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Starkey has unveiled a new line of custom hearing aids, the Signature Series, which includes a new rechargeable completely-in-canal (CIC) model. The company has also announced enhancements to its flagship family of Genesis AI hearing aids.
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The Stride V-UP BTE is designed for people with severe to profound hearing loss, features a 675 standard battery, advanced sound performance for power wearers, Made For All direct connectivity, and includes a telecoil.
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On February 5, Texas Roadhouse and Bubba's 33 raised a remarkable $925,000 to fund American Tinnitus Association educational and research initiatives.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has made a large variety of advocacy banners, posters, and campaign materials available for its 2024 theme, "Changing Mindsets."
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A simple smartphone user interface for automated in-situ audiometry allows community health workers to test hearing and has the potential to provide widespread hearing aid programming and personalized fittings in low- and middle-income countries.
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This study found that word recognition in quiet (WRQ) provided little to no information about perceived auditory disability, while the QuickSIN had some predictive power relative to patients' difficulties understanding speech in challenging environments and for their SSQ12-Speech5 scores.
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- Cochlear Advocates for Hearing Health in Washington D.C. Ahead of Sunday's World Hearing Day hearingreview․com
- Dr. Rachael Frush Holt Elected President of the American Auditory Society | Ohio State Univ sphs․osu․edu
- World Hearing Day 2024: Amplifon Targets Young People to Promote Prevention and Overcome Stigma corporate․amplifon․com
- FDA Approved Lenire Expands Number of US Clinics audiologyonline․com
- Oticon Focus on People Awards 25th Anniversary Celebration Honors 2023 Award Winners | Hearing Health & Technology Matters hearinghealthmatters․org
- Demant Vice Chair Niels Jacobsen sells shares for over USD $5MM | Paywall medwatch․com
- Demant Board has "full confidence" in management's handling of unsafe work environment | Paywall medwatch․com
- WHO issues guidance to improve access to hearing care in low- and middle-income settings who․int
- Med-El Receives Global ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Certification for Information Security, Cybersecurity, and Privacy Protection audiologyonline․com
- Settlement Reached in Kaiser Exclusion of Hearing Aids and Related Services | AAA audiology․org
- Signia Silk Charge&Go IX Hearing Aid: Reviews and Prices hearingtracker․com
- Teaching students diagnosed with auditory processing disorders | NJ Education Association njea․org
- Audio explainable artificial intelligence: Demystifying ‘black box’ models techxplore․com
- Amplification and Assistive Devices at AAA 2024+HearTECH Expo | AAA audiology․org
- Sphere of influence: How Harman and Dr. Sean Olive are reshaping headphone sound crutchfield․com
Audio/Video
- Video Short: World Hearing Day 2024 | Amplifon youtube․com
- The debilitating impact of tinnitus, and how a new app could help | The Guardian theguardian․com
- Dr. Rachael Cook: Hearing Aid Fashion youtube․com
- Dr. Cliff Vlog: Searching for a Tinnitus CURE youtube․com
Research
- 💡Communicating With Patients With Hearing Loss or Deafness-Can You Hear Me? jamanetwork․com
- Tinnitus-associated cognitive and psychological impairments: a comprehensive review meta-analysis pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
- Spectrum of genetic variants in bilateral sensorineural hearing loss pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
- 💡Toward Sound Localization Testing in Virtual Reality to Aid in the Screening of Auditory Processing Disorders journals․sagepub․com
- 💡Protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial of STeroid Administration Routes For Idiopathic Sudden sensorineural Hearing loss: The STARFISH trial dx․plos․org
- Effect of reducing electrical stimulation rate on hearing performance of Nucleus® cochlear implant recipients tandfonline․com
- A Time-Saving Alternative to “Peak-Picking” Algorithms: A Gaussian Mixture Model Feature Extraction Technique for the Neurodiagnostic Auditory Brainstem Response journals․lww․com
- Examining Barriers to Early Hearing Diagnosis pubs․asha․org
- An eight-year follow-up on auditory outcomes after neonatal hearing screening dx․plos․org
- Improved tactile speech perception using audio-to-tactile sensory substitution with formant frequency focusing nature․com
- Comparative exploration of mammalian deafness gene homologues in the Drosophila auditory organ shows genetic correlation between insect and vertebrate hearing dx․plos․org
- 💡What’s in a name? A systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the effectiveness of non-medical amplification devices in adults with mild and moderate hearing losses tandfonline․com
- Effectiveness of educational programs in hearing health: a systematic review and meta-analysis tandfonline․com
- Association between blood volatile organic aromatic compound concentrations and hearing loss in US adults bmcpublichealth․biomedcentral․com
- Resilience and vulnerability of speech neural tracking to early auditory deprivation biorxiv․org
- Investigation of a novel TBC1D24 variation causing autosomal dominant non-syndromic hearing loss nature․com
- 💡Late-onset, progressive sensorineural hearing loss in the paediatric population: a systematic review link․springer․com
- Adults With Cochlear Implants: Residual Hearing, Musical Perception, and Temporal Skills pubs․asha․org
- Destabilization of Human Vertical Posture by Affective Auditory Stimuli link․springer․com
- 💡CROS or hearing aid? Selecting the ideal solution for unilateral CI patients with limited aidable hearing in the contralateral ear dx․plos․org
- Increased reliance on temporal coding when target sound is softer than the background nature․com
- Knowledge, attitude, and practice toward cochlear implants among deaf patients who received cochlear implants nature․com
- Misophonia is related to stress but not directly with traumatic stress dx․plos․org