The hearing industry recently experienced a veritable blizzard of unexpected events, many of which have stunned industry observers (including myself). In short, all hell broke loose. Here Chief Editor Karl Strom enumerates the details that contributed to the storm.
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The decision to choose a cochlear implant for a child has life-long implications for both children and their families, the Ida Institute reports, and to assist families of children with cochlear implants, the Institute has introduced the new My Turn to Talk online tool.
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Clear Digital Media, a digital healthcare marketing company, announced the launch of its redesigned website that offers three waiting room tools designed to drive more patients, improve patient loyalty, and increase clinic profitability.
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According to new research from Johns Hopkins, some nerve cells in the inner ear can signal the brain about tissue damage in a way similar to pain-sensing nerve cells in the body. If the finding, discovered in rats, is confirmed in humans, it may lead to new insights into hyperacusis, an increased sensitivity to loud noises that can lead to severe ear pain.
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The Hear the World Foundation has released a newly completed 2016 calendar featuring star portraits, which will be available this holiday season as gifts for a good cause. The Hear the World 2016 Calendar is a powerful collection of shots photographed by Canadian singer Bryan Adams.
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Oticon Inc announced its involvement in Homes for Our Troops with a donation to support the non-profit organization’s work of building mortgage-free homes for severely injured post-9/11 veterans, some of whom have suffered multiple amputations, paralysis, blindness, or traumatic brain injury. Members of the Oticon VA team also plan to bring “hands on” support as landscaping volunteers.
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Scientists conducting zebrafish studies at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have announced the discovery that the movement of protein within hair cells of the inner ear shows signs of a repair and renewal mechanism. The researchers plan to determine how these hair cells may repair themselves with such protein movement, and the findings may lead to ways of manipulating protein dynamics within stereocilia to heal hearing damage.
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Oticon, Somerset, NJ, has introduced three power hearing solutions that are designed to meet the needs of people with severe-to-profound hearing loss. The new Oticon Dynamo, Sensei SP, and BTE Plus Power hearing devices are built on the Inium Sense platform that supports Oticon’s BrainHearing technology.
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A free webinar from Supporting Success for Children with Hearing Loss is offered on Tuesday, November 10, 2015, at 3:00 – 3:30 PM (CST) to cover Captioning at the Student’s Desk for Improved Access to Verbal Communication: Automated Real-time Speech-to-Text Translation. Teachers, administrators, parents, and others can register online to attend.
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Your Hearing Network (YHN), a network of approximately 2,000 audiology and hearing care professional service provider locations, and Tinnitus Treatment Solutions LLC (TTS) expanded their partnership to incorporate an increased focus on tinnitus care. The expanded partnership allows patients to initially go to either TTS or a YHN provider to ensure that broader customized sound therapy and expert clinical care reach more patients.
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Benson Medical Instruments announced it was awarded a contract by the US Military Entrance Processing Command (MEPCOM) to provide NEXT audiometers to all Military Entrance Processing Sites for applicant hearing tests. MEPCOM’s mission is to evaluate applicants’ eligibility for service for all branches of the US military.
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At EUHA 2015, held October 14-16, 2015 in Nuremberg, Germany, Sivantos presented three new families of Siemens hearing aids in the Essential segment. The Intuis 2, Sirion 2, and Orion 2 product series are all equipped with a range of current technologies. They can be remotely controlled depending on the model–also via free apps for Apple and android smartphones–and can be connected to modern communication and consumer electronics.
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Jenny Rajan, AuD, CCC-A, FAAA, has joined the clinical faculty of the Pennsylvania Ear Institute of Salus University in Elkins Park, Pa. Rajan will serve as a clinical audiologist on the Pennsylvania Ear Institute team.
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Phonak announced that it has invited a select group of hearing healthcare experts to provide evidence-based recommendations to hearing care providers on how to better engage family members.
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GN Otometrics announced the release of its Cervical VEMP (cVEMP) and Ocular VEMP (oVEMP) protocols for the ICS Chartr EP200. The ICS Chartr EP200 is reportedly the first EP system in the US with FDA-cleared VEMP testing protocols.
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