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Dr. Steve Taddei demonstrates that Nuance Audio Glasses effectively combine prescription eyewear with discreet over-the-counter (OTC) hearing enhancement, providing solid performance in speech clarity, but with limitations in battery life and audio streaming capabilities.
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Audiologist Matthew Allsop demonstrates the first Auracast transmitter system installed in the UK.
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Demant—the maker of Oticon and Bernafon hearing aids, as well as much of the world’s most advanced audiology test equipment—has announced its acquisition of KIND Group, one of Europe’s largest hearing aid retailers with about 650 retail clinics across Germany and several other countries.
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Cochlear has just unveiled the world’s first smart cochlear implant system with upgradeable firmware—the Nucleus Nexa System.
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Discover how Reese's Law has altered hearing aid battery packaging and the difficulties it presents for users with disabilities.
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The HearingTracker YouTube channel reaches a significant milestone by welcoming Dr. Steve Taddei, an expert in audiology and sound quality, to enhance its content with lab-based insights and practical advice on hearing technology.
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Here's an up-to-date review of available real-time captioning glasses, including XRAI, Xander, LEION Hey, Transcribe Glass, Hearsight, and Captify, as well as related initiatives from Google and Apple.
hearingtracker․comNews
- Peter Justesen Takes Over for Scott Davis as Head of GN Hearing Division | GN Group on LinkedIn linkedin․com
- New drug targets Sclerosteosis that causes hearing loss by blocking the Wnt signaling pathway eurekalert․org
- Widex USA Wins Two Stevie Awards for Excellence in Customer Service hearingtracker․com
- Starkey and MED-EL Announce New DualSync Partnership to Advance Bluetooth Connectivity for Cochlear Implant Users hearingtracker․com
- Hyperacusis treatment: Insights from a 6-month field trial, by Dana Cherri, Carrie Secor, and David Eddins | Phonak Audiology Blog audiologyblog․phonakpro․com
- Demant CEO Søren Nielsen: KIND acquisition will lead to guidance upgrade | Paywall medwatch․com
- Analyst calls Demant acquisition "big and sensible" | Paywall medwatch․com
- Demant still eyeing acquisitions in 2025 after KIND purchase | Paywall medwatch․com
- The Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act, S.1996, Introduced in the U.S. Senate mailchi․mp
- Starkey Named a 2025 Top Workplace in Minnesota by the Minnesota Star Tribune hearingtracker․com
- Steve Aiken, PhD: Why Are Tuning Curves Wider At The Top? Why Aren’t The Edges Straight Vertical Lines? canadianaudiologist․ca
- Jabra Enhance Pro 30 Hearing Aids: Costco’s New AI-Powered Hearing Solution hearingtracker․com
- Can AI Match Clinicians in Diagnosing Vertigo? New Study Explores Potential and Limitations hearinghealthmatters․org
- Shari Eberts: How to Disclose Your Hearing Loss at Work psychologytoday․com
- Otolaryngologist Bobby Mukkamala Sworn in as AMA President hearingreview․com
- WWDC 2025: Live Captions Supported Across More Apple Devices, Including Apple Watch apple․com
Audio/Video
- Dr. Steve Taddei: Nuance Audio Hearing Aid Glasses Review: Are They Good? youtube․com
- Hearing Matters Podcast: Audiologists Who Shaped Our Profession Share Their 50-Year Journey, with Drs David Majit and Gary Dorf open․spotify․com
- Dr. Cliff: FATAL FLAW of the AirPods Pro 2 as Hearing Aids youtube․com
- Dr. Cliff Vlog: This Might Be the WORST Hearing Aid Advice Ever… [Sudden Hearing Loss] youtube․com
- This Week in Hearing: How the Future of Auditory Implants Could Transform Patient Care and Expand Clinical Options, with Envoy Medical CEO Brent Lucas hearinghealthmatters․org
- Dr. Cliff: How AI is Changing Hearing Aids | Phonak youtube․com
Research
- 💡Chronic tinnitus is quieted by sound therapy using a novel cross-frequency de-correlating stimulus modulation sciencedirect․com
- 💡Cochlear gene therapy restores hearing and auditory processing in an atypical DFNB9 [otoferlin gene] mouse model nature․com
- The effect of aging on hearing outcomes after sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL): A retrospective study sciencedirect․com
- Self-reported conversation success in groups involving adults with normal and impaired hearing tandfonline․com
- Theta–Beta/Gamma Coupling Identifies Bothersome Tinnitus Induced by Thalamocortical Dysrhythmia onlinelibrary․wiley․com
- Increased basal ganglia volume in older adults with tinnitus biorxiv․org
- Characteristics of Hearing Loss in Patients with COL2A1 Gene Variants (Sticker Syndrome Type 1) link․springer․com
- Improvements in hearing loss with bone-targeted enzyme replacement therapy are associated with corrected hypomineralization and osteocyte properties of auditory ossicles in Enpp1-deficient mice academic․oup․com
- Spectral ripple discrimination and use of speech context factors in relation to speech perception in noise in single-sided deaf cochlear implant users tandfonline․com
- Auditory and Ocular Manifestations in Pediatric Vitiligo jamanetwork․com
- Listening Effort and Stress in Tinnitus. A Multidimensional Approach frontiersin․org
- 💡The relationship between self-reported hearing impairment and dental care utilisation nature․com
- Clinical Trial: 'Inner Ear Support' Oral Capsule in Patients With Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss | Far East Bio-Tec Co., Ltd clinicaltrials․gov
- Clinical Trial: Safety and Efficacy of TJ0113 Capsules in the Treatment of Patients With Age-related Hearing Loss | Fudan Univ clinicaltrials․gov
- Clinical Trial: Extra-cochlear Electrode Placement at the Post-auricular Vagus Nerve in Cochlear Implantation | NYU Langone Health clinicaltrials․gov
- Improving auditory attention decoding in noisy environments for listeners with hearing impairment through contrastive learning pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
- Tinnitus Measured in Everyday Life: A Literature Review of Ecological Momentary Assessment Studies pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
- Integrating Expression Quantitative Trait Loci and Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Druggable Genes for Tinnitus pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov