Communicating with Hard-of-Hearing Patients During COVID-19
COVID-19 can present additional obstacles to patients who are deaf or have a hearing loss.
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Author: Stefani Kim
Starkey Updates Fall Alert Feature in ‘Basic Mode’ for IOS and Android
Using their built-in 3D sensors, Starkey’s Livio Edge AI hearing aids can detect when the wearer falls and send alert messages to selected contacts.
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‘NY Times’ Article Discusses Kid’s Headphone Use, Hearing Protection
Experts also say that relying on headphones that tout they are capped at a “safe level” of 85 decibels can be misleading, because damage can occur with repeated or constant exposure.
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Audiology Network Announces Free Hearing Tests
At Audiologist Hearing Aid Specialists, you can have a free hearing assessment with no obligations. Book an appointment with a local private audiologist from the network, anywhere in the UK.
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NationsBenefits Introduces Remote Telehealth Services
The company has developed digital technologies that allow access to hearing tests and related care from any location, including their homes, local community, and mobile devices when on the go.
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FedEx to Pay $3.3 Million Settlement to Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Workers
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed the lawsuit in 2015 on behalf of the workers; FedEx has denied any wrongdoing, according to the article.
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Conversor’s ALDs Can Enhance Effectiveness of Hearing Aids, Cochlear Implants
Designed to increase the effectiveness of hearing aids and cochlear implants, it can make a difference in alleviating “the daily grind of hearing-impaired patients, making hearing, easier.”
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Koalys Launches Home Audiology Solution
Koalys Comfort is a home audiology platform which provides streamlined tele-consultation, remote diagnostic, and fitting capabilities.
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Sonova Announces New Brand Ambassador, Volleyball Player Natália Martins
The 35-year-old has had profound hearing loss since childhood and wears hearing aids from Sonova brand, Phonak. In Brazil, she is the “first volleyball player with hearing loss to play at professional level and to make it into her country’s national team.”
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Drainage System Thought to Play a Role in Meniere’s Disease Identified
Ménière’s disease is manifested in sudden onset of severe dizziness (vertigo) attacks, hearing impairment, and tinnitus. Accumulation of excess fluid in the inner ear is thought to cause the disorder, from which an estimated 615,000 people in the United States suffer.
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Cochlear Announces FDA Approval for Cochlear Implantation at 9 Months
The research and support in practice by trained hearing health professionals provided the foundation to approve the indication be lowered to 9 months, along with the considerable developments in technology and evolving speech coding strategies in modern day cochlear implant devices.
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HHTM Releases Audiologist Hearing Aid Maintenance & Repair Survey
Hearing Health & Technology Matters (HHTM) announced the release of results of a survey of audiologists regarding their experience with hearing aid maintenance and repair over the past year (2019), prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Starkey’s Livio AI Wins Silver Stevie Award
During the evaluation process, judges noted, “The list of features of Livio AI is astounding. Starkey is taking great steps towards more inclusive living for hearing impaired individuals.”
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Warren and Rice Advocate to Attach Key Audiology Bill to COVID-19 Relief Packages
A bipartisan group is urging fellow Members of Congress to include provisions of the Medicare Audiologist Access and Services Act (H.R. 4056/S. 2446) in upcoming COVID-19 packages. The bill would include eliminating physician order requirements, updating the Medicare statute to classify audiologists as (LLP) practitioners, and authorizing Medicare to reimburse audiologists for the Medicare-covered medically necessary treatment services.
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New Hearing Test May Help Diagnose Meniere’s Disease Earlier
Lichtenhan and colleagues have now used the new test to detect early low-frequency hearing loss in an animal model of Meniere’s disease, a poorly understood condition characterized by hearing loss, tinnitus, and episodic vertigo.
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