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Published Feb 16, 2024
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Matthew Allsop: Comparing the Best Hearing Aids for Tinnitus 2024
Audiologist Matthew Allsop reviews all of the tinnitus-relief sounds offered by every major hearing aid manufacturer, including Phonak, Oticon, ReSound, Starkey, Widex, and Signia.
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Pitt researchers prevent noised-induced hearing loss in mice by sponging up free-floating zinc
A new paper published in PNAS indicates drugs that sponge up excess zinc can help restore lost hearing or, if administered before an expected loud sound exposure, can protect from hearing loss.
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Dr. Cliff Vlog: What Audiologists Do in Their Basements–Interview with HearAdvisor's Steve Taddei, AuD
Dr. Steve Taddei joins Dr. Cliff to discuss the independent test lab, HearAdvisor, and just how the lab puts hearing aids and hearing-related devices through their paces.
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Hearing Aid Amplification Improves Postural Control for Older Adults With Hearing Loss When Other Sensory Cues Are Impoverished
This study from a distinguished group of Canadian researchers further suggests that hearing aids could also be recommended to reduce the risk of falls.
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Functional MRI shows promise for treating chronic severe tinnitus
Although currently not very practical, real-time functional MRI neurofeedback therapy may be more effective for treating chronic severe tinnitus than cognitive behavioral therapy, say a group of researchers.
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A systematic review of the association of Type I Diabetes (T1D) with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL)
This systematic review in PLOS finds a correlation between T1D and SNHL. A multidisciplinary collaboration between endocrinologists, ENTs, and audiologists will lead to early detection of hearing impairment in people with T1D resulting in early intervention and better clinical outcomes.
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- Update on 2024 Federal BCBS Hearing Aid Coverage Changes | AAA audiology․org
- New Bill Seeks to Clarify Fully Implanted Active Middle Ear Hearing Devices as Prosthetics, Not Hearing Aids, Making Them Eligible for Medicare Coverage | Envoy Medical finance․yahoo․com
- WHO: Hearing loss and the role of health care providers: Fact sheet [PDF] who․int
- Acousia announces first patient enrolled in its Phase 2 PROHEAR-Study prnewswire․com
- Bose Introduces Ultra Open Ear Earbuds bose․com
- HearCog: Could hearing aids help stave off dementia in older adults? uwa․edu․au
- Fan-Gang Zeng, PhD: Gene Therapy Restored Partial Hearing in a Dozen Deaf Children journals․lww․com
- Demant loses slight foothold among US veterans while GN sees modest increase | Paywall medwatch․com
- Analyst: Demant's divestment of Communications [EPOS] division makes sense | Paywall medwatch․com
- American Cochlear Implant Alliance Announces Student Scholarship Recipients for CI2024 Vancouver audiologyonline․com
- Letting the calcium flow elifesciences․org
Audio/Video
- Neil Segil uses stem cells to seek treatments for hearing loss | USC youtube․com
- FuturEar Radio: Growing a Private Practice Audiology Clinic to 3 Locations, with Jennifer Micacci, AuD futurear․co
- ASHA Voices: A Big-Picture Look at Hearing Loss in the US, with Drs. David Rein and Nick Reed leader․pubs․asha․org
- Hearing Matters Podcast: Tinnitus News, Review, and Update 2024 buzzsprout․com
- Dr. Cliff: Why Quality Hearing Aids are Actually Cheaper youtube․com
- Dr. Rachael Cook: What is Auditory Processing Disorder? youtube․com
- This Week in Hearing: Tinnitus Relief and Speech Clarity on the Wrist? Latest Research Behind Neosensory's Duo and Clarify hearinghealthmatters․org
Research
- Deborah Vickers & Brian C.J. Moore: Cochlear Implants and Music–An Introduction to Special Issue of 'Trends in Hearing' journals․sagepub․com
- Neuromodulation for Treatment of Tinnitus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
- Functional MRI Neurofeedback Outperforms Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Reducing Tinnitus Distress: A Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial pubs․rsna․org
- Evaluation of Tinnitus and Hearing Loss in the Adult link․springer․com
- Relationships Between Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Short Form SSQ12 Item Scores and their Use in Guiding Rehabilitation for Cochlear Implant Recipients journals․sagepub․com
- Cochlear Implantation After Head and Neck Radiation: A Case Series, Systematic Review, and Meta-analysis journals․lww․com
- Changing Management of Intravestibular Schwannomas in the Era of Cochlear Implantation for Single-Sided Deafness journals․lww․com
- Microstructural Changes in the Brainstem Auditory Pathway in Children With Hearing Loss journals․lww․com
- Military and Nonmilitary TBI Associations with Hearing Loss and Self-Reported Hearing Difficulty among Active-Duty Service Members and Veterans journals․lww․com
- Assessment of Interaural Attenuation in Infants and Young Children Using Bone-Conducted Auditory Brainstem Response journals․lww․com
- Hearing aid wear time and its impact on vocabulary in preschoolers with moderately severe to profound hearing loss tandfonline․com
- The Placebo Effect on Tinnitus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials journals․lww․com
- Prevalence and predictors of self-reported hearing aid use and benefit in Norway: the HUNT study bmcpublichealth․biomedcentral․com
- Self-reporting of hearing loss and tinnitus in the diagnosis of ototoxicity by meglumine antimoniate in patients treated for American tegumentary Leishmaniasis (ATL) dx․plos․org
- Evaluating Real-World Benefits of Hearing Aids With Deep Neural Network-Based Noise Reduction: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study pubs․asha․org
- Cochlear implant therapy improves the quality of life and social participation in the elderly: a prospective long-term evaluation link․springer․com
- Assessing Meaningful Improvement: Focus on the Tinnitus Functional Index journals․lww․com
- Computer-based Auditory Training by New Adult Cochlear Implant Recipients Is Associated With Durable Improvements in Cochlear Implant Quality of Life journals․lww․com
- Association Between Hearing Loss, Asymmetric Hearing, and Postural Instability journals․lww․com
- Clinical Trial: Testing a New App for Children With Glue Ear | Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust clinicaltrials․gov
- Externalization of Speech When Listening With Hearing Aids journals․sagepub․com
- Retrospective Analysis of the Outcomes of Genetic Testing in Patients Suspected to Have Hereditary Hearing Loss or Deafness pubs․asha․org
- Complete Restoration of Hearing Loss and Cochlear Synaptopathy via Minimally Invasive, Single-Dose, and Controllable Middle Ear Delivery of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Hydrogel pubs․acs․org
- Neurobiological slowdown in later life manifests in tempo of popular music biorxiv․org
- Connexins 30 and 43 expression changes in relation to age-related hearing loss linkinghub․elsevier․com
- Measuring hearing aid satisfaction in everyday listening situations: Retrospective and in-situ assessments complement each other thieme-connect․de
- Frequency-Following Responses in Sensorineural Hearing Loss: A Systematic Review link․springer․com
- A Systematic Review on the Genetic Contribution to Tinnitus link․springer․com
- Does amplitude compression help or hinder attentional neural speech tracking? biorxiv․org
- rTMS of the auditory association cortex improves speech intelligibility in patients with sensorineural hearing loss sciencedirect․com
- The therapeutic effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in patients with severe to profound idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss nature․com
- Increasing auditory intensity enhances temporal but deteriorates spatial accuracy in a virtual interception task link․springer․com
- Association of Symptomatic Dizziness With All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality jamanetwork․com
- Multisession anodal epidural direct current stimulation of the auditory cortex delays the progression of presbycusis in the Wistar rat linkinghub․elsevier․com