InnerScope Signs Lease for Hearing Aid Retail Clinic in California
The opening of the Sac Clinic, dba Value Audiology & Hearing Aid Center, is part of InnerScope’s 6-12 month Northern California Audiological Clinic Expansion Plan.
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Year: 2018
Fuel Medical Group Adds Rose DuLude as Manager of Training & Development
DuLude founded AudiologyIS, an audiology-specific, national training company teaching survival skills to hearing health practitioners, including a step-by-step methodology that’s said to increase treatment rates and ASP and decrease returns.
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Researchers Raise Concerns about Telehealth Data Transmission
With the majority of telehealth consultations occurring in the home, sessions offered through smart home devices could create a channel where both consumer and healthcare data flow seamlessly through one device back to a commercial retailer.
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Lessons from the Past: Two Influential Articles in the Early History of Audiology
Within a span of 8 months in 1946, two papers dramatically changed the course of audiology and our ideas about hearing aid selection and fitting. James Jerger, PhD, takes a retrospective look at why these papers were so important and what we might learn from their then-controversial positions.
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AG Bell Publishes FAQ Addressing Controversial LEAD-K Bill
In late October, AG Bell and LEAD-K (Language Equality and Acquisition for Deaf Kids) leaders agreed on adaptations to the controversial model LEAD-K bill that the organizations say is designed to allow parents to continue to receive balanced and comprehensive information about language acquisition in and Spoken Language and American Sign Language (ASL) for their children. Last week, AG Bell released an FAQ document further clarifying its position.
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Two NJ Bills Related to Educational Needs of Deaf Students Move to Full Senate
The bills were sponsored by Senate Education Committee Vice Chair, Senator Shirley K. Turner (D-NJ) and Chair, Senator M. Teresa Ruiz (D-NJ), and co-sponsored by Senator Patrick J. Diegnan, Jr (D-NJ).
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Microsoft to Add Live Captions and Subtitles Feature to PowerPoint
In honor of the United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Microsoft announced this new feature—powered by artificial intelligence (AI)—which provides captions and subtitles for presentations in real time.
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Researchers Map Functioning of Inner Ear
A team led by Professor Karen B. Avraham, vice dean of the Sackler Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University, has now created the first map of “methylation”–one of the body’s main epigenetic signals–that reflects the functioning of the inner ear in its entirety.
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MED-EL's First BONEBRIDGE Hearing Implant System Surgically Implanted
Otolaryngologist Yi-Chun Carol Liu, MD, performed the surgery on an 18-year old, and the device was successfully activated on November 13, 2018.
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MED-EL’s First BONEBRIDGE Hearing Implant System Surgically Implanted
Otolaryngologist Yi-Chun Carol Liu, MD, performed the surgery on an 18-year old, and the device was successfully activated on November 13, 2018.
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EUHA Offers Lectures from 63rd International Congress on EUHA TV
Access is free of charge for EUHA members and holders of season tickets for the 2018 EUHA Congress, while others can access the presentations for a fee.
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2018 AG Bell Global Gala Helped Raise Awareness of Organization’s Mission
Thanks to generous donations from the Gala’s attendees, AG Bell will continue to help ensure that people born deaf and hard of hearing can hear and talk.
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New CMS Revisions to Family of Codes for Reporting CROS/BiCROS Hearing Devices
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published significant revisions to the family of codes for reporting contralateral routing hearing devices, commonly known as CROS/BiCROS hearing devices, effective January 1, 2019.
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Musical Activities May Benefit Hearing-Impaired Children, Research Shows
The results published in “Music Perception” show that the auditory skills of hearing-impaired children are connected to the amount of singing and music in their everyday lives.
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Nuheara Enters Contract with UK’s National Health Service (NHS) for IQbuds Boost
Nuheara Limited, a hearables manufacturer, announced that IQbuds BOOST™ has been selected by the United Kingdom’s (UK) National Health Service (NHS), through a formal Tender process, to provide hearing solutions to adults and children with mild-to-moderate hearing loss to be prescribed alongside traditional hearing aids. NHS, one of the largest distributors of hearing aids in the world, will receive the IQBuds BOOST devices through UK-based Puretone, Ltd.
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