For Barbara Jenkins, AuD, BCABA, awards are merely a by-product of excellent patient care. Outstanding service leads to satisfied patients, and accolades flow from there. When all is said and done, her tireless effort to bring the joy of he
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As a hearing care professional, you’ve heard the question at least a thousand times: “What is the best hearing aid?” And, conceited as it might sound, you know what the only honest answer is: the hearing aid recommended and provided by an e
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When should cochlear implantation be performed for ANSD patients?
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When fitting traditional compression circuitry hearing aids to patients with ANSD, slowing down the compression attack/release times may have a positive impact on speech perception.
Read Morehi HealthInnovations, a new UnitedHealth Group business, announced today that it is bringing to market a suite of four high-tech direct-to-consumer hearing aids that will be self-fit and offered at $749 to $949 for retail consumers, and with no out-of pocket expense for some UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage members.
Read MoreAudiologyOnline is offering an online conference regarding the latest topics in cochlear implant selection, programming, and management, October 24- 28, 2011. The conference is designed with one live seminar occurring each day of the week.
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Pediatric patients do not always fit neatly into a definitive diagnostic category. Results can be confusing or misinterpreted on face value—all the more reason for a multidisciplinary team approach for pediatric patients.
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The case study of a 4-year-old boy who didn’t necessarily fit the prototypical “success story” poses the question: What was the most important factor in his overcoming hearing loss: hearing aids, therapy, and/or his mom?
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Some thoughts on the demanding and rewarding discipline of pediatric audiology, amplification for infants and children, auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder (ANSD), and the four case studies offered in this special section.
Read MoreHearing Review frequent contributor, Douglas L. Beck, AuD, has received the 2011 R.S. McCrea Medal for a pediatric lecture given at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Read MoreWhile a recent study shows that those who play musical instruments have a decrease in age-related hearing loss, other occupational safety studies still show that certain professional musicians are still at risk for hearing loss from their instruments.
Read MoreThe Hearing Review is adding its first-ever monthly column to the magazine, as well as its weekly e-newsletter, The Insider. The new column will feature posts from the blogsite HearingHealthMatters.org, which was founded by a number of prominent figures in hearing healthcare.
Read MoreIn a wide-ranging press statement, Sonova Holding AG has replaced Unitron Hearings president, Michael Tease, with Jan Metzdorff. In addition, the company announced that the Sona brand will be merged into Unitron Hearing and that Phonaks middle ear implant research facility in Lonay, Switzerland, may be closed.
Read MoreThe British Tinnitus Association (BTA) has presented the Marie & Jack Shapiro Prize to Dr Lindsay St Claire, senior lecturer at the Centre for Hearing and Balance Studies, University of Bristol, for her paper “Caffeine abstinence: An ineffective and potentially distressing tinnitus therapy.”
Read MoreOtonomy Inc has announced positive new results from a Phase 1b study of OTO-104 intratympanic (IT) injection in patients with Meniere’s disease. Data showed that patients treated with OTO-104 experienced reductions in vertigo frequency and improvements in tinnitus.
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