People suffering from Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)—a displacement of “ear rocks” or microscopic crystals in the ear that help regulate balance—may have a new form of relief.
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The courses focus on evoked potential (EP) and videonystagmography (VNG), head impulse testing, and fitting techniques respectively.
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The ‘BBC’ podcast ‘The Why Factor’ recently aired an episode called “Sign Language” that explains the divide in the deaf community on the significance of sign language and how deafness is perceived.
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Loyalty marketing refers to building trust among current customers and rewarding them for consistently conducting business with a company, so that they will continue to do so.
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According to ‘Reuters,’ the company is looking at up to six retailers valued up to 200 million euros (about USD $235.9 million) in countries including Germany, Spain, France, and Austria.
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The patents address measurement methods and apparatuses for using a cochlear implant electrode to create electrocochleography assessments during or after cochlear implant surgery.
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Audiologists from around the world will meet in Louisville to discuss the benefits and pitfalls of using the Internet for research and hearing health care (telehealth) for individuals with hearing impairment.
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Although there was an increase in the percentage of US youth ages 12 to 19 reporting exposure to loud music through headphones from 1988-2010, researchers did not find significant changes in the prevalence of hearing loss among this group
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Rayovac, Madison, Wis, is reportedly the first hearing aid battery manufacturer to obtain a medical device license for zinc air hearing aid batteries from Health Canada.
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Yost’s historic medal reportedly marks the first gold medal ever given out for golf since the Deaflympics officially added the sport to its list of games this summer.
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The Medicare Hearing Aid Coverage Act addresses one piece of the puzzle by improving access to hearing aids and related examinations.
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The Phonak Naída Link CROS was introduced to provide full access to sounds for unilateral cochlear implant candidates with no hearing in their opposite ear.
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The Nucleus Cochlear implant will allow users direct streaming of music, calls, and movies, similar to the features that modern hearing aids are equipped with.
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In research published in “Nature Communications,” University of Michigan researchers report a new unexpected cause for this auditory neuropathy, a step toward the eventual work to identify treatments.
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In this issue of “The Hearing Review,” my friend David Hawkins, PhD, talks about retirement, and offers those of us not in that position some good advice. I like his comments about doing “…more of what you are good at.”
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