Starkey Launches ‘Listen Carefully’ Initiative
Starkey announced the launch of Listen Carefully, an initiative aimed at “bridging the conversation between hearing healthcare providers and lawmakers in Washington, DC.”
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Author: Stefani Kim
Empowering Students Scholarship Winners Announced
With its vision to support advancements in hearing and balance science that enhance the experiences of life, the AAA Foundation is committed to supporting audiology doctoral students as they continue their academic careers, learn exceptional clinical skills, and explore contemporary avenues of research.To support the students, the AAA Foundation offers a variety of scholarship programs each year and announced the recipients of the 2021 Empowering Students Scholarship Program.
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Angela Loucks Alexander Discusses APD in TEDx Talk
In a recent TEDx talk called “Escaping the Hidden Prison of Auditory Processing Disorder,” Angela Loucks Alexander recalls being locked in a basement from the ages of 13-17 with no access to running water or a bathroom and not “talked to or touched,” apart from a twice-per-day sandwich delivery from her father.
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Making Musical Performance Safer During COVID-19
Researchers reporting in “ACS Environmental Au” have studied aerosol production from playing wind instruments, singing, and acting, allowing them to develop recommendations to minimize COVID transmission.
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Starkey Hosts Senator Amy Klobuchar at HQ
Starkey announced that it welcomed US Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota to its global corporate headquarters last week. During the visit, Senator Klobuchar toured Starkey’s technology center and manufacturing facilities.
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WHO Launches Guide for Hearing Screening Programs, Webinar series
To render technical support to the Member States in implementing the recommendation of the world report, WHO has developed the HEARING Screening: Considerations for Implementation.
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American School for the Deaf Launches Online Academy
The American School for the Deaf (ASD) announced the unveiling of its latest innovation, the Online Academy. According to the announcement, the Online Academy will be “the first accessible online education platform serving deaf and hard-of-hearing students from all over the world.”
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Masks May Not Impede Early Language Development
A team of psychology researchers observed that young children produce the same amount of language whether or not they are wearing masks.
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2021 Oticon ‘Focus on People Award’ Nominations Open
Oticon, Inc announced that it is looking for outstanding people with hearing loss for the 2021 Oticon ‘Focus on People Awards.’ Nominations are now open for the national awards program that honors students, adults, and advocacy volunteers with any degree of hearing loss whose accomplishments show that hearing loss does not limit a person’s ability to make a positive difference in their communities or the world.
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Improving Sound Directionality in Cochlear Implants
A research team led by scientists from City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has shown that neonatally deafened rats could be trained with cochlear implant stimulation to restore the ability to locate the directions of sound origins.
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Sensorion, Sonova Sign Research Collaboration
Sensorion and Sonova announced that they have signed a multi-year strategic collaboration with the aim of introducing genetic analysis to the routine diagnosis of progressive hearing loss in adults, thereby opening the way for “improved care through a combination of advanced therapeutic interventions and traditional hearing aids.”
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Creating an Illusory Audio Experience
Some scientists want to go one step further and systematically manipulate the acoustic field to achieve an effect that shouldn’t exist per se, given the real-life situation. For instance, they are attempting to create an illusory audio experience that tricks the listener into believing they are in a concrete building or an old church. Alternatively, objects can be made invisible by manipulating the acoustic field in such a way that the listener no longer perceives them.
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Researchers Trace Branches in Tree of Language
To test which branches hold up under the weight of scrutiny, a team of researchers associated with the Evolution of Human Languages program is using a novel technique to comb through the data and to reconstruct major branches in the linguistic tree.
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Motor Cortex Helps in Language Acquisition
Neuroscientists at TU Dresden present new findings on how the motor cortex can help learn foreign vocabulary more quickly, according to an announcement on the school’s website. The new data suggests that learning techniques that involve the performance of gestures instead of simple audio or visual information can benefit learners.
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Sensorion, Cochlear Ltd Start Pilot Study for SENS-401
Sensorion and Cochlear Limited (ASX:COH), announce the initiation of a pilot study of the first-in-class small molecule drug SENS-401 (Arazasetron) in patients scheduled for cochlear implantation.
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