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Published Jan 26, 2024
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Hope for OTOF-Mediated Hearing Loss: Akouos’ Gene Therapy Restores Hearing in 11-Year-Old Within 30 Days
In a groundbreaking initial trial, Akouos's AK-OTOF gene therapy demonstrated substantial hearing restoration in a person with congenital otoferlin-mediated hearing loss within 30 days.
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Amplifon Acquires 50 Hearing Care Centers in Midwest and South
Amplifon, the parent company of Miracle-Ear, has announced the acquisition of one of its largest Miracle-Ear franchisees with 50 hearing care offices in Arkansas, Kansas, Illinois, and Missouri.
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Study Maps U.S. Hearing Loss, Right Down to the County
Findings by NORC/University of Chicago with researchers Nicholas Reed and Karl White break hearing loss down by state and county levels. Be sure to click on the interactive map link in this article to see the prevalence of hearing loss in your county!
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Otoscopic Abnormalities for the U.S. Population Aged 6-80+ Years: Prevalence and Consequences for Hearing
A study by Larry Humes, PhD, shows abnormal otoscopy—typically excessive cerumen—is observed in about 12%-15% of the individuals in this national sample, but the presence of such abnormalities has minimal effect on hearing sensitivity.
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Feb. 5: Third Annual Nationwide Texas Roadhouse and Bubba's 33 Tinnitus Awareness Fundraiser to Benefit the American Tinnitus Association
Profits on February 5 will be donated to the American Tinnitus Association to honor Texas Roadhouse founder, Kent Taylor, and to help those living with tinnitus.
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- Six deaf children can hear for the first time after breakthrough dailymail․co․uk
- New estimate shows rural Americans and men are more likely to suffer from hearing loss medicalxpress․com
- Insurance doesn’t always cover hearing aids for kids medicalxpress․com
- Interesting Reads: Soundtrack of Silence by Matt Hay | Shari Eberts livingwithhearingloss․com
- Advanced Bionics Extends Marvel CI Product Offering With Remote Programming and Expanded Linked Two-ear Solutions businesswire․com
- Reducing aircraft noise: One decibel at a time techxplore․com
- On heels of Akouos results, Sensorion gets go ahead to launch OTOF-mediated hearing loss gene therapy trial clinicaltrialsarena․com
Audio/Video
- Dr. Cliff Show: Earwax Removal Horror Stories youtube․com
- Hearing Matters Podcast: The Evolution of HEARING AIDS and Hearing Care, with Douglas Beck, AuD youtube․com
- This Week in Hearing: Acclaimed Baroque Flutist Stephen Schultz on Hearing Loss, Hearing Aids and the Importance of Musician Hearing Health hearinghealthmatters․org
- FuturEar Podcast: Career Advancement & Market Trends in Audiology, with Tish Gaffney, AuD futurear․co
- Dr. Cliff: NEW Eyeglass Hearing Aids! Essilor Luxottica Interview CES 2024 youtube․com
Research
- Acetylcholine modulates the precision of prediction error in the auditory cortex elifesciences․org
- Variability in auditory processing performance is associated with reading difficulties rather than with history of otitis media pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
- Health-Related Quality of Life in Subjective, Chronic Tinnitus Patients: A Scoping Review link․springer․com
- The prevalence of bilateral hearing loss in the United States in 2019: A small area estimation modelling approach for obtaining national, state, and county level estimates by demographic subgroup thelancet․com
- Cortical Auditory Evoked Potential Indices of Impaired Sensory Gating in People With Chronic Tinnitus journals․lww․com
- The Effect of Hearing Loss and Working Memory Capacity on Context Use and Reliance on Context in Older Adults journals․lww․com
- Electrophysiological Measures of Listening-in-Noise With and Without Remote Microphone System Use in Autistic and Non-Autistic Youth journals․lww․com
- Efficacy of Amplification for Tinnitus Relief in People With Mild Hearing Loss pubs․asha․org
- Clinical Trial: Status Telemetry for Cochlear Implantations | Insel Gruppe AG clinicaltrials․gov
- Comparison of Quality of Life Outcomes for Percutaneous Versus Transcutaneous Implantable Hearing Devices: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis journals․lww․com
- Effects of Age on the Auditory Cortex During Speech Perception in Noise: Evidence From Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy journals․lww․com
- Compensation in neuro-system related to age-related hearing loss tandfonline․com
- Perceptions of older and younger adults who wear hearing aids tandfonline․com
- Exploring the factors affecting music-related quality of life in post-lingual deaf adults with cochlear implants audiologytracker․com
- The Effects of Signal to Noise Ratio, T60, Wide-Dynamic Range Compression Speed, and Digital Noise Reduction in a Virtual Restaurant Setting journals․lww․com
- Auditory Cortical Plasticity in Patients with Single-Sided Deafness Before and After Cochlear Implantation link․springer․com
- The effects of visual and auditory synchrony on human foraging link․springer․com
- Clinical Trial: MED-EL Remote Care Multi-Center Feasibility Study clinicaltrials․gov
- Salvage therapy for refractory sudden sensorineural hearing loss (RSSNHL): a systematic review and network meta-analysis tandfonline․com
- How ‘hidden hearing loss’ noise exposure affects neural coding in the inferior colliculus of rats sciencedirect․com
- Language, cognitive, and speech in noise perception abilities of children with cochlear ımplants: a comparative analysis by implantation period and bilateral versus unilateral cochlear implants link․springer․com
- Electrode Montage for Bilateral Cervical Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential (cVEMP) Testing thieme-connect․de
- Sensory Gating Networks in Normal-Hearing Adults With Minimal Tinnitus pubs․asha․org
- Genetic architecture distinguishes tinnitus from hearing loss pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
- Hair Cell Regeneration: From Animals to Humans e-ceo․org
- Trends in Distributions of Hearing Threshold Levels by Ages: A Comparison of the ISO 7029 and Newly Available Country-Specific Data ejao․org