To help people with hearing loss navigate their daily lives, Nancy Tye-Murray and her colleagues at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis have developed interactive gaming technology to improve speech recognition and to provide ongoing contact with an audiologist.
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Traditional clinical hearing tests often fail to diagnose patients with a common form of inner ear damage that might otherwise be detected by more challenging behavioral tests, according to the findings of a University at Buffalo-led study published in Frontiers in Neuroscience.
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Researchers at the University of Kentucky and the University of Kentucky (UK) College of Medicine have isolated a mechanism necessary for stabilizing hair cells in the ear, according to an article in UKnow. The research was published online in eLife on March 28.
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In a study published in The Laryngoscope, Brigham and Women’s Hospital researchers found that substantial noise exposures, with potential long-term hearing effects, commonly occur in occupational and recreational settings and only a small percentage of those exposed are consistently wearing recommended hearing protection
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The Widex Audiological Summit 2017—an event showcasing future trends and insights in hearing aid design, audiology, and business solutions—kicks off in Copenhagen on May 3-5.
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St Jude Children’s Research Hospital investigators have used genetic manipulation to regenerate auditory hair cells in adult mice, the hospital announced. The research marks a possible advance in treatment of hearing loss in humans.
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Starkey Hearing Foundation co-founders Bill and Tani Austin took part in philanthropic initiatives both domestic and abroad last week, the organization announced.
Read MoreInnoCare Ltd in Hamilton, Ontario announced they have partnered with Hearing Excellence, Toronto, a full-service hearing clinic, and will now offer Connect call answering service to all six Hearing Excellence locations across the greater Toronto area .
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Frequency Therapeutics announced the closing of a $32 million Series A financing for what it views as a whole new category of disease-modifying therapeutics, including regrowth of inner-ear hair cells, for a wide range of degenerative conditions. The funding round was led by CoBro Ventures. Additional participating investors included Morningside Ventures, Emigrant Capital Corp, Korean Investment Partnership, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, and other US and international investors.
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Strekin AG, Basal, Switzerland, announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has granted orphan drug designation for the use of STR001 in the treatment of sudden sensorineural hearing loss, or sudden deafness.
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The “Now Hear This” workshop will start at 9:00 am, with Acting Chairman Ohlhausen delivering opening remarks. The event will examine hearing care issues, especially as they relate to competition, innovation, and consumer protection and will be webcast live from the FTC’s web page.
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AXIL has launched its new XP Defender and XP Reactor earplug crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter with options for the mainstream market, the company announced.
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Plextek unveiled a prototype for a new technology that is designed to help detect tinnitus via headphones.
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There is now a standard, cross-manufacturer protocol developed through HIMSA, referred to as IMC 2 (Inter Module Communication – Protocol 2). Oticon has revisited the existing REM AutoFit to provide an improved, intuitive tool integrated in its fitting software utilizing this new IMC 2 protocol.
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Williams Sound announced PCM Marketing as its new manufacturers’ representative in Northern California, Northern Nevada, and Hawaii.
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