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The competition is hot for the best Costco hearing aids 2024 in the US. In this video, Audiologist Matthew Allsop reviews the pros and cons of the Jabra Pro 20 and the new Philips HearLink 9050.
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Larry Humes, PhD, uses NHANES data to show the likely demographics of OTC hearing aid users. There are some 49.5 million adults—about 22% of US adults over age 20—with mild-to-moderate hearing loss who may be candidates for OTC hearing aids. About 40-45% of OTC hearing aid candidates are 50-69 years old, more than 70% don't use amplification, and half haven't had their hearing tested in the past 5 years.
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HearingTracker reviews Link by Eargo, a new rechargeable earbud-style hearing aid that offers Bluetooth audio streaming and is significantly more affordable than previous Eargo models.
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The 2024 National Report Card from the Canadian Infant Hearing Task Force reveals that little has changed since its 2019 Report Card which indicates 7 out of 13 Canadian provinces/territories do not provide sufficient infant hearing healthcare.
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Here's a National Security Agency (NSA) article about how the hands-free calling features on Bluetooth hearing aids can introduce a wireless microphone into a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) and how NSA mitigated this problem.
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The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024, signed into law on May 16, mandates improvements to aviation safety and passenger protections, including significant benefits for travelers with hearing loss—including captions for those muffled, hard-to-understand gate announcements.
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The Apple Hearing Study, one of the largest surveys to date, indicates about 15% of all participants experience tinnitus constantly, with 36% of people ages 55+ experiencing constant tinnitus. While the majority report their tinnitus as faint, 34% say it's noticeable, and 9% report it's very loud or ultra loud.
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- Kim Cavitt, AuD: The Realities of Audiology Certification and Why Change is Important linkedin․com
- When auditory cues affect body representation and vice versa nouvelles․umontreal․ca
- Market share gains in April for Sonova and Starkey in the US veterans' market | Paywall medwatch․com
- Minnesota Becomes 32nd State to Join the Interstate Compact | AAA audiology․org
- How the Brain Distinguishes Music from Speech neurosciencenews․com
- Tamiflu seems to relieve noise-induced hearing loss in mice | Paywall newscientist․com
- Achieving telehealth equity for people with hearing loss statnews․com
- Inventis Set to Revolutionize Tele-Audiology with the Upcoming Launch of Enhanced Satellite Solution audiologyonline․com
- Widex SmartRIC Hearing Aid Wins Again – This Time the 2024 Golden A' Design Award | WSA wsa․com
- Knowles Supertweeters Power New EarSonics Precision In-Ear Monitors | Knowles businesswire․com
- In Memoriam: Richard Talbott, PhD | AAA audiology․org
- Study: Surgical Intervention Improves Quality of Life for Patients with Acoustic Neuroma | UCSD health․ucsd․edu
Audio/Video
- TED Radio Hour Body Electric: Your earbuds and you—what all that listening is doing to us [Apple Hearing Study with Rick Neitzel, Univ of Michigan] npr․org
- This Week in Hearing: 'Cochlear Implant Utilization in the United States: How Are We Doing?', with Dr. Kevin Zhan m․youtube․com
- Dr. Cliff Show: Oticon vs United Healthcare Hearing youtube․com
- Hearing Matters Podcast: The Future of Cochlear Implants and Hearing Solutions, with Dr. Jace Wolfe buzzsprout․com
- Dr. Cliff Vlog: Offer Rejected youtube․com
Research
- Tinnitus mechanisms and the need for an objective electrophysiological tinnitus test pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
- Natural History of Untreated Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
- Clinical Trial: Verification of the Efficacy/Safety of the Mixed Drug Injectable Delivery Vehicle for Treating Intractable Hearing Loss (Pilot Study) | Seoul National Univ Hospital clinicaltrials․gov
- Spatial selective auditory attention is preserved in older age but is degraded by peripheral hearing loss biorxiv․org
- Prevalence survey and psychometric measurement of vertigo and dizziness in individuals with obstructive sleep apnoea: A cross-sectional study onlinelibrary․wiley․com
- Predicting Postoperative Speech Perception and Audiometric Thresholds Using Intracochlear Electrocochleography in Cochlear Implant Recipients journals․lww․com
- 💡The Optimal Speech-to-Background Ratio for Balancing Speech Recognition With Environmental Sound Recognition journals․lww․com
- Clinical Trial: Efficacy of Manual Therapy in the Treatment of Somatic Tinnitus | Gaziler Hospital (Ankara, Turkey) clinicaltrials․gov
- Comparing Methods for Deriving the Auditory Brainstem Response to Continuous Speech in Human Listeners biorxiv․org
- “Close to My Community”: A Qualitative Study of Community Health Worker-Supported Teleaudiology Hearing Aid Services journals․lww․com
- A lecturer’s voice quality and its effect on memory, listening effort, and perception in a VR environment nature․com
- Development of a semi-automated approach for the quantification of neuronal cells in the spiral ganglion of the whole implanted gerbil cochlea, acquired by light-sheet microscopy karger․com
- Academic Outcomes With Hearing Amplification Devices in Children With Unilateral Hearing Loss: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis karger․com
- Reliable Long-Term Serial Evaluation of Cochlear Function Using Pulsed Distortion-Product Otoacoustic Emissions: Analyzing Levels and Pressure Time Courses journals․lww․com
- Cross-sectional study of prevalence and correlates of fear of falling in the older people in residential care in India: the Hyderabad Ocular Morbidity in Elderly Study (HOMES) bmjopen․bmj․com
- The effects of auditory consequences on visuomotor adaptation and motor memory link․springer․com
- The human auditory system uses amplitude modulation to distinguish music from speech dx․plos․org
- Reliability of an extended version of the 3m™ Eargage tool to assess earcanal size and assist earplug selection tandfonline․com
- Clinical characteristics and hearing loss etiology of cochlear implantees undergoing surgery in their teens, 20s, and 30s link․springer․com
- 💡Predictors of cochlear implant outcomes in pediatric auditory neuropathy: A matched case-control study dx․plos․org
- Toward Automating Diagnosis of Middle- and Inner-ear Mechanical Pathologies With a Wideband Absorbance Regression Model journals․lww․com
- Auditory Electrophysiological Thresholds With Different Chirps and Their Correlation With Behavioral Thresholds in Hearing-Impaired Children journals․lww․com
- Tonotopy is not preserved in a descending stage of auditory cortex biorxiv․org
- Update on the state of audiology in South Africa tandfonline․com
- 💡The Not-So-Slight Perceptual Consequences of Slight Hearing Loss in School-Age Children: A Scoping Review pubs․asha․org
- Auditory Processing but Not Peripheral Hearing Differs Between Older Adults With and Without Mild Cognitive Impairment pubs․asha․org
- Gene therapy proves successful in treating hereditary deafness linkinghub․elsevier․com
- Cochlear implantation in pediatrics: Impact of newborn hearing screening on intervention time linkinghub․elsevier․com
- “A lonely time for deaf and hard of hearing kids”: A qualitative study of the impact of pandemic precautions on classroom communication for adolescents with hearing loss linkinghub․elsevier․com
- Early Childhood Development Is Not Enough: In Defense of Children with Developmental Delays and Disabilities and Their Right to Family-Centered Early Childhood Intervention (In the Global South) mdpi․com
- Hearing loss-related altered neuronal activity in the inferior colliculus linkinghub․elsevier․com