For eight weeks this summer, Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf (RIT/NTID)will reportedly be home to the “first all-deaf cohort” of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU), bringing deaf and hard-of-hearing students from across the country together to do research.
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The AAA 2018 convention in Nashville last week brought a new positive vibe to the Academy gathering, with an exceptional number of audiologists attending, bustling exposition hall, and a positive message of change in tribute to 30 years of excellence for the organization.
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Although the Audiology Patient Choice Act is popular among audiologists, the American Academy of Audiology is currently not willing to endorse it at the risk of sacrificing greater professional autonomy and/or potentially unsustainable levels of reimbursement in the current healthcare and legislative environment. The issue bubbled to the surface during the Academy Membership Meeting in Nashville on April 19.
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I receive many questions from instrumental musicians, vocalists, and performing artists about issues relating to how they should practice. A particularly common question is “How can I modify a room in my house so that my vocal practice doesn’t drive my dog crazy?”
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I’ve had personal experience with hospice as close family members approached their end of life, and found the experiences that the hospice care offered were very helpful and comforting.
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The Expo brought 3,200 dispensing professionals and their guests—one of the largest congregations of hearing healthcare business owners in the world—from over 40 different countries for four days of learning, inspiration, and fun.
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At a time when this magazine and other publications have run articles that strongly endorse the unbundling of products from services and itemizing fees, many hearing care professionals have resisted. Here is the rationale behind one audiologist’s desire to remain “bundled.”
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In this new era of disruptive technology, hearing care practices need valuable information to help increase the knowledge of decision makers. Primus Business Analytics is designed to help owners and managers effectively identify growth and development opportunities, understand best-practice protocols, the duration and scope of testing, and assist in fine-tuning in ways that would otherwise be virtually impossible.
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How often have we looked into the faces of our clients and their families as we describe the audiogram in fine detail only to find anxious, blank, or confused faces staring back at us?
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A trip back to Denmark in the late 1970s shows the extent to which adult aural rehabilitation was considered essential in the care of those with severe to profound hearing loss.
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From our experience as clinicians who serve the age-80+ population and the emerging scientific evidence about this patient group, it is older patients who are most likely to benefit from aural rehabilitation (AR) programs, and therefore, more eager to attend AR classes. Future studies on AR and auditory training should focus upon this important population.
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Though overall patient numbers are still relatively low, syphilis is rising steeply nationwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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The laboratory study identified changes in prestin blood levels, an outer hair cell (OHC) protein, in a preclinical model with noise-induced hearing loss.
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At AAA 2018, Oticon shared early results of studies that compared listening effort in normal hearing listeners with the listening effort of Opn 1 users.
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During the past two decades, the frequency of hearing loss among young people has increased and going to music concerts, clubs, and festivals may be part of the reason. Noise-induced hearing loss because of recreational noise exposure may be reduced by using earplugs.
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