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Audiologist Matthew Allsop reviews Eargo's two new OTC hearing aids, which offer rechargeable and discreet form factors—and significantly lower prices than before. Eargo Link also hails the company's first Bluetooth audio streaming device.
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Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has reported that Apple will introduce a Hearing Aid Mode in its Apple AirPods Pro when it launches iOS 18 in September. Should Apple AirPods Pro earbuds take center stage, will the OTC hearing aid market be next to face disruption?
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Reach is the company’s latest flagship hearing aid line equipped with Multi-Voice Focus technology, offering wearers more hearing clarity in group conversations and complex listening situations.
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Offered as an over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aid from $995 to $1195, the Jabra Enhance Select 50R provides prescription-like features from an OTC hearing aid, with plenty of customization options via the mobile app and Jabra’s remote telecare.
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A study by researchers in China provides experimental evidence that hearing loss can promote Alzheimer's Disease (AD) via the growth differentiation factor 1 (GDF1) pathway in mice. The findings may aid in developing potential AD therapeutic strategies.
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This study finds that hearing impairment only (ie, with no vision impairment) was associated with 28% greater odds of social isolation over 8 years.
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Passed last week, the Consolidated Appropriations Act reduces cuts in the 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule from 3.4% to 1.7%.
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- New Hearing Aid Coverage and Class Action Lawsuit in Washington State Could Spark Wider Changes | HLAA hearingloss․org
- New high-speed microscale 3D printing technique for microelectronics, drug delivery, manufacturing, and more sciencedaily․com
- 20Q: Working with Medicare – Reimbursement Rules of Engagement, with Anna M. Jilla, AuD, PhD audiologyonline․com
- Social Determinants of Health and Payment Policies: Changes Ahead leader․pubs․asha․org
- How to Use Bluetooth and Hearing Aids for a Live Performance hearingreview․com
- Product Review: Oticon Intent Hearing Aid hearingtracker․com
- Starkey's Dr. Sara Burdak Honored with Stevie Award for Women in Business hearingtracker․com
- Phonak Unveils Expanded Product Range for Spring hearingtracker․com
- Sensorion Achieves Endpoint SENS-401 Phase 2a Clinical Study for Residual Hearing Preservation; Orally Administered Drug Crosses Labyrinth Barrier finance․yahoo․com
- UnitedHealth Cyber Attack: Change Healthcare/Optum Payment Disruption (CHOPD) Accelerated Payments to Part A Providers and Advance Payments to Part B Suppliers | CMS cms․gov
- Demant investing heavily in artificial intelligence to develop the hearing aids of the future | Paywall medwatch․com
- Demant upgrades medium to long term guidance and expects bigger market share and increased earnings | Paywall medwatch․com
- ACI Alliance Announces Dr. Jill B. Firszt as 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient audiologyonline․com
- Survey Details OTC Self-Fitting Hearing Aid Users’ Experiences, Perceptions | Eargo hearingreview․com
- Rayovac Unveils Child-Resistant Hearing Aid Battery Packs hearingreview․com
Audio/Video
- Dr. Cliff: Hearing Aid Malfunctions—Importance of Test Box Measures youtube․com
- Dr. Cliff: Oticon Hearing Aids vs. Managed Care Insurance youtube․com
- This Week in Hearing: Loneliness, Social Networks and Hearing Loss–An Update on the ACHIEVE study hearinghealthmatters․org
- Hearing Matters Podcast: AI Integration, Cognitive Connections, and the Future of Audiology with Dr. David Moore buzzsprout․com
- Dr. Cliff Show Highlights: Did OTC Hearing Aids Fail? youtube․com
- Hearing Review Podcast: Hearing Care Veteran Talks Industry Innovations and Changes, with Michael Andreozzi, BC-HIS hearingreview․com
Research
- 💡Therapy effect of cochleural alternating acoustic beam therapy versus traditional sound therapy for managing chronic idiopathic tinnitus patients nature․com
- 💡The association between tinnitus and risk of cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality: Insight from the UK Biobank pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
- Predictors of the Outcome at 2 Years in Neonates With Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection publications․aap․org
- 💡How have services for diabetes, eye, hearing and foot health been integrated for adults? Protocol for a scoping review bmjopen․bmj․com
- Automated Speech Audiometry: Can It Work Using Open-Source Pre-Trained Kaldi-NL Automatic Speech Recognition? journals․sagepub․com
- Perceptions of Hearing Health Care: A Qualitative Analysis of Satisfied and Dissatisfied Online Reviews pubs․asha․org
- Artifact removal by template subtraction enables recordings of the frequency following response in cochlear-implant users nature․com
- 💡Longitudinal Policy Surveillance of Private Insurance Hearing Aid Mandates in the United States: 1997-2022 ajph․aphapublications․org
- Four-Point Impedance: A Potential Biomarker for Residual Hearing After Cochlear Implantation journals․lww․com
- Intraoperative EABR Testing Predicts Strength of Cochlear Implant Stimulation Optimized After Long-Term Use in Pediatric Malformation Ears journals․lww․com
- Long-Term Cochlear Implant Sound Processor Usage in Children with Single-Sided Deafness journals․lww․com
- Clinical Trial: Comparing Hearing Aid Fitting Methods in Blast-exposed Veterans | VA clinicaltrials․gov
- The Compensatory Mechanism of the Prefrontal Cortex in Preserving Speech-in-Noise Comprehension Among Older Adults biorxiv․org
- Association between sarcopenia [loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength] and hearing impairment in middle-aged and elderly people in China: a prospective cohort study nature․com
- Synchronizing Automatic Gain Control in Bilateral Cochlear Implants Mitigates Dynamic Localization Deficits Introduced by Independent Bilateral Compression journals․lww․com
- Clinical Trial: Optimizing Bilateral and Single-sided-deafness Cochlear Implants for Functioning in Complex Auditory Environments | University of Maryland, College Park clinicaltrials․gov
- Pediatric Hearing Aid Daily Wear Time Is Significantly Impacted by Clinician-Family Language Discordance pubs․asha․org
- Tinnitus Classification Based on Resting-State Functional Connectivity Using a Convolutional Neural Network Architecture linkinghub․elsevier․com
- Pediatric version of speech, spatial and qualities of hearing scale (SSQ) in cochlear implanted children linkinghub․elsevier․com
- Prevalence of hearing loss, tinnitus, vertigo and sudden deafness among patients with polymyositis and dermatomyositis nature․com
- Clinical characteristics of the “Gap” between the prevalence and incidence of hearing loss using National Health Insurance Service data dx․plos․org
- From the perspective of perceptual speech quality: The robustness of frequency bands to noise pubs․aip․org