The Audiologist Informer
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Published Aug 18, 2023
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Hearing Aids as Health and Fitness Trackers: Monitor Your Hearing, Steps, Body, and Mind for a Healthier Lifestyle
HearingTracker provides a review of the top hearing aids that double as step counters and fitness/health trackers.
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Orka Two Hearing Aid Launched with General Chip and AI DeNoise Technology, Bluetooth, and Personalized Fitting
Using general chip technology, the new Orka Two hearing aid features proprietary AI-driven noise reduction, in-app adjustments, Bluetooth 5.3, and a blended OTC and clinic-based care model.
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Oticon Hearing Aid Users: Unlock New Features NOW! Step by Step Guide
Oticon has has rolled out some significant updates to their Oticon Companion App. The settings can be a little complicated, so HearingTracker's Matthew Allsop provides this guide for users.
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Japanese billionaire invests $3.7MM in Olive Union
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, founder of a custom-fit apparel brand ZOZO and likened to “Japan’s Elon Musk,” is set to invest 5 billion won (US$3.7 million) into Korean hearing aid startup Olive Union.
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An Instrument of Change: Sonova USA President Sandy Brandmeier's Leadership and Advocacy in Hearing Healthcare
Read about the the journey of Sandy Brandmeier, president of hearing healthcare giant Sonova USA, who speaks to her passion for purposeful leadership, family, and changing lives through innovation in the hearing industry.
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APhA and Univ of Pittsburg bring OTC hearing aid training program to pharmacists and student pharmacists across U.S.
The American Pharmacists Association has announced a new interprofessional, competency-based advanced training program on OTC hearing aids that was developed by University of Pittsburgh faculty and reviewed by the American Academy of Audiology.
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Neuroscientists Re-create Pink Floyd Song from Listeners’ Brain Activity
Artificial intelligence has turned the brain’s electrical signals into somewhat garbled classic rock.
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Promising Solution for Pediatric Ear Infections and Related Antibiotic Resistance Developed by Cornell Researchers
Cornell University scientists have crafted a nanoscale solution inspired by bleach to combat antibiotic resistance in treating childhood ear infections.
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- GN Store Nord delivered strong organic growth in GN Hearing (Q2 2023 financials) globenewswire․com
- Demant H1 2023 Interim Report Shows Strong Growth [PDF] portalvhds1fxb0jchzgjph․blob․core․windows․net
- Illinois: Bill passed requiring insurance providers to cover hearing aids for all ages; Takes effect Jan 1, 2025 wandtv․com
- Analyst expects Demant to remain in high gear | Paywall medwatch․com
- CRISPR-Cas9 Model Targets Mutations in Deafness | Mass General Brigham massgeneralbrigham․org
- Demant sees great potential in balance-related segment of diagnostics business | Paywall medwatch․com
- 20Q: Update on Cochlear Implants: Hearing Preservation, Single-Sided Deafness, and Personalized Fitting with Margaret Dillon, AuD, PhD audiologyonline․com
- Understanding Speech in Noise: Starkey Whitepaper Looks at a New Beginning for an Age-Old Problem hearingtracker․com
- Google wants to reduce hearing loss with Android 14's latest safety feature androidpolice․com
- International Hearing Society’s 2023 Award Winners Revealed hearingreview․com
- Hearing Journal August Special Issue: Audiology Business Handbook journals․lww․com
- LINNER Launches LINNER Deluxe, World’s First OTC Hearing Aids with MEMS Speaker benzinga․com
- Starting a Mobile Audiology Practice? 3 Lessons From a Veteran leader․pubs․asha․org
- October 27: ARC 2023: Next Generation Inner-Ear Therapies | AAA audiology․org
- Australia's World Cup hero Arnold on dealing with hearing loss espn․com
- Eargo loses momentum in second quarter and lands multimillion-dollar loss | Paywall medwatch․com
- If You Get the Chills From Music, You May Have a Unique Brain neurosciencenews-com․cdn․ampproject․org
- Hearing aid market has finally fully normalized, says Demant CEO | Paywall medwatch․com
- Phonak and Demant increased market share with US veterans in July at expense of GN and Starkey | Paywall medwatch․com
- Abstract Submissions Open for CI2024 International Conference on Cochlear Implants in Vancouver, Canada audiologyonline․com
- Research QuickTakes Volume 1: Understanding and Treating the Background Noise Problem for Hearing Aid Users audiologyonline․com
Audio/Video
- Dr. Cliff Short Video: 3 Tips for Custom Hearing Aid Earpiece Comfort youtube․com
- Audiologist Matthew Allsop: How to Connect Your Bluetooth Starkey Hearing Aids to your Smartphone! youtube․com
- Hearing Moment With Andy: Improve Well-Being With Assistive Listening Devices youtube․com
- Dr. Rachael Cook: 5 Reasons Your Rechargeable Hearing Aids are Running Out of Battery Way Too Fast youtube․com
- Dr. Cliff VLOG: AWESOME Google Reviews youtube․com
- This Week in Hearing: Hearing Aid Use Lowers Fall Risk: Interview with Laura Campos, AuD, PhD hearinghealthmatters․org
- Hearing Matters Podcast: Sound Resurrection–How Hearing Aids Changed a Musician’s Life buzzsprout․com
Research
- Modified Multiple Stimulus With Hidden Reference and Anchors-Gabrielsson Total Impression Sound Quality Rating Comparisons for Speech in Quiet, Noise, and Reverberation pubs․asha․org
- Music can be reconstructed from human auditory cortex activity using nonlinear decoding models journals․plos․org
- Clinical Trial: Real-time Artificial Intelligence-based Speech Enhancement Methods for Hearing Aid Improvement (REFINED) | Institut Pasteur classic․clinicaltrials․gov
- Dog brains are sensitive to infant- and dog-directed prosody nature․com
- Combined effects of age and hearing impairment on utterances and requests for clarification in spontaneous conversation and a referential communication task onlinelibrary․wiley․com
- Social engagement and depressive symptoms mediate the relationship between age-related hearing loss and cognitive status pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
- Acceptability of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Tinnitus: A Study With Veterans and Nonveterans pubs․asha․org
- Increasing Pediatric Hearing Aid Use: Considerations for Clinical Practice pubs․asha․org
- Factors Associated with No-Show Rates in a Pediatric Audiology Clinic journals․lww․com
- Content Validity of a High-Fidelity Surgical Middle Ear Simulator: A Randomized Prospective International Multicenter Trial journals․lww․com
- Improving speech perception for hearing-impaired listeners using audio-to-tactile sensory substitution with multiple frequency channels nature․com
- Predicting wideband RECD in children using wideband acoustic immittance pubs․aip․org
- Effect of sound therapy on whole scalp oscillatory brain activity and distress in chronic tinnitus patients frontiersin․org
- Predictive value of serum proteomic biomarkers for noise-induced hearing loss pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
- Performance of an active transcutaneous bone conduction implant, the Osia system, in high frequencies and hearing in noise in users converted from a Baha attract system: a prospective study link․springer․com
- Community Health Worker Intervention for Newborns Not Passing Initial Universal Hearing Screening journals․sagepub․com
- A Novel Method to Determine the Maximum Output of Individual Patients for an Active Transcutaneous Bone Conduction Implant Using Clinical Routine Data journals․lww․com
- Chirp-Evoked VEMPs: A Test-Retest Reliability Study journals․lww․com
- Dementia and the history of disease in older adults in community bmcpublichealth․biomedcentral․com
- Effect of diotic versus dichotic presentation on the pitch perception of tone complexes at medium and very high frequencies nature․com