Researchers from Rutgers University suggest a simple hearing test for newborns could help to detect autism spectrum disorder (ASD) earlier. Brain-wave data collected during a hearing test routinely given to newborns could help clinicians spot neurodevelopmental disorders.
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Dr Tanya T. Wilson was appointed by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology to serve for four-years as a site visitor.
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Genetic mutations lead those with Usher Syndrome to be born deaf, experience balance issues and gradually lose their sight. A treatment for Usher — which affects an estimated 4 to 17 out of every 100,000 people — has been stymied by the lack of an animal model that closely mimics how the disease affects people.
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Starkey’s Evolv AI ranks top of the list as best hearing aids by Forbes. Ratings were based on prices, average user ratings and product features that are typically important to hearing aid users.
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Children born with severe hearing impairment underwent cochlear implant surgery, performed by a team of ENT’s at Goa Hospital.
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Cochlear Limited names the winners of 2023 scholarships, 21st annual Graeme Clark, the 12th annual Anders Tjellström, and 1st annual Vocational Scholarships.
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Audio Streaming for Hearing Aids (ASHA) support on compatible Fire TV devices for people living with hearing implant technology. The advancement represents the first time that a smart TV device will stream sound directly to a hearing implant sound processor.
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The annual EUHA Spring Conference will be held March 31 this year. Featuring many renowned speakers, the conference will address a variety of influential topics and discussions surrounding hearing instruments.
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Members from CQ Partners and their guests from Biltmore ENT attended Smocks & Jocks, an art auction and brunch hosted by the NFLPA’s Professional Athletes Foundation (PAF) to support their purpose of providing financial, medical, and educational assistance to former players.
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Aryn Kamerer, assistant professor in Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education at USU and director of the Hearing Health Laboratory, has received a grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders to develop new hearing tests that can diagnose single-exposure hearing loss.
Read MoreThe audiogram has been used to determine whether someone needs hearing help and whether they would benefit from a hearing aid. The fact that only 30% of those with a measurable hearing loss (PTA > 25 dB HL) has been used repeatedly to indict the hearing aid industry for not helping the 70% of those with a hearing loss who are presumed to need hearing help.
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Tech Topic | February 2023 Hearing Review Lenire helped participants to feel more confident and...
Read MoreDuring my over 40-year tenure as a psychologist, I have worked with many families with aged parents dealing with hearing loss. But this time, the parent is my mother.
One day, after we exchanged our greetings in the nursing home, my mother went blank, looked away, and uttered:
“I don’t know who I am anymore. I’m not a wife like I was, I’m not a secretary like I was, and I have no purpose. Who am I? What am I supposed to do? How did I even get here?”
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Charles Liberman, in August of 2022, lead a team of researchers at the Mass Eye and Ear, where the team was awarded a second, five-year, $12.5 million P50 Clinical Research grant to continue their research on cochlear synaptopathy.
Read MoreReSound OMNIA hearing aids are explicitly designed for noisy environments and deliver a 150% improvement in speech understanding compared to the existing technology on the market.
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