The Audiologist Informer

News

• EARWAYS Medical Launches New Cerumen Extraction and Management Course Hosted by Alicia Spoor, AuD hearingtracker․com
• Medicare Quality Payment Program Changes for Audiologists Effective January 1, 2024 | AAA audiology․org
• Functional semiconductor made from graphene sciencedaily․com
• Sudden hearing loss study: High-dose glucocorticoid therapy does not lead to better outcomes than the standard treatment medicalxpress․com
• Absolute Audio Labs Announces PYOUR Audio 3.0 and Renesas Collaboration hearinghealthmatters․org
• Chronic childhood ear infections delay language development sciencedaily․com
• Internal communication reveals identities of fired Demant executives | Paywall medwatch․com
• Demant Promotes Mathias Holten Møller to VP Business Finance; Peter Pudselykke as new Head of Investor Relations via․ritzau․dk
• California singing fish’s midbrain may serve as a model for how mammals control vocal expressions phys․org
• Why Aren’t More People Buying Over-The-Counter Hearing Aids? undark․org
• New at CES 2024: Audio Radar Showcases New eGaming Experience for People with Hearing Loss hearingtracker․com
• GN to replenish board at upcoming AGM after resignation of Ronica Wang | Paywall medwatch․com
• Deaf scholar is UK first entandaudiologynews․com
• Virginia: Bill mandating hearing aid coverage for children under 18 goes into effect shoredailynews․com
• Does Dysbiosis [gut bacteria] Play a Role in Age-Related Hearing Impairment? journals․lww․com
• Statistics on Hearing loss in the U.S. | Statista statista․com
• GN CEO reflects on turbulent 2023: "We are in a good, stable place now" | Paywall medwatch․com
• Canada's Western University gets $8.5MM funding from MED-EL to take cochlear implants to another level cbc․ca
• Starkey Genesis AI Wins 2023 Good Design Award hearingtracker․com

Audio/Video

• PNAS Podcast: Reversing hearing loss in mice, with Karen Steel of King's College London pnas․org
• This Week in Hearing: Audiologist's Journey Living with Hearing Loss, with Dr. Nashlea Brogan hearinghealthmatters․org
• Matthew Allsop: How to Add Your Hearing Aid Controls to the Apple Menu Bar youtube․com
• The Auracast Experience | Bluetooth SIG vimeo․com
• FuturEar: An Optimistic Viewpoint on the Future of Hearing Healthcare with David Fabry, PhD futurear․co
• Dr. Cliff Vlog: Best Hearing Aid Technology Level for YOU? youtube․com
• The Hearing Journal Podcast: Amy Badstubner, AuD, on Lighting the Professional Path journals․lww․com

Research

• Amplitude Compression for Preventing Rollover at Above-Conversational Speech Levels journals․sagepub․com
• Effects of Stimulus Type on 16-kHz Detection Thresholds journals․lww․com
• Global, Regional, and National Burdens of Otitis Media From 1990 to 2019: A Population Based Study journals․lww․com
• Improving quality of life in the elderly: hearing loss treatment with cochlear implants bmcgeriatr․biomedcentral․com
• Hearing Loss, Hearing Aid Use, and Risk of Dementia in Older Adults jamanetwork․com
• Enriched Acoustic Environment as a customized treatment for tinnitus: A non-controlled longitudinal study sciencedirect․com
• A spectro-temporal modulation test for predicting speech reception in hearing-impaired listeners with hearing aids sciencedirect․com
• Treatment outcomes for idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss in dialysis patients nature․com
• Description of the Baseline Audiologic Characteristics of the Participants Enrolled in the Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders (ACHIEVE) Study pubs․asha․org
• Heterogeneous correlate and potential diagnostic biomarker of tinnitus based on nonlinear dynamics of resting-state EEG recordings dx․plos․org
• Clinical Trial: Anatomy Based Selection of CI Array for SSD Patients | Nova Scotia Health Authority clinicaltrials․gov
• Increased risk of hearing loss associated with macrolide use [for bacterial infections]: a systematic review and meta-analysis nature․com
• The Revised Hearing Handicap Inventory and Pure-Tone Average Predict Hearing Aid Use Equally Well pubs․asha․org
• Cognitive functioning and psychosomatic syndromes in a subjective tinnitus sample frontiersin․org
• Recent Therapeutic Progress and Future Perspectives for the Treatment of Hearing Loss ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
• Clinical experience: Simultaneous bilateral Osia implantation in children with microtia onlinelibrary․wiley․com
• To tell or not to tell? Exploring the social process of stigma for adults with hearing loss and their families: Introduction to the special issue of the International Journal of Audiology tandfonline․com
• Cochlear Implant Electrode Array Design and Speech Understanding journals․lww․com
• Help-seeker satisfaction with diagnosis and treatment of tinnitus tandfonline․com
• Effects of remote ENT specialist assessment screening on self-reported hearing aid benefit and satisfaction tandfonline․com
• Treatment of Meniere’s disease with simultaneous triple semicircular canal occlusion and cochlear implantation link․springer․com
• Evaluation of the Ask-Inform-Manage-Encourage-Refer Intervention and Its Implementation Targeting the Provision of Mental Wellbeing Support Within the Audiology Setting journals․lww․com
• Comparing criteria for deviation from hearing aid prescriptive targets in children tandfonline․com
• Audiovisual Processing Skills Before Cochlear Implantation Predict Postoperative Speech Recognition in Adults journals․lww․com
• CompHEAR: A Customizable and Scalable Web-Enabled Auditory Performance Evaluation Platform for Cochlear Implant Sound Processing Research biorxiv․org
• The scalp time-varying network of auditory spatial attention in “cocktail-party” situations sciencedirect․com
• Neural hyperactivity and altered envelope encoding in the central auditory system: Changes with advanced age and hearing loss linkinghub․elsevier․com