Each January, editors compile lists that recap significant events and topics during the past year. Here are two 2015 lists from HR Editor Karl Strom, in advance of January 2016, along with corresponding links so readers can access the highlighted articles.
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Audiology Systems was named one of the “Best and Brightest Companies to Work For” in the US by a research firm that identifies and honors organizations that display excellence in their human resource practices and employee enrichment programs.
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According to a report from Fort Campbell, Ky, Army Medicine audiology researchers are studying how hearing loss affects the performance of soldiers on the battlefield. Their findings will give commanders a better understanding of real-world limitations.
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The American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation (ASH Foundation) announced that it recently awarded $526,000 through research grants, scholarships, and clinical achievement awards to 77 individuals to support research and innovation in communication sciences and disorders, leading to advances in treatment.
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The CareCredit Caring Communities Program in Costa Mesa, Calif, is helping children with hearing loss with a $25,000 grant to the Miracle-Ear Foundation. This donation marks the third consecutive year that CareCredit has contributed to the Miracle-Ear Foundation.
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The Hearing Industries Association (HIA) has issued a formal response to the October report of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). The PCAST report to President Obama contained its recommendations relating to hearing aid technology and consumer hearing products.
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The Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience (BCCN) Munich announces that 2016 marks 10 years of interdisciplinary collaboration among neuroscientists. Developing and improving treatments for hearing loss have been a major research focus for BCCN.
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University Hospitals Case Medical Center has announced that a new prosthesis has been developed for use in a traditional middle ear surgery–a stapedectomy–and has been successfully implanted in an otosclerosis patient, restoring her hearing.
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Audiology Systems, a US distributor of GN Otometrics products and other brands, has announced the addition of Ron Saks, Randi Winston-Gerson, AuD, and Diane Sabo, PhD, to the company’s screening division.
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Researchers at Yale School of Medicine found that, for a mitochondrial defect that leads to hereditary hearing loss, manipulation of an enzyme may delay or prevent hearing loss.
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A survey of patients in a hearing clinic found that women were two times more likely than men to tell others about their hearing loss, and also to explain how others might help improve communication.
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According to a study from UCLA, our vision and hearing aren’t as reliable as we think. While many people view their sensory perceptions as flawless, thinking that to see is to believe, this is not necessarily so.
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A study led by researchers at the University of Toronto revealed that when older adults feel negatively about aging, they may lack confidence in their abilities to hear and remember things, and perform poorly at both.
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ZPower has been named a CES 2016 Innovation Awards Honoree for the ZPower Rechargeable System for Hearing Aids. Products entered in this program are judged by a panel of independent industrial designers, independent engineers, and members of the trade media to honor outstanding design and engineering in consumer electronics products.
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Silicon Valley-based Eargo has announced that it has raised $25M in Series B funding. This financing was led by NEA, a venture capital firm with expertise in technology and healthcare. The new funds allow Eargo to scale business operations and accelerate production of its hearing products.
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