The Audiologist Informer

News

• UK's NICE recommends new treatment to prevent and reduce hearing loss in people being treated for cancer nice․org․uk
• BAA Board Condemns Upselling Practices by some NHS Hearing Aid Providers baaudiology․org
• Starkey Founder Bill Austin Receives Prestigious Honorary Degree from Kenyatta University hearingtracker․com
• Amplifon signs a new sustainability-linked credit facility with Mediobanca for €75 million | Amplifon corporate․amplifon․com
• Envoy Medical Names Seven Investigational Sites for Participation in Its Pivotal Clinical Study ir․envoymedical․com
• Demant secures loan agreement with NIB for EUR 100M [US$104M] | Paywall medwatch․com
• Sensorion Reports Data in the Audiogene Phase 1/2 Gene Therapy Clinical Trial [PDF] s27․q4cdn․com
• 118th US Congress’ Endgame Continuing Resolution | AAA audiology․org
• Demant receives EUR 120M [US$125M] loan for hearing aid development | Paywall medwatch․com
• Air Force Expands Waivers For Asthma, Allergies, Hearing Loss airandspaceforces․com
• Inventis launches Celesta: a cutting-edge clinical system for auditory and vestibular evoked potentials  | Inventis inventis․it
• How to Get a VA Rating for Insomnia Secondary to Tinnitus (Up to 100%) vaclaimsinsider․com
• Sonova gains ground from Demant and GN with US veterans | Paywall medwatch․com
• New Objective Diagnostic Tool Developed to Detect Hidden Hearing Loss and More hearinghealthmatters․org
• Airdrop Gaming and Logitech G Partner to Bring an Immersive Experience to Gamers That Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing news․logitech․com

Audio/Video

• HearAdvisor: Loop Switch 2 Earplugs (Engage, Experience, and Quiet): Expert Review with Sound Samples youtube․com
• Dr. Rachael Cook: Did COVID-19 Cause Your Hearing Loss? youtube․com
• Dr. Cliff Show: Crazy Hearing Aid Stories youtube․com
• Dr. Cliff: WORST Hearing Aids of 2025 youtube․com
• Hearing Matters Podcast: From Silence to Sound—A Journey of Hope, with Suzanne Picerno buzzsprout․com
• This Week in Hearing: AI Powered Sound Bubbles–Transforming How We Hear in Noise, with Shyam Gollakota hearinghealthmatters․org
• Dr. Cliff Vlog: I am Biased about Hearing Aids youtube․com

Research

• 💡A hypothetical intervention on the use of hearing aids for the risk of dementia in people with hearing loss in UK Biobank academic․oup․com
• A Pilot Dashboard System to Track Cumulative Exposure to Sound Levels during Music Instruction: A Technical Report thieme-connect․de
• Self-reported Hearing Quality of Life for Adolescent Cochlear Implant Recipients: A Longitudinal Study thieme-connect․de
• Predicting Auditory Skill Outcomes After Pediatric Cochlear Implantation Using Preoperative Brain Imaging pubs․asha․org
• Feasibility and Repeatability of an Abbreviated Auditory Perceptual and Cognitive Test Battery pubs․asha․org
• Validation of the Vanderbilt Classroom Listening Assessment Short Survey for Children With Unilateral Hearing Loss journals․lww․com
• 💡Using the Mismatch Negativity to Evaluate Hearing Aid Directional Enhancement Based on Multistream Architecture journals․lww․com
• Clinical Trial: AI Noise Reduction in Phonak Hearing Aids | Mayo Clinic clinicaltrials․gov
• Clinical Trial: The Effects of Compensatory Auditory Stimulation and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Tinnitus Perception | Soterix Medical clinicaltrials․gov
• The Effect of a Non-Surgical Adhesive Bone Conduction Device on Temporal Processing Performance in Adults with Single Sided Deafness: A Pilot Study journals․sagepub․com
• A unified theory for the development of tinnitus and hyperacusis based on associative plasticity in the dorsal cochlear nucleus arxiv․org
• Five consecutive cases of sensorineural hearing loss associated with inner ear barotrauma due to diving, successfully treated with hyperbaric oxygen pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
• Quality and Readability of Hearing Aid-Related Websites in English and Spanish thieme-connect․de
• Is the Otolithic Function Affected in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome? thieme-connect․de
• Predictive Accuracy of Wideband Absorbance under Various Pressure Conditions in Identifying Infants with a Conductive Hearing Loss thieme-connect․de
• Clinical Trial: Pivotal Clinical Trial Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of the Fully Implanted Acclaim Cochlear Implant | Envoy Medical Corp clinicaltrials․gov
• Clinical Trial: Comparison of Speech Understanding Between Tonotopy-based Fitting and Setting Based on Evolutionary Algorithms | MED-EL clinicaltrials․gov
• A systematic analysis of the burden of disease attributable to occupational noise-induced hearing loss in China based on the 2019 global burden of disease study bmcpublichealth․biomedcentral․com
• Classification performance of Spanish and English word recognition testing to identify cochlear implant candidates tandfonline․com
• Comparison between intratympanic injection of dexamethasone and methylprednisolone in idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss: A randomized clinical trial onlinelibrary․wiley․com
• Influence of cochlear coverage on speech perception in single sided deafness, bimodal, and bilateral implanted cochlear implant patients link․springer․com
• Selective Bilateral Posterior Canal Dysfunction: A Case Series Investigation into the Clinical Trends and Associative Factors thieme-connect․de
• What Do Mismatch Negativity (MMN) Responses Tell Us About Tinnitus? link․springer․com
• Interaural level difference sensitivity in neonatally deafened rats fitted with bilateral cochlear implants nature․com
• 💡Midbrain encodes sound detection behavior without auditory cortex elifesciences․org
• Reliability of connectivity for the assessment of hearing perception in cochlear implant recipients tandfonline․com
• Cervical transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation enhances speech recognition in noise: A crossover, placebo-controlled study biorxiv․org
• Repeated low-intensity noise exposure exacerbates age-related hearing loss via RAGE signaling pathway sciencedirect․com
• Meniere’s disease: Structural considerations in early cochlea hydrops onlinelibrary․wiley․com
• Relationships Between Hearing-Related and Health-Related Variables in Academic Progress of Children With Unilateral Hearing Loss pubs․asha․org
• 💡Automated pure-tone audiometry using true wireless stereo earbuds with active noise control tandfonline․com
• Neural and behavioral binaural hearing impairment and its recovery following moderate noise exposure linkinghub․elsevier․com
• MED-EL Bonebridge implantation in pediatric patients age 11 Years and younger: Is it safe and effective? linkinghub․elsevier․com
• Is COVID-19 infection during pregnancy a risk for congenital hearing loss? linkinghub․elsevier․com