Rayovac Live VIrtual Event Took Place April 14-16
The Rayovac team hosted a program of talks, meetings, product innovations, and content downloads, from its interactive virtual stand.
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Author: Stefani Kim
Diabetic Patients Who Smoke May Increase Hearing Loss Risk
Examining data from 33,552 people included in a national health survey from 2010-2013, South Korean researchers found that the risk of age-related hearing loss nearly doubles in diabetic patients who smoke cigarettes.
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Auditory Insight Analyzes AirPods Pro as Hearing Solution
According to Auditory Insight, Apple’s solution “integrates customized hearing assistance with noise protection in one device: the AirPods Pro earbuds.”
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Signia Launches AX Hearing Aid Platform
Signia announced the launch of its Augmented Xperience (AX) hearing aid platform that “intelligently and automatically processes sound to better ensure that patients hear more clearly – regardless of the listening environment.”
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BIHIMA Survey Asks About Hearing Loss Comorbidities
In a recent survey of 2,000 UK adults commissioned by the British Irish Hearing Instrument Manufacturers Association (BIHIMA), consumers were questioned about their awareness of the co-existence of hearing loss and other diseases such as dementia, depression, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure.
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Traffic Noise May Lead to Song Learning Delay in Birds
A new study by researchers of the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology and colleagues shows that young zebra finches, just like children, are particularly vulnerable to the effects of noise because of its potential to interfere with learning at a critical developmental stage.
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EUHA Prepares for 65th Annual Conference Sept 15-17, 2021
The European Union of Hearing Aid Acousticians (EUHA) announced that preparations for the 65th Annual International Congress of Hearing Aid Acousticians and the accompanying International Hearing Industry Exhibition from September 15-17, 2021 in Hanover are in full swing.
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Study Shows How Our Brain Syncs Hearing with Vision
Every high-school physics student learns that sound and light travel at very different speeds. If the brain did not account for this difference, it would be much harder for us to tell where sounds came from, and how they are related to what we see.
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Speech, Gestures Linked in Twin Language Development
Gestures—such as pointing or waving—go hand in hand with a child’s first words, and twins lag behind single children in producing and using those gestures, two studies from Georgia State University psychology researchers show.
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UPenn Researchers ID New Cause of Hearing Loss
A gene called GAS2 plays a key role in normal hearing, and its absence causes severe hearing loss, according to a study led by researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
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U of Miami Researchers Presented Research at CI2021
From the impact of COVID-19 on parents, to speech differences between English- and Spanish-learners, and advanced ear surgery techniques, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine hearing professionals presented their latest studies at CI2021, the annual conference of the American Cochlear Implant (ACI) Alliance, from April 28 to May 1.
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Treating Tinnitus with Sound Therapy
In the study, 18 people with tinnitus listened for an hour a day over three months to recordings of a sound matched to their tinnitus, what Dr Searchfield describes as a “tinnitus avatar” that morphed into a real-world noises such as cicadas or birds chirping, a fan, water, rain, or some combination of those sounds.
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Nuheara Appoints John R. Luna as Global Business Manager
Nuheara Limited announced that it has appointed John R. Luna as Global Business Development Manager, effective immediately.
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ASHA CEO Arlene A. Pietranton to Retire
During her years as CEO, Pietranton has guided ASHA through significant growth and change, along with the unprecedented challenges of the pandemic.
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ASHA Poll Results Show ‘Inaction’ On Hearing Loss
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) announced the release of new polling results that reveal a disconnect between the high value that Americans say they place on their hearing and their low willingness to be treated for any hearing loss. The findings are being made public in tandem with the launch of a new public service announcement (PSA) campaign—Act Now on Hearing—as the nation recognizes Better Hearing & Speech Month this May.
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