Cooling the sensitive tissues of the inner ear before and during a cochlear implant surgery may lead to better hearing outcomes, according to a University of Miami Health System and College of Engineering researcher who is leading a collaborative team developing this therapeutic approach.
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Some songbirds are not dissuaded by constant, loud noise emitted by natural gas pipeline compressors and will establish nests nearby. The number of eggs they lay is unaffected by the din, but their reproductive success ultimately is diminished.
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Signia Xperience hearing aids showcased at JDVAC are backed by “multiple audiology and technology world firsts, such as acoustic-motion sensors, Own Voice Processing (OVP), the Signia app, and more.”
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A new occupational health and safety reform plan in Quebec, Canada could potentially affect the assistance for thousands of provincial residents with hearing difficulties, according to an article on the CTV News website.
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The study establishes “the first benchmarks for the prevalence of hearing loss,” and reveals that the risk of hearing loss is affected not only by how much drug is given, but by how that drug is delivered—dosing schedules, complementary treatments, and more.
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Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Cognitive and Brain Sciences (MPI CBS) now wanted to know which brain regions are actually involved in the processing of sign language across different studies – and how large the overlap is with brain regions that hearing people use for spoken language processing.
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The data show hearing improvements in adults with acquired sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) and the “first known linkage of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics for a potential hearing restoration therapy,” according to Frequency.
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Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) announced, on its website, the appointment of Marlene Mata as a new member of the college’s National Advisory Group.
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The European Union of Hearing Aid Acousticians (EUHA) has announced its call for papers to be submitted in advance of the 65th International Congress of Hearing Aid Acousticians, now scheduled to be held in Hanover, Germany between September 15-17, 2021.
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WS Audiology announced it has appointed Malou Aamund and Adam Westermann to its Board of Directors, effective March 1, 2021.
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The University of Pittsburgh Department of Communication Science and Disorders announced that it is hosting its biennial Teaching Conference on Thursday, June 10 and Friday, June 11, 2021.
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Phonak announced the launch of the second generation of Roger Focus, the ear-level receiver that allows “children, teens, and adults to hear a speaker’s voice via any Roger microphone.”
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In experiments in newborn mice, scientists at Johns Hopkins report that sounds appear to change “wiring” patterns in areas of the brain that process sound earlier then scientists assumed and even before the ear canal opens.
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California-based telehealth startup Pure Tinnitus announced that it has developed Pure Tinnitus Group Coaching as a way to provide evidence-based tinnitus management techniques via Zoom video.
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Widex US Inc announced the appointment of Kerrie Coughlin as Vice President of Marketing, tapped to “bolster the Widex brand to its core audiologist and consumer audiences while further driving the success of Widex hearing solutions in the US market.”
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