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On Monday, Apple announced it is making the leap into OTC hearing aids with new software updates to its AirPods Pro 2 hearing aids. Apple's hearing aid mode will allow users to enhance their hearing capabilities using the same AirPods they may already own. The FDA approved the software on Thursday (see News below).
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During last week's AuDacity 2024 conference, the Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA) unveiled “Audiology 2050,” a strategic initiative aimed at preparing the profession to achieve its potential as a clinical doctoring profession in a rapidly evolving healthcare, public policy, and technology landscape.
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Phonak's new AI-driven hearing aid, Audéo Sphere Infinio, has generated lots of interest. In this video, HearingTracker Audiologist Matthew Allsop provides the top-5 reasons to buy and not to buy Sphere Infinio hearing aids.
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According to a LinkedIn post from China Hearing Industry News, Jinghao Medical has successfully acquired the hearing health division of IntriCon, a respected Minneapolis-based manufacturer of white-label hearing aids.
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The heartwarming family film, 'Rally Caps', highlights the power of team building, friendship, and breaking down stigmas associated with hearing loss.
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To prevent hearing damage during cancer treatment, a University of Oklahoma researcher created a novel drug delivery system that transports medications to the inner ear.
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Lori Zitelli, AuD, of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center reviews the necessary components of an interventional audiology program. Tips for the provision of effective care are provided.
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- Apple's New OTC Hearing Aid Mode for AirPods Pro Earbuds Gains Approval from FDA hearingtracker․com
- Alaska Becomes 34th State to Pass Audiology and SLP Interstate Compact | AAA audiology․org
- CDC: Cochlear Implants and Vaccine Recommendations cdc․gov
- WS Audiology Appoints Hea Vinskov as Chief Legal Officer wsa․com
- Answers to Your FAQs About Diversity and Inclusivity in CSD | ASHA leader․pubs․asha․org
- Analysts agree: GN, Demant and WSA will not suffer from Apple's new hearing aid feature | Paywall medwatch․com
- Listen Up: Monitoring Hearing in Autistic Children leader․pubs․asha․org
- Section 504 Update Enhances Protections for People With Disabilities leader․pubs․asha․org
- Patrick Mahomes and the Vestibular System audiology․org
- Gene Therapy for Inherited Deafness Approaches a Threshold genengnews․com
- Major hearing aid companies welcome Apple entry: “An exciting move” | Paywall medwatch․com
- WS Audiology: Incident response team "acted quickly" to contain cyber threat | Paywall medwatch․com
- Apple introduces iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus apple․com
- With Funding from Oticon, Inc., Sertoma International Awards Scholarships to Five College-Bound Students audiologyonline․com
- Amplifon named among the world's most trusthworthy companies by Newsweek corporate․amplifon․com
Audio/Video
- Hearing Matters Podcast: Lifestyle Choices and Alzheimer’s: Insights from Dr. Trinh buzzsprout․com
- Dr. Cliff Short Video: NEW Apple Hearing Aids! youtube․com
- ASHA Voices: Audiology, Aerospace, and an Early-Career Innovator leader․pubs․asha․org
- Matthew Allsop: Apple Hearing Aid Tech Announced youtube․com
- This Week in Hearing: Mark Schulman on Hearing Loss, Tinnitus and Rocking the Stage with Purpose hearinghealthmatters․org
- Dr. Cliff Vlog: REALLY BIG NEWS! | Modern Tinnitus youtube․com
Research
- 💡Disparities between objectively measured hearing loss and subjectively perceived aided hearing loss: A scoping review journals․sagepub․com
- Predicting speech-in-noise ability with static and dynamic auditory figure-ground analysis using structural equation modelling biorxiv․org
- Feasibility of Measuring the Behavioral and Electrophysiological Masking-Level Difference with Nonsense-Syllable Stimuli thieme-connect․de
- Echoes of risk: Noise-induced hearing loss in dentistry | Paywall nature․com
- Tonotopic and Default Frequency Fitting for Music Perception in Cochlear Implant Recipients: A Randomized Clinical Trial jamanetwork․com
- Optimisation of visual reinforcement audiometry: a scoping review tandfonline․com
- Masseter and cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potentials in individuals with auditory neuropathy tandfonline․com
- 💡Microphone calibration estimation for mobile audiological tests with resonating bottles tandfonline․com
- Plasminogen – safe for treatment of chronic tympanic membrane perforation: a phase 1 randomized, placebo-controlled study tandfonline․com
- 💡Roadmap to a Global Template for Implementation of Ototoxicity Management for Cancer Treatment journals․lww․com
- Audiogram Estimation Performance Using Auditory Evoked Potentials and Gaussian Processes journals․lww․com
- Correction Factor Evaluation and Between-System Comparison of Behavioral Threshold Predictions From Auditory Brainstem Response Measures in Infants pubs․asha․org
- Novel compact meta-silencer design leverages acoustic black hole and rainbow trapping effects techxplore․com
- Functional pathogenicity of ESRRB variant of uncertain significance contributes to hearing loss (DFNB35) nature․com
- Language networks of normal-hearing infants exhibit topological differences between resting and steady states: An fNIRS functional connectivity study onlinelibrary․wiley․com
- Music Perception and Music-Related Quality of Life in Adult Cochlear Implant Users: Exploring the Need for Music Rehabilitation journals․lww․com
- 💡Digital speech hearing screening using a quick novel mobile hearing impairment assessment: an observational correlation study nature․com
- Characteristics and treatment outcomes of musical tinnitus: a prospective study link․springer․com
- Multispecies initial numerical validation of an efficient algorithm prototype for auditory brainstem response hearing threshold estimation pubs․aip․org
- Development of the West China Tinnitus Impact Inventory and Analysis of Its Reliability and Validity journals․lww․com
- Auditory Prognosis of Patients With Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Relation to the Presence of Acute Vestibular Syndrome: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis journals․lww․com
- Does cochlear implantation affect personality of hearing-impaired patients? A five-year follow-up study tandfonline․com
- Bridging auditory perception and natural language processing with semantically informed deep neural networks nature․com
- Assessing the Impact of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Speech Perception in Noise direct․mit․edu
- Stimulation conditions leading to electrical vestibular co-stimulation in cochlear implant users onlinelibrary․wiley․com
- 💡Comparing human and machine speech recognition in noise with QuickSIN pubs․aip․org
- Speech intelligibility prediction based on a physiological model of the human ear and a hierarchical spiking neural network pubs․aip․org
- Annual hearing screening in children with osteogenesis imperfecta: Results from the first five years in Glasgow linkinghub․elsevier․com
- Correlations between Auditory Brainstem and Steady-State Responses as a Function of Age, and Severity and Configuration of Hearing Loss thieme-connect․de
- Assessment of Cochlear Synaptopathy with Standard Clinical Equipment thieme-connect․de
- Sensory unpleasantness of very-high frequency sound and audible ultrasound pubs․aip․org