A new study from MIT and Massachusetts Eye and Ear provides evidence that the virus can indeed infect cells of the inner ear, including hair cells, which are critical for both hearing and balance.
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ReSound ONE users will be able to answer calls with a tap on their hearing aids and enjoy conversations with “outstanding sound quality — all without ever having to take their device out of their pocket,” according to the company’s announcement.
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In a recent article on the “Kaiser Health News (KHN)” website, author Phil Galewitz examines the true cost of added coverage for hearing, vision, and dental care in Medicare Advantage plans.
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With the push of a button, the Redux system “safely and completely removes moisture from hearing aids and hearables in just minutes while providing verification of water removed,” according to the company.
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Baby brains are hungry for language. New parents are urged to talk to their babies early to help their minds develop properly. Now, a group of UConn researchers have shown that “talking” doesn’t just mean speech—sign language exposure is equally as nourishing.
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Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for benign tumors of the vestibular nerve (vestibular schwannomas, also called acoustic neuromas) offers more advantages to affected patients than microsurgical resection: After targeted one-time and high-dose radiation, facial palsy, hearing loss, and hospitalizations occur less often than after surgery.
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Starkey announced that Chief Health Officer, Archelle Georgiou, MD, has been named a 2021 Women in Business award honoree by the “Minneapolis/St Paul Business Journal.”
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The Hearing Health Foundation has named Arizona State University’s School of Life Sciences Assistant Professor Timothy Balmer as a recipient of its 2022 Emerging Research Grants for his research regarding hearing and balance disorders,
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The authors of an article recently published in “Nature Machine Intelligence” call for the artificial intelligence (AI) and hearing communities to merge and “bring about a technological revolution in hearing,” through the creation of “true artificial auditory systems.”
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Starkey announced that its newest line of hearing aids are now compatible with iPhone and iPad, making it possible for those with hearing loss to have hands-free conversations. With the release of iOS 15 and iPad OS 15 earlier this year, Apple has added support for bidirectional hearing aids, such as Starkey’s Evolv AI hearing aids which include new bidirectional streaming technology.
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HHTM announced the winners of its second annual Hearing Technology Innovator Awards. Through the annual awards program, HHTM honors technological innovation and achievement in the hearing industry.
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Signia announced it will preview Signia Aspire 3.0, an update to its loyalty benefits program, “designed to help hearing care professionals (HCPs) meet their business goals regardless of practice size.”
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Very young children learn words at a tremendous rate. Now researchers at the Center for Mind and Brain at the University of California, Davis, have for the first time seen how specific brain regions activate as two-year-olds remember new words — while the children were sleeping.
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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington (KFHPW), resolved allegations from several complainants that it repeatedly failed to provide interpreters to patients who are deaf or deaf-blind, in violation of the “Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA),” announced US Attorney Nicholas W. Brown.
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Starkey Chief Audiology Officer and Executive Vice President of Marketing Sara Burdak, AuD, will have a conversation live on Instagram with the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) this week. The discussion will focus on hearing as an essential factor in overall health and wellness. Viewers can tune in at 6 PM Central Time on Wednesday, October 20 to the Instagram handle @ASHAweb or @StarkeyHearing.
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