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Published Oct 13, 2023
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HearingTracker's Matthew Allsop: Best Hearing Aids for Background Noise 2023 - Independently Tested with Sound Samples
After reviewing 50 hearing aids in a state-of-the-art acoustic lab, we're ready to reveal the top performers. Grab your headphones and see if you can hear the difference!
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Debra Tucci: NASEM forms committee for meaningful outcome measures for adult hearing healthcare | NIDCD
NIDCD Director Debra Tucci describes efforts to support the development of standard measurement outcomes in adult hearing healthcare that are meaningful to both the individual with hearing loss and their clinician.
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Using ping-pong balls as Helmholtz resonators for absorbing low-frequency noise
With a few modifications, ping-pong balls can be made into to Helmholtz resonators. Here's how.
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Unitron Expands Vivante Family with Moxi Battery-Powered RIC and Stride Rechargeable BTE Models
Expanding the offering on Unitron’s flagship family of hearing aids, Moxi™ V-312 and Stride™ V-PR deliver the sound performance of Vivante in designs that focus on comfort, aesthetics, and ease of use.
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Temporal associations between treated and untreated hearing loss and mild behavioral impairment in older adults without dementia
Results from this cross-sectional study found relationships between mild behavioral impairment (MBI) and hearing loss, and support the idea that hearing aid use is associated with lower odds of concurrent global MBI in dementia-free participants.
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Join SoundPrint's "Find Your Quiet Place Challenge" During "Protect Your Hearing Month" in October
Use the SoundPrint app and your smartphone to measure sound levels at local venues for crowdsourcing quieter places that are better for conversation.
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- Audien Hearing Launches the World’s First Over-The-Counter Hearing Aid for Under $100 Available Exclusively at Walmart businesswire․com
- California: Families fume over Newsom’s veto of children’s hearing aid bill, call his plan ‘a nightmare’ calmatters․org
- Compact and connected: 3D-circuits will revolutionize wearables news․google․com
- Pediatrics, the LMH Test, and Hearing Care in Hospice: An Interview with Jane Madell, PhD hearingreview․com
- Beltone Members Honored at IHS Awards Gala 2023 hearingreview․com
- 'Two-factor' screening of newborns found to enhance congenital hearing loss management medicalxpress․com
- World-first trial to provide hearing for children with rare type of genetic hearing loss launches in Cambridge | UK NHS cuh․nhs․uk
- Older people rarely want hearing aids. A dementia study could change that. | Paywall bostonglobe․com
- Pre-existing CMV immunity protects mothers and babies from transmission and birth defects news-medical․net
- Demant gets EU approval for divestiture to Cochlear | Paywall medwatch․com
- Nebraska: AAA Opposes Scope of Action Expansion for Hearing Instrument Specialists audiology․org
- Analyst sees great long-term potential for GN: $142 MM in cost synergies from merging divisions | Paywall medwatch․com
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline Services Now Available in ASL leader․pubs․asha․org
- Neuromod Expands Lenire’s US Availability to More Than 50 Providers audiologyonline․com
- Launching Educational Audiology Awareness Week: How You Can Help leader․pubs․asha․org
- Barbara Kelley appointed to NIH Council | HLAA hearingloss․org
Audio/Video
- This Week in Hearing: Inside ReSound's Nexia Hearing Aid Technology: A Closer Look with Laurel Christensen, PhD hearinghealthmatters․org
- Dr. Rachael Cook: What is Otosclerosis? youtube․com
- Dr. Cliff: Sudden Hearing Loss Treatment Options for SSD | Phonak youtube․com
- Starkey Sound Bites: William Sawalich–Race Car Driver And Hearing Protection Advocate youtube․com
- Dr. Cliff Vlog: BAD Hearing Aid Advice Online youtube․com
- ASHA Voices: Examining the First Year of Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids leader․pubs․asha․org
Research
- Explainable machine learning reveals the relationship between hearing thresholds and speech-in-noise recognition in listeners with normal audiograms pubs․aip․org
- Prevalence of depression, anxiety and suicidal ideas and associated factors, in particular sensory impairments, in a population of Bashkortostan in Russia nature․com
- No Link Between Speech-in-Noise Perception and Auditory Sensory Memory – Evidence From a Large Cohort of Older and Younger Listeners journals․sagepub․com
- Executive functions in preschool and school-age cochlear implant users: do they differ from their hearing peers? A systematic review and meta-analysis link․springer․com
- Therapeutic Effect of Tympanoplasty on Patients with Chronic Otitis Media with Tinnitus and Influencing Factors pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
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- Bridging the Gap Between the Different Pillars of Tinnitus Research frontiersin․org
- Audiotactile Stimulation Can Improve Syllable Discrimination through Multisensory Integration in the Theta Frequency Band direct․mit․edu
- Prediction of postoperative speech comprehension with the transcutaneous partially implantable bone conduction hearing system Osia® link․springer․com
- Evaluative audiometry after cochlear implant provision link․springer․com
- Toward a general model for the evolution of the auditory sensitivity under variable ambient noise conditions pubs․aip․org
- Predictors of Emotional Prosody Identification by School-Age Children With Cochlear Implants and Their Peers With Normal Hearing journals․lww․com
- Investigation of the relationship between hyperacusis and auditory processing difficulties in individuals with normal hearing link․springer․com
- Rapid Assessment of Subjective Hearing Complaints With a Modified Version of the Tinnitus and Hearing Survey journals․sagepub․com
- Singing in different performance spaces: The effect of room acoustics on singers’ perception pubs․aip․org
- Hearing Loss and Disorders: The Repercussions of Climate Change pubs․asha․org
- Novel GPR156 variants confirm its role in moderate sensorineural hearing loss nature․com
- Objective and subjective efficacy of hearing aids in patients with mild-to-moderate unilateral hearing loss: a prospective study link․springer․com
- Feasibility of a Smartphone-Based Hearing Aid App for Mild-to-Moderate Hearing Loss: Prospective Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial mhealth․jmir․org
- Individual differences in speech-on-speech masking are correlated with cognitive and visual task performance pubs․aip․org
- Neural envelope tracking predicts speech intelligibility and hearing aid benefit in children with hearing loss linkinghub․elsevier․com