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Published Oct 25, 2024
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Study finds link between hearing loss and Parkinson’s disease in Veterans | VA
A new study from a database of millions of veterans nationwide reveals a possible connection between hearing loss and Parkinson’s disease.
va․gov
The AirPods Pro 2 Hearing Aid Features Are Pretty Dang Good
As previously reported by HearingTracker, the FDA-approved Hearing Aid Mode for Apple Airpods Pro earbuds will be released next week. Wired's review found they last for 6 hours of use and have some minor glitches in the hearing test, but perform well.
wired․com
Prevalence of Hearing Loss and Hearing Aid Use Among Persons Living With Dementia in the US
Research from Johns Hopkins finds that hearing loss is highly prevalent among individuals with dementia, with a low prevalence of hearing aid use.
jamanetwork․com
AMA Approves New CPT Codes for Totally Implantable Active Middle Ear Hearing Implants and Envoy Medical Esteem
The American Medical Association (AMA) has announced five Category III CPT codes for totally implantable active middle ear implants (AMEI), a crucial development for the Envoy Medical Esteem AMEI.
envoymedical․com
Using Large-Scale Data Analytics to Understand Pediatric Hearing Aid Prescription and Use
Phonak Target Track data provide insights into hearing aid fitting and usage patterns among pediatric users.
hearingreview․comNews
- GN on audiologist shortage: “Could limit our progress” | Paywall medwatch․com
- Purdue University to Open Accessible Precision Audiology Research Center hearingreview․com
- AI and Algorithms Behind Surge in Medicare Advantage Care Denials | AAA audiology․org
- Starkey CEO Brandon Sawalich Talks New Edge AI Hearing Aid In New Interview forbes․com
- InFocus: Rethinking Tinnitus Symposium to Be Held November 19-21 hearingtracker․com
- Dr. Nancy M. Young Selected as Niparko Memorial Lecturer for CI2025 Boston Conference cdn․ymaws․com
- GN suffers from hedge fund speculation in share price drop [10.5% of GN’s share capital currently shorted] | Paywall medwatch․com
- APSO Cerumen Management Standard Open for Audiologist Comment hearingreview․com
- Chronic Stress as a Trigger for Tinnitus: New Study Offers Insights into Neural Mechanisms hearinghealthmatters․org
- Social Determinants of Health and Audiology audiologyonline․com
Audio/Video
- Dr. Rachael Cook: Why Your Stress is Making Your Tinnitus WORSE youtube․com
- Hearing Matters Podcast: Elevate Your Performance with Expert IEM Advice, with Dr. Melissa Heche buzzsprout․com
- Dr. Cliff: 4 Types of Hearing Aid Bluetooth | Phonak youtube․com
- This Week in Hearing: Advancing Tinnitus Care–The Power of Learning Health Networks Explained, with Jeffery Reagan and Dr. James Henry hearinghealthmatters․org
- Dr. Cliff Vlog: Hearing Aid Battery DISASTER [Reese's Law] youtube․com
- Audiology Coffee Talk, Act #100: Audiology Retrospective with Dr. Scot Frink & HearingTracker's Karl Strom facebook․com
Research
- Understanding Tinnitus Clinical Care in the Veterans Health Administration and Department of Defense: Overview of Survey Results pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
- Listening effort in children and adults in classroom noise nature․com
- A primate model animal revealed the inter-species differences and similarities in the subtype specifications of the spiral ganglion neurons nature․com
- Segmentation window of speech information processing in the human auditory cortex nature․com
- Processing of Visual Speech Cues in Speech-in-Noise Comprehension Depends on Working Memory Capacity and Enhances Neural Speech Tracking in Older Adults With Hearing Impairment journals․sagepub․com
- Temporal speech cue perception in listeners with cochlear implants depends on the time between those cues and previous sound energy pubs․aip․org
- EXPRESS: Memory for health information: Influences of age, hearing aids, and multisensory presentation journals․sagepub․com
- Book Review: Forensic Audiology-A Guide for the Expert Witness, Robert M. Traynor and Krista B. Traynor, Plural Publishing, San Diego, 2024 journals․lww․com
- Book Review: Cochlear Implants-Basic Textbook, Sandro Burdo, Arestampa Srl, Varese Italy, 2023 journals․lww․com
- Incidental Findings on MRIs for Asymmetric Sensorineural Hearing Loss: A Clinical and Economic Analysis journals․lww․com
- Blast Exposure, Tinnitus, Hearing Loss, and Postdeployment Quality of Life in U.S. Veterans: A Longitudinal Analysis journals․lww․com
- Association Between Social Determinants of Health and Hearing Loss and Hearing Intervention in Older US Adults journals․lww․com
- Incidence of Self-Reported Bothersome Tinnitus Versus Tinnitus Diagnosis Among U.S. Army Soldiers pubs․asha․org
- 💡Understanding Tinnitus Clinical Care in the Veterans Health Administration and Department of Defense: Overview of Survey Results pubs․asha․org
- 💡A Nationwide, Population-based Study of Intelligence and Hearing Loss Among 3,104,851 Adolescents karger․com
- 💡Sensorineural Hearing Loss Negatively Impacts Cognition in Older Subjects with Normal Lateral Semi-Circular Canal Function karger․com
- HEARRING group genetic marker study: genetic background of CI patients tandfonline․com
- Clinical value of wideband acoustic immittance in the diagnosis of otitis media with effusion under negative intratympanic pressure in adults tandfonline․com
- Hearing and balance functions in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus tandfonline․com
- 💡Hearing Loss, Incident Parkinson Disease, and Treatment With Hearing Aids jamanetwork․com
- 💡Physics, ecological acoustics and the auditory system linkinghub․elsevier․com
- Exploring Attitudes Towards Hearing Aid Use Among Middle-Aged Adults with Hearing Loss: A Quantitative and Validation Study cambridge․org
- Chronic tinnitus is associated with aging but not dementia linkinghub․elsevier․com
- The efficacy of a food supplement in the treatment of tinnitus with comorbid headache: A Statistical and Machine Learning analysis with a literature review karger․com
- Hearing loss and its relation to longitudinal changes in white matter microstructure in older adults: The Rotterdam Study linkinghub․elsevier․com