Williams Sound Expands Distribution to the Middle East
NMK Electronics will work on educating the market, promoting solutions, and developing brands in wireless communications to help Williams Sound in the Middle East.
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Author: Christa Nuber
Beltone Releases Two Mobile Hearing Apps
Tinnitus Calmer users can play sounds from the app library, create their own sound mixes, and add their own music. The updated HearPlus app improves Android connectivity.
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Magnetic Pulses to Brain Bring Relief for Tinnitus Patients
More than half the participants who completed TMS sessions on 10 consecutive workdays found their tinnitus symptoms were alleviated for at least six months.
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Research Findings Reveal New Clues to Restoring Hearing
Scientists identify two signaling molecules called FGF9 and FGF20 that are factors in the inner ear’s ability to regrow progenitor cells to restore hearing.
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Mouse Study Uncovers Likely Contributor to Age-Related Hearing Loss
Conventional wisdom has long blamed age-related hearing loss primarily on the death of sensory hair cells in the inner ear, but research from neuroscientists at Johns Hopkins provides new information about the workings of nerve cells that suggests otherwise.
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Otometrics Releases Scalable Vestibular Testing Solution
Otometrics’ ICS Impulse for vestibular testing introduces a modular approach–starting with a base model that offers monocular video frenzel testing and lightweight goggles–that can be updated to include additional vestibular test modules.
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Conference Teaches Hearing Professionals How to Accelerate Practice Growth
The 2015 Oticon DRIVE conference included interactive workshops that gave participants hands-on experience in both new and proven marketing tools to increase lead generation and customer engagement.
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International Project Explores Potential Harm of Inaudible Sounds
European experts examine the potential impact of inaudible sounds from wind farms and modern technology on health and hearing. They have extended their study of infrasound and ultrasound to include an examination of the psychological effects of inaudible sounds.
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Small Shifts in Thinking Have Massive Positive Impact
In her blog post, Michele Ahlman shows that a change in perspective can alter your approach to problem-solving, and even uncover creative new ways of improving your hearing practice.
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Ida Institute University Course Teaches Human Dynamics of Hearing Loss
Ida Institute’s University Course includes a new unit on Extending Patient-Centered Care to Families and Children, which focuses on understanding hearing loss from the perspective of the family, with special focus on children’s and teens’ experience of hearing loss.
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Newborn Hearing Test Identifies Middle Ear Problems in NICU
In their study of newborns, a Canadian research team showed that high-frequency tympanometry is a good test for identifying middle ear disorders in infants who are in or have recently been in the NICU. Use of this test could lead to earlier treatments and better hearing for these babies.
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Can E-cigarettes Cause Hearing Loss?
According to musician Rob Swire, his recent bout with hearing loss may be due to the propylene glycol (PG) contained in the vapor of his e-cigarettes.
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Singer Eros Ramazzotti Becomes Ambassador for Hear the World
Eros Ramazzotti, one of Italy’s most successful musicians, is now championing the cause of the non-profit Hear the World Foundation as an ambassador to help bring hearing treatments to disadvantaged people with hearing loss around the world.
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Scientists Close in on Gene Therapy for Congenital Deafness
Scientists in Boston and Switzerland believe that their mice study of the TMC1 gene will lead to a gene therapy protocol for humans in roughly 5-10 years.
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Ear Infection Susceptibility Due to Rare Gene Variant, Study Finds
Baylor College of Medicine researchers discovered that variants of the A2ML1 gene may make some people more susceptible to middle ear infections, or otitis media. The discovery may alter how ear infections are treated in people with those variants.
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