Decibel Therapeutics announced a partnership with Invitae, a medical genetics company, to launch Amplify, a no-charge genetic testing program to screen for the genetic cause of congenital hearing loss in children diagnosed with auditory neuropathy.
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Rinri Therapeutics, a biotechnology company developing a cell-based therapy to restore hearing, announced the appointment of Nick Higgins as Chairman of the Board. He takes over from Dr Erica Whittaker who has served as Chair since the creation of Rinri Therapeutics.
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Individuals who reported moderate-to-severe hearing difficulties had poorer cognitive performances overall, particularly in the domains of Attention/Processing Speed and Visuospatial Ability. They also had a 1.5 times greater risk for MCI or dementia at the 6 years’ follow up.
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Phonak has announced its 8th International Pediatric Audiology Conference, “A Sound Foundation Through Early Amplification,”will take place, live online, March 28-31, 2021.
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MED-EL is reportedly “the only manufacturer to accept liability for damage to all cochlear implants that have been produced since 1994, all bone conduction implants, and the current generation of middle-ear implants during an MRI examination.”
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Members of the NTID National Advisory Group, whose appointments are approved by the US Department of Education, advise the NTID president in developing and carrying out policies governing the operation and direction of the college.
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Oticon, Inc announced the launch of the company’s 2021 educational support for graduate students in audiology with a series of quarterly online lectures designed to supplement and complement students’ university education.
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The non-profit’s Advisory Board, which meets for two-year fixed terms, welcomes Ruth Thomsen, Scientific Director of the National Health Service (NHS) in England, and James M. Harte, Senior Director at Eriksholm Research Centre in Denmark.
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As government and public health officials increasingly recommend the practice of wearing two masks to help protect against new and more contagious variants of COVID-19, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) announced that it is encouraging the public to be aware of the undue challenges that this measure will pose to people who are deaf or hard of hearing—and to take some simple steps to make communication more effective for the roughly 48 million Americans with hearing loss.
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To mark Tinnitus Week (February 1-7, 2021), The British Irish Hearing Instrument Association (BIHIMA) announced the results of a survey that questioned its research panel of UK audiologists on the subject of tinnitus awareness.
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People with combined vision and hearing loss are nearly four times more likely to experience depression and more than three times more likely to suffer chronic anxiety, according to a new study published in the journal “Frontiers in Psychology” and led by Anglia Ruskin University (ARU).
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Phonak, a global provider of hearing solutions, announced Naída Paradise, the power hearing aid that “gives people with severe-to- profound hearing loss the power, sound quality, and wireless connectivity they need to connect with everything around them.”
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Starkey announced that a “key figure in the development of Starkey France, from startup to a global leader,” will retire on March 31. According to Starkey, Thierry Daudignon has worked in the hearing industry for more than 40 years, with the last 22 years spent serving as Managing Director of Starkey France.
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GN Hearing announced the creation of a scholarship fund to be awarded to Black students pursuing a career in audiology and hearing sciences, with a focus on students attending a Historically Black College or University (HBCU).
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The legislation was initially introduced on September 9, 2020, and is named after a 10-year-old girl, Ally Tumblin, born without a right ear or hearing canal.
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