprosthetic Care in Older Adults With First-time Hearing Aids classic․clinicaltrials․gov
- Assessing mechanisms of frequency discrimination by comparison of different measures over a wide frequency range nature․com
- Early Datalogging Predicts Cochlear Implant Performance: Building a Recommendation for Daily Device Usage journals․lww․com
- Variation in cochlear size: A systematic review linkinghub․elsevier․com