The Audiologist Informer

News

• Pulsatile Tinnitus: A State-of-the-Art Review on How Imaging Can Help Guide Treatment rsna․org
• GN aims to strengthen position VA sales as competition heats up | Paywall medwatch․com
• Signia IX Delivers More Than Twice the Speech Enhancement Benefit in Noisy Group Conversations Than Closest Competitors | WS Audiology wsa․com
• FCC: All Mobile Phones Required to Be Hearing Aid Compatible; Rules Include New Bluetooth Requirements to Ensure Universal Connectivity docs․fcc․gov
• Demant CEO Søren Nielsen sees power consumption as crucial parameter in development of AI hearing aids | Paywall medwatch․com
• Demant eyes growth in France next year with new reimbursement eligibility | Paywall medwatch․com
• Amplifon: Two new sustainability-linked credit facilities signed for €250 million [US$272MM] corporate․amplifon․com
• Hearing aid manufacturers kick off annual EUHA German Congress at the crest of growth wave | Paywall medwatch․com
• Demant: VA growth continues to be held back by lack of capacity | Paywall medwatch․com
• Oct. 21-25: Educational Audiology Awareness Week—Stepping Up Hearing Screening in Schools leader․pubs․asha․org
• Fuel Medical Group Celebrates 15 Years of Growth and Success hearinghealthmatters․org
• Researchers reveal breakthrough in technology that helps hearing-impaired individuals hear through their fingers significant improvements in auditory spatial perception eurekalert․org
• ‘I don’t care about looking weird’: Are we finally listening to the dangers of hearing loss? theguardian․com
• Beloved Studio Guitarist Tim Pierce Doesn’t Shy from Promoting the Benefits of His Innovative Widex SmartRIC™ Hearing Aids audiologyonline․com
• Gruv Button Retrofit Helps People Insert Hearing Aids hearingreview․com
• Hansaton expands its product line with new powerful BTE hearing aids and Entry-Level solutions | Sonova sonova․com
• Demant gains market share for sales to US veterans - GN dips slightly | Paywall medwatch․com
• AAO: Evaluation and Management of Pulsatile Tinnitus bulletin․entnet․org

Audio/Video

• Dr. Rachael Cook: Starkey Soundgear Phantom Hearing Protection Detailed Review youtube․com
• Dr. Cliff: Why Your Hearing Aids Suck | HearingUp youtube․com
• This Week in Hearing: Exploring Starkey's Edge AI Hearing Aids—Always-On DNN, LE Audio, Health Features and more, with Dave Fabry & Achin Bhowmik hearinghealthmatters․org
• Hearing Matters Podcast: Starkey Edge AI buzzsprout․com
• Dr. Cliff Vlog: Misdiagnosed Hearing Loss youtube․com
• FuturEar: Lenire–The First FDA-Approved Bimodal Tinnitus Treatment, with Ross O’Neill, PhD & Hubert Lim, PhD futurear․co

Research

• 💡An Evaluation of a Proposed Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) Model of Hearing-Health Care thieme-connect․de
• 💡Evaluating the accuracy of [Mimi] self-administered smartphone hearing test application in a geriatric population link․springer․com
• 💡Benefit–Cost Analyses of Hearing Aids, Over-the-Counter Hearing Devices, and Hearing Care Services pubs․asha․org
• Changes in Auditory Performance Following a Virtual Reality Music Concert journals․lww․com
• Impact of dual sensory impairment on the risk of incident dementia: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis bmjopen․bmj․com
• Clinical Trial: The Effect of Different Sound Stimulation on the Residual Inhibition of Tinnitus | Fudan University, China clinicaltrials․gov
• 💡How do adults with hearing loss, family members, and hearing care professionals respond to the stigma of hearing loss and hearing aids? tandfonline․com
• Expert opinion on candidacy for bone conduction hearing implants Osia System and Baha Connect System otolaryngologypl․com
• Simulation-Based Approaches for Training Communication and Counseling Skills in Clinical Education in Audiology: A Scoping Review pubs․asha․org
• Investigating the Effect of Blurring and Focusing Current in Cochlear Implant Users with the Panoramic ECAP Method link․springer․com
• Central Auditory Processing Abilities in Children with Non-Syndromic Cleft Lip and Palate: An Electrophysiological Study pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
• Interaction effect of self-efficacy and joint problems on hearing aid abandonment among older adults tandfonline․com
• Clip Myringoplasty journals․sagepub․com
• A Variable-Stimulus Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emission Screening Method to Match Cochlear Place-Specific Properties journals․lww․com
• Clinical Trial: Evaluating How a Tinnitus Implant Affects Tinnitus Loudness in Adults with Chronic Tinnitus and Varying Levels of Hearing Loss | Cochlear clinicaltrials․gov
• Clinical Trial: A Study to Explore Improved Features and a Simplified Treatment Approach for a Totally Implantable Cochlear Implant (TICI) Research System in Adults with Severe Hearing Loss | Cochlear clinicaltrials․gov
• Changes of Otolith and Balance Function Related to Cochlear Implant in Hearing Loss With Inner Ear Malformations Children onlinelibrary․wiley․com
• Associations Between Noise Exposure Level, Noise Kurtosis, and Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emissions in Young Workers With Normal Hearing journals․lww․com
• Vestibular and Balance Considerations in Type 2 Diabetes: A Tutorial on Pertinent Areas and Issues pubs․asha․org
• The Effects of Home Language Use on Spanish Speech Measures in Bilingual Children With Hearing Loss Who Use Cochlear Implants and Their Peers With Normal Hearing pubs․asha․org
• Employing deep learning model to evaluate speech information in acoustic simulations of Cochlear implants nature․com
• 💡Intensity dependence of auditory evoked potentials distinguish participants with unmedicated depression from non-depressed controls pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
• New Brunswick HEARS: outcomes of a community-delivered hearing intervention adapted for older adults in Atlantic Canada tandfonline․com
• ADT Network: A Novel Nonlinear Method for Decoding Speech Envelopes From EEG Signals journals․sagepub․com
• 💡Benefit of Hearing-Aid Amplification and Signal Enhancement for Speech Reception in Complex Listening Situations journals․sagepub․com
• Directionality in BiCROS hearing aids: an investigation of objective and subjective outcomes tandfonline․com
• Children with Auditory Brainstem Implants: Language Proficiency and Reading Comprehension Process karger․com
• 💡Effectiveness of the active communication education program in improving the general quality of life of older adults who use hearing aids: A randomized clinical trial bmcgeriatr․biomedcentral․com
• Decoding the Unintelligible: Neural Speech Tracking in Low Signal-to-Noise Ratios biorxiv․org
• Distinct roles of SNR, speech Intelligibility, and attentional effort on neural speech tracking in noise biorxiv․org
• Influence of Cognitive Demand and Auditory Noise on Postural Dynamics biorxiv․org
• Application of the world guidelines for falls prevention and management’s risk stratification algorithm to patients on a frailty intervention pathway and the potential utility of sensory impairment information bmcgeriatr․biomedcentral․com
• A Multimodal Investigation of Listening Effort in Single-Sided Deafness pubs․asha․org
• Binaural fusion: Complexities in definition and measurement pubs․aip․org
• 💡The prevalence of patient-reported cognitive complaints and dementia risk factors in the audiology clinic tandfonline․com
• Practical considerations for assessing crew noise exposure in armored vehicles pubs․aip․org