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hearingtracker․comHere's a Top-10 roundup of the best iOS and Android apps for people who are deaf and hard-of-hearing—so they can download their way to easier communication.
hearingtracker․comCochlear has acquired Oticon Medical’s Neuro cochlear implant system from Demant for a zero headline purchase price following hurdles that prevented a deal that also included Demant’s Ponto bone-anchored hearing system (BAHS).
hearingtracker․comA University of Washington team has developed an AI headphone that lets a user look at a person speaking for 3-5 seconds to "enroll" them. It then employs "Target Speech Hearing," canceling other sounds in the environment and playing just the enrolled speaker's voice in real-time, even as the listener moves around in noise.
techxplore․comFatima Husain of the Univ of Illinois Urbana-Champaign explains the implications of cicadas for people with tinnitus and hyperacusis.
beckman․illinois․eduHow does hearing loss change the brain and contribute to cognitive decline? In this "Your Brain On..." podcast, Drs. Frank Lin, Douglas Beck, and Kristin Barry talk about hearing loss and aging, recent groundbreaking studies, and associated conditions like tinnitus.
podcasts․apple․comA Harvard team created a 3D brain reconstruction that shows in vivid detail each cell and its web of connections in a piece of the brain about half the size of a rice grain located in the temporal cortex—an area that helps decode sounds.
news․harvard․eduNews
- WS Audiology making headway in IPO preparations | Paywall medwatch․com
- BIHIMA and the Royal College of General Practitioners – working together to improve primary care support for people with hearing loss baaudiology․org
- The Bachelor's Abigail Heringer Tells Her Story of 'Hearing Loss and Hope' in New Memoir The Deaf Girl people․com
- Cilcare appoints Naimi Missoum as Chief Medical Officer cilcare․com
- Future Health Research & Innovation funding to support Australian first-of-its-kind Hearing Biobank earscience․org․au
- Sound Pharmaceuticals’ IND Involving Cochlear Implantation Allowed by the FDA finance․yahoo․com
- Text Service Gives Families Free Guidance on Hearing Loss leader․pubs․asha․org
- How Does The VA Rate Hearing Loss? | Veterans Help Group veteranshelpgroup․com
- Tinnitus and memory loss: Link, research, and more medicalnewstoday․com
- Understanding the Role of Video-Nystagmography (VNG) in Vertigo Diagnosis audiologyonline․com
- WS Audiology Strengthens Commitment to Innovation with New R&D Centre of Excellence in Hyderabad | WSA wsa․com
- Outgoing WSA CEO Eric Bernard: Start-up of new Mexico factory could have been better | Paywall medwatch․com
- Listening to the Data: Exploring Sound Levels at Starbucks vs Popular Coffee Chains | SoundPrint blog․soundprint․co
- Celebrating Mildred Oberkotter oberkotterfoundation․org
Audio/Video
- Your earbuds and you: What all that listening is doing to us | NPR Body Electric npr․org
- This Week in Hearing: Innovative Models of Patient Care: Panel Session from FHH 2024 Conference hearinghealthmatters․org
- Dr. Cliff: Widex Moment SmartRIC Detailed Review youtube․com
- Dr. Rachael Cook: Is This the Best Kept Secret to Hearing GREAT in Difficult Settings [Review of Juliette Sterkens' TED Talk]? youtube․com
- Dr. Cliff Vlog: Dropping the Ball youtube․com
Research
- 💡Over-The-Counter Hearing Aids: Are They Safe and Effective? pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
- 💡Gene therapy proves successful in treating hereditary deafness [ahead of print] | Paywall thelancet․com
- Vestibular Impairment and Postural Development in Children with Hearing Loss jamanetwork․com
- 💡Predicting Individual Hearing-Aid Preference From Self-Reported Listening Experiences in Daily Life journals․lww․com
- 💡Coalition for Global Hearing Health Hearing Care Pathways Working Group: Guidelines for Clinical Guidance for Readiness and Development of Evidence-Based Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Programs journals․lww․com
- Neuroimaging Insights: Structural Changes and Classification in Ménière’s Disease journals․lww․com
- Polygenic Risk Score-Based Association Analysis Identifies Genetic Comorbidities Associated with Age-Related Hearing Difficulty in Two Independent Samples link․springer․com
- The association between ultra-processed food intake and age-related hearing loss: a cross-sectional study bmcgeriatr․biomedcentral․com
- Agreement between audiometric hearing loss and self-reported hearing difficulty on the Revised Hearing Handicap Inventory differs by demographic factors pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
- Clinical Trial: Performance and Hearing-related Outcomes in Adults Implanted with the CI622D Dexamethasone-eluting Cochlear Implant Compared to those Implanted with a Standard Cochlear Implant (CI622) | Cochlear Ltd clinicaltrials․gov
- Fast and robust objective EEG audiometry biorxiv․org
- Impact of Hearing Aids on Language Outcomes in Preschool Children With Mild Bilateral Hearing Loss journals․sagepub․com
- Clinical Trial: Consecutive Dual-Session tDCS in Chronic Subjective Severe to Catastrophic Tinnitus With Normal Hearing | Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital clinicaltrials․gov
- Cochlear Implant Outcomes in Patients With TMTC2-Associated Sensorineural Hearing Loss and Auditory Neuropathy/Auditory Dys-Synchrony journals․lww․com
- Prediction of Cochlear Implant Fitting by Machine Learning Techniques journals․lww․com
- A Randomized Crossover Study in Single-Sided Deafness Comparing a Cartilage Conduction CROS System and an Air-Conduction CROS System journals․lww․com
- Standardization of Three Familiar Sound Recognition Tests in Hearing and Deaf Adult Populations journals․lww․com
- Microbiome of the External Auditory Canal: Changes After Long-Term Hearing Aid Use journals․lww․com
- Editorial: Mal de Debarquement Syndrome: Treatment in an Audiology Balance Center | Devin McCaslin thieme-connect․de
- Influence of speech rate on auditory recognition in cochlear implant users karger․com
- The Rapid Decline in Interaural-Time-Difference Sensitivity for Pure Tones Can Be Explained by Peripheral Filtering link․springer․com
- Consumer Perspectives on Improving Hearing Aids: A Qualitative Study pubs․asha․org
- New Hyperacusis Therapy Combines Psychoeducation, Sound Exposure, and Counseling pubs․asha․org
- Masked speech recognition by 6-13-year-olds with early-childhood otitis media: effects of acoustic condition and otologic history tandfonline․com
- Evaluating benefits of remote microphone technology for adults with hearing loss using behavioural and predictive metrics tandfonline․com
- The lived experience of hearing loss – an individualised responsibility tandfonline․com
- Clinical Trial: MeasurIng and Restoring Auditory Awareness for Cochlear Implant Listeners in Noise (MIRACLE) | Institut Pasteur clinicaltrials․gov
- Long-term outcome of patients with Ménière’s disease following cochlear implantation: a comprehensive outcome study with validated assessment tools link․springer․com
- Effects of Tympanic Membrane Electrodes on Sound Transmission From the Ear Canal to the Middle and Inner Ears journals․lww․com
- Neural Envelope Processing at Low Frequencies Predicts Speech Understanding of Children With Hearing Loss in Noise and Reverberation journals․lww․com
- 💡Childhood Listening and Associated Cognitive Difficulties Persist Into Adolescence journals․lww․com
- 💡Demographic Disparities in Drive Times to the Nearest Audiologist in the United States pubs․asha․org
- Relationship Between Hypertension and Hearing Loss: Analysis of the Related Factors dovepress․com