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Published Apr 26, 2024
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I Lost My Hearing Aid! What Can I Do? Tips and Strategies for Finding and Preventing Lost Hearing Aids
HearingTracker contributor Carly Sygrove explains what to do if you misplace or lose your hearing aids—with tips for minimizing the risk of hearing aid loss altogether.
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GN Launches LISTEN TO THIS Global Partnership to Raise Awareness of Link Between Hearing Loss and Cognitive Health
Uniting leading private and public organizations, LISTEN TO THIS is a global initiative to ensure hearing health is recognized as an important factor in overall well-being, including good cognitive health.
hearingtracker․com
Cochlear receives FDA clearance to lower the age for the Osia System to 5 years old | Cochlear ProNews
Cochlear Ltd has obtained FDA clearance to lower the age of the Cochlear™ Osia System from 12 years-old to 5 years-old for children with conductive and mixed hearing loss and single-sided sensorineural deafness (SSD).
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Viewpoint on the Benefit of Hearing Care on Cognitive Health
Recent findings about hearing and cognitive health are fascinating. The authors believe they are also a call to action for the audiology field in terms of clinical implementation science and a more interprofessional approach to developing and testing new, more holistic models of hearing care.
pubs․asha․org
From Silence to the Silver Screen: Actress Tiffany Storrs and Her Unexpected Role as a Hearing Advocate
Actress Tiffany Storrs, who is set to star in the motion picture ‘Ghost of the Game,’ recounts her journey through hearing loss post-childbirth and the life-altering impact of cochlear implants.
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HLAA National Conversation: Should We Worry that Hearing Loss Causes Dementia? | Jan Blustein, MD, PhD
In this video, Dr. Jan Blustein explains common misconceptions about cause and effect and what we should know about hearing well and thinking well.
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- June 7: Inaugural OTC Hearing Aid and Hearing Self-Care Symposium | Univ of Pittsburgh shrs․pitt․edu
- Owner families now open to an IPO for WS Audiology Group (Signia, Widex, and Rexton) | Paywall medwatch․com
- May 3rd is Good Vibrations Day: Bone Anchored Awareness Day | Oticon Medical oticonmedical․com
- Starkey Serves as Diamond Sponsor of Women’s Alzheimer's Movement Luncheon Featuring Maria Shriver hearingtracker․com
- Frank Lin, MD, PhD: Age-Related Hearing Loss | Paywall nejm․org
- Reflections on AAA 2024—And Why Our Industry’s Future Remains Even Brighter | Søren Hvidberg Nielsen of Widex on LinkedIn linkedin․com
- AI Predicts Brain Age from EEG Data neurosciencenews․com
- September 12-14: International Hearing Society (IHS) Convention in Louisville, Ky myhome․ihsinfo․org
- Audiologist shortage may cause problems in US market, says industry organization | Paywall medwatch․com
- Cognivue Announces Paul W. Estes as New President hearingreview․com
- Researchers create artificial cells that act like living cells sciencedaily․com
- CMS Issues Final Rule to Improve Access, Accountability, and Transparency in Medicaid Managed Care | AAA audiology․org
- June 20-21: Virtual Conference on Computational Audiology (VCCA2024) Update computationalaudiology․com
- Phonak Roger On Remote Microphone Honored with 2024 Edison Award hearingtracker․com
- De Wet Swanepoel: Nearly 136 million people in Africa live with hearing difficulties—Tackling the crisis with a smartphone and an app theconversation․com
- The future of connectivity: embracing Bluetooth Low Energy Audio and Auracast™ | GN gn․com
- GN’s US President Scott Davis: We have been talking about One GN for years | Paywall medwatch․com
- NJ gives counties $313K to make public spaces more accessible for those with hearing loss northjersey․com
- Silent flight edges closer to take off, according to new research techxplore․com
- HearUSA Named Best Nationwide Hearing Aid Solutions Company in the 2024 Global Health & Pharma Private Healthcare Awards prnewswire․com
Audio/Video
- Matthew Allsop: How To Pronounce Tinnitus In English youtube․com
- Hearing Matters Podcast: Hearing Loss and Grief buzzsprout․com
- Dr. Cliff: Hearing vs Clarity with Hearing Aids youtube․com
- Dr. Cliff: LE Audio Bluetooth Auracast Hearing Aid Hack [neck loops and telecoils] youtube․com
- Dr. Rachael Cook: Can the Apple Watch Predict Your Hearing Loss Before it Happens? youtube․com
- Dr. Cliff: NEW Hearing Test for Background Noise | Audible Contrast Threshold (ACT) youtube․com
Research
- 💡Attention-Modulated Cortical Responses as a Biomarker for Tinnitus mdpi․com
- Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on audiology service delivery: Observational study of the role of social media in patient communication dx․plos․org
- 💡Artificial Intelligence Approaches for Tinnitus Diagnosis: Leveraging High-Frequency Audiometry Data for Enhanced Clinical Predictions frontiersin․org
- The Association Between Tinnitus Sensation-Level Loudness and Sleep Quality in Patients With Subjective Consecutive Tinnitus: A Mediation Analysis pubs․asha․org
- 💡A machine learning screening model for identifying the risk of high-frequency hearing impairment in a general population bmcpublichealth․biomedcentral․com
- EXPRESS: Parent-child sensorimotor coordination in toddlers with and without hearing loss journals․sagepub․com
- Auditory encoding of natural speech at subcortical and cortical levels is not indicative of cognitive decline eneuro․org
- 💡Focusing on Positive Listening Experiences Improves Speech Intelligibility in Experienced Hearing Aid Users journals․sagepub․com
- 💡Relationship between self-reported hearing and vision problems, cognitive decline, depressive symptoms, and life satisfaction in older adults: a retrospective observational study bmcpublichealth․biomedcentral․com
- The impact of face coverings on audio-visual contributions to communication with conversational speech cognitiveresearchjournal․springeropen․com
- Comprehensive Characterization of Hearing Loss and Tinnitus in Military-Affiliated and Non-Military-Affiliated Individuals pubs․asha․org
- 💡A Preliminary Analysis of the Clinical Effectiveness of Audiologist-Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Delivered via Video Calls for Rehabilitation of Misophonia, Hyperacusis, and Tinnitus pubs․asha․org
- Cross-sectional associations between multisensory impairment and brain volumes in older adults: Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging nature․com
- Teleaudiology Services in Australia: A National Survey of Hearing Health Care Consumers Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic pubs․asha․org
- Cochlear implantation in patients with autoimmune hearing loss [English abstract] link․springer․com
- “To implant or not to implant”: electrically evoked auditory brainstem response audiometry for decision-making in vestibular schwannoma resection with CI [English abstract] link․springer․com
- Efficacy of vibrant sound bridge in congenital aural atresia: an updated systematic review link․springer․com
- Speech perception outcomes in hearing-impaired individuals with microphone & receiver in the ear (M&RIE) hearing aids link․springer․com
- Outcome measures of brainwave entrainment using delta wave stimulation in individuals with tinnitus having normal hearing sensitivity link․springer․com
- Atypical Audio-Visual Neural Synchrony and Speech Processing in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder biorxiv․org
- Prediction of acoustic tinnitus suppression using resting state EEG: An explainable AI approach biorxiv․org
- 💡Reported Unmet Hearing Aid Need in Older People With Dementia: The US National Core Indicators Survey linkinghub․elsevier․com