Stefani Kim, Author at The Hearing Review

‘Patient and Family-Centered Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology’ Focuses on Implementation in Practice

Jul 26, 2019 | Uncategorized | 0 |

Carly Meyer, Nerina Scarinci, Louise Hickson, and an array of international authors share personal experiences to prepare students with both scientific evidence and practical information for implementation. “Patient and Family-Centered Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology” focuses on teaching speech-language pathology and audiology students how to develop and incorporate this model into everyday practice

Thieme Publishers Release ‘Microsurgical Management of Middle Ear and Petrous Bone Cholesteatoma’

Jul 26, 2019 | Uncategorized | 0 |

The great challenge of therapy is to eradicate the pathologic growth while preserving hearing and other critical functions of the middle ear and petrous bone, respecting the proximity of vital neural and vascular structures, and the intricate three-dimensional relationships involved.

Alpaca Audiology Merges with Belsono Management Group

Jul 24, 2019 | Uncategorized | 0 |

The merged Alpaca and Belsono organization owns and operates clinic locations in the eastern half of the United States and is reportedly “the largest independent network in the country,” according to the company’s announcement.

Starkey Hearing Foundation Hosts Inaugural Summer Sounds Annual Benefit

Jul 23, 2019 | Uncategorized | 0 |

The organization was built on Bill Austin’s vision—So the World May Hear—and empowers individuals and communities to achieve their full potential. The Summer Sounds Benefit replaces the previous Starkey Gala celebration which ran for 20 years and was a highlight on the Twin Cities’ social calendar.

FDA Approves Med-El Cochlear Implant Systems for SSD and Asymmetric Hearing Loss

Jul 22, 2019 | Uncategorized | 0 |

This is reportedly “the first and only time” that cochlear implants have been approved for these indications in the United States.

Legislation Introduced to Promote Workforce Diversity in Allied Health Professions

Jul 22, 2019 | Uncategorized | 0 |

This legislation would provide grants to increase opportunities for individuals who are from underrepresented backgrounds, including students from racial and ethnic minorities, in the professions of occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech-language pathology, and audiology.

Hearing Loss May Be Linked to Mental, Physical, and Social Ailments

Jul 22, 2019 | Uncategorized | 0 |

A team of Japanese researchers centered at the University of Tsukuba sought to shed further light on the relation of hearing loss and other illnesses among older people.

AuDStandard Partners with Hear Billing Solutions

Jul 22, 2019 | Uncategorized | 0 |

The partnership will reportedly give AuDStandard members access to a range of services designed to help hearing practices increase revenue and decrease receivables including insurance billing, credentialing and contracting, on-site insurance training, business readiness, insurance verification, consulting, and more.

The University of Miami Hosts 16th Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children

Jul 22, 2019 | Uncategorized | 0 |

The conference was organized by the American Cochlear Implant (ACI) Alliance and supported by the UHealth Ear Institute and other academic and private sector organizations.

Vision and Hearing Loss Associated with Increased Dementia Risk in Older Adults

Jul 22, 2019 | Uncategorized | 0 |

One study showed having either visual or hearing impairment increased the risk of developing dementia by 11% and Alzheimer’s by 10%, and having both visual and hearing impairment raised the risk of developing dementia by 86% and Alzheimer’s by 112%. Another study demonstrated “testing for changes in multisensory function may help identify those at high risk for dementia.”

AuDConnex Partners with ESCO

Jul 12, 2019 | Uncategorized | 0 |

The partnership is said to give AuDConnex and ESCO an opportunity to develop programs that promote and endorse loss, damage, and hearing aid repair coverage to AuDConnex Members, to help them improve business and increase patient loyalty and retention.

Purdue Researchers Find Noise-induced Trauma May Have Greater Impact on Hearing Loss

Jul 12, 2019 | Uncategorized | 0 |

The researchers found that noise trauma causes substantially greater changes in neural processing of complex sounds compared with age-related metabolic loss, potentially explaining large differences in speech perception commonly seen between people with the same clinically defined degree of hearing loss based on an audiogram.

AudConnex Appoints Todd Gease as Vice President of Finance

Jul 12, 2019 | Uncategorized | 0 |

Gease has more than 15 years of experience in the hearing care industry and was previously the director of financial services for a large hearing health care provider.

Advanced Bionics Releases Naída CI Connect in Canada

Jul 12, 2019 | Uncategorized | 0 |

Naída CI Connect, a product Advanced Bionics developed together with Phonak, is described by the company as an “elegant, design-integrated solution” which turns the Naída CI Q90 sound processor into a Bluetooth wireless headset.

Speech-in-Noise Training May Help Speech Perception for Cochlear Implant Users

Jul 12, 2019 | Uncategorized | 0 |

To assess the effect of training on speech perception in noise, a group of pre-lingually hearing impaired cochlear implant users with years of cochlear implant experience was compared with normal hearing young adults.

Author: Stefani Kim

‘Patient and Family-Centered Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology’ Focuses on Implementation in Practice

Thieme Publishers Release ‘Microsurgical Management of Middle Ear and Petrous Bone Cholesteatoma’

Alpaca Audiology Merges with Belsono Management Group

Starkey Hearing Foundation Hosts Inaugural Summer Sounds Annual Benefit

FDA Approves Med-El Cochlear Implant Systems for SSD and Asymmetric Hearing Loss

Legislation Introduced to Promote Workforce Diversity in Allied Health Professions

AuDStandard Partners with Hear Billing Solutions

The University of Miami Hosts 16th Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children

Vision and Hearing Loss Associated with Increased Dementia Risk in Older Adults

AuDConnex Partners with ESCO

AudConnex Appoints Todd Gease as Vice President of Finance

Advanced Bionics Releases Naída CI Connect in Canada

Speech-in-Noise Training May Help Speech Perception for Cochlear Implant Users

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