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Here's a tour of CES 2025 that uncovers the products and trends that are changing hearing accessibility and wearable tech.
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Fresh guidance will give UK businesses the “green light to sell certain pioneering hearing aids” like Apple's AirPods Pro 2 with its new Hearing Aid Mode.
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Phonak has added Virto Titanium and Virto 10 NW-O custom hearing aids to its flagship Infinio product line, and Infinio was recently honored with the 2025 BIG Innovation.
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As reported earlier in the Audiologist Informer, there may be a link between hearing impairment and an increased risk of developing Parkinson’s. Here's a good summary.
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The Hearing Industries Association (HIA) Board of Directors has unanimously elected Brandon Sawalich to serve as HIA Chair following the retirement of outgoing Chair Sandy Brandmeier.
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Nicholai Dessypris, who has worked in a transition period with Sandy Brandmeier since November 2024, will now be overseeing Sonova's North American hearing aid operations, including Phonak and Unitron.
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The genetic cause for the most common type of hearing loss in children with Down syndrome has been identified in mice.
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Select Costco stores now offer the Sennheiser Sonite R hearing aid, which features a rechargeable design, IP68 durability, advanced Bluetooth connectivity, and cutting-edge sound quality powered by machine learning. Audiologist Matthew Allsop gives you the details.
youtube․comNews
- 20Q: Hearing Aid Selection and Fitting - The Role of Self-Report Inventories, by Gus Mueller, PhD audiologyonline․com
- Hearing Aid Specialist Makes Top Jobs' Lists morningstar․com
- Status report on ear and hearing care in the WHO African Region | WHO afro․who․int
- Demant snaps VA market share from Sonova | Paywall medwatch․com
- Are Endolymphatic Hydrops Cochleocentric? | AAA audiology․org
- Ear Science Institute Australia Leads Biobank Initiative to Advance Genetic Therapies and Personalized Treatment for Hearing Loss hearinghealthmatters․org
- Former GN finance chief Morten P. Toft returns to hearing industry in new CFO role at Sonion | Paywall medwatch․com
- ACI Alliance Announces Scholarship Winners for CI2025 Boston hearingreview․com
- Analyst: GN risks challenges in both Audio and Hearing divisions | Paywall medwatch․com
- In Memoriam: Barbara Cone, PhD | AAA audiology․org
- How does the brain cut through noise to understand speech? rochester․edu
- Johns Hopkins Makes It Easy and Free to Know Your Hearing Numbers With New Hearing Test App publichealth․jhu․edu
- Carly Sygrove: My Cochlear Implant Story, Part 10 – The First Weeks of Hearing myhearinglossstory․com
- Your Guide to Deafness and Hearing Loss in Dogs | CareCredit carecredit․com
- Amplifon acquires 27 stores in North-West Italy corporate․amplifon․com
- New Neuron Types Discovered in Brainstem's Sound Processing Center neurosciencenews․com
- Sonova announces changes to its Board of Directors sonova․com
- Reconsidering Pediatric Hearing Assessment: An Interview with Angela Bonino, PhD hearingreview․com
- Demant and GN shares pressured after EssilorLuxottica's AI acquisition [Pulse Audition]: Bank questions correlation | Paywall medwatch․com
- Registration Now Open for 2025 Hearing Therapeutics Summit hearingtracker․com
- The Rise of Hybrid True Wireless Stereo Earbuds: Exploring Dual-Driver Innovations | Mehul Kochar of Knowles audioxpress․com
- In Memoriam: Shlomo Silman | AAA audiology․org
- From battlefield to homefront: how the First World War shifted perceptions of deafness entandaudiologynews․com
Audio/Video
- Dr. Cliff: Best Affordable Hearing Aids of 2025 youtube․com
- Matthew Allsop at CES 2025: Nuance Audio's Revolutionary Hearing Aid Glasses are CHANGING the Hearing Health Game! youtube․com
- Matthew Allsop at CES 2025: AI Audiologist? How TUNED is Revolutionizing OTC Hearing Aids youtube․com
- Matthew Allsop at CES 2025: Exploring Ceretone's OTC Hearing Aids youtube․com
- Matthew Allsop at CES 2025: AI-Powered OTC Hearing Aids for $399? EleHear BEYOND PRO Unveiled youtube․com
- Matthew Allsop at CES 2025: Live Captions in Smart Glasses! Xander Glasses for Severe Hearing Loss youtube․com
- Dr. Rachael Cook: Can Tinnitus Go Away On Its Own? youtube․com
- Hearing Matters Podcast: From Foam to Global Impact—Elliot Berger on Hearing Protection open․spotify․com
- This Week in Hearing: Transforming Aural Rehabilitation—AI-Powered Auditory Training with LACE AI Pro, with Neurotone COO Miles Aron youtube․com
- Dr. Cliff: Missing Hearing Aids in Los Angeles Fire, with Dr. Amit Gosalia youtube․com
- Hearing Matters Podcast: Chronic Medical Conditions and Hearing Loss, with Dr. Gerda Maissel open․spotify․com
- This Week in Hearing: Exploring Cell Therapy for Hearing Loss—Updates on the ReSonance™ Program with Brian Culley, CEO of Lineage Cell Therapeutics hearinghealthmatters․org
Research
- Administration of nicotinamide mononucleotide suppresses the progression of age-related hearing loss in mice sciencedirect․com
- Early investigation of sensorineural hearing loss enables diagnosis of rare metabolic diseases, such as mucopolysaccharidosis type III pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
- Auditory decision-making deficits after permanent noise-induced hearing loss nature․com
- A Neuron-Like Cellular Model for Severe Tinnitus Associated with Rare Variations in the ANK2 Gene pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
- Application scenarios for a mobile hearing aid demonstrator with headphone form factor pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
- The Auditory Environment at Early Intervention Groups for Young Children With Hearing Loss: Signal to Noise Ratio, Background Noise, and Reverberation pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
- Moisture removal & contemporary hearing aids | JOENT Research medcraveonline․com