A research team led by President of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and Professor Xiang Zhang, has, for the first time, experimentally proved a century old quantum theory that relativistic particles can pass through a barrier with 100% transmission.
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The new feature is part of a firmware upgrade to Listen EVERYWHERE, the award-winning wireless system that streams audio and customized content directly to smartphones and smart devices.
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Gentamicin is used in US hospitals to treat a variety of bacterial infections, including infections in newborns and in other susceptible patients, such as those with cystic fibrosis. Yet researchers estimate that up to 20% of patients who are treated with it experience some degree of irreversible hearing loss.
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Eargo, Inc (Nasdaq: EAR) a medical device company on a mission to improve the quality of life for...
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The COVID-19 pandemic has continued to cause dramatic shifts in the practice of otolaryngology. Even with standard precautions such as physical distancing and wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), aerosol-generating procedures such as nasolaryngoscopy (a commonly performed in-office procedure in which a soft, flexible fiber-scope is passed through the nose and into the throat) and intranasal instrumentation were determined to carry a risk of potential transmission if not adequately protected.
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This month, Starkey Chief Audiology Officer Dr Sara Burdak and Dr Gyl Kasewurm kicked off the series with an interactive virtual workshop, called “Maintaining the Joy in the Journey.”
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Researchers and clinicians, along with company executives, will discuss current interventions for the treatment of acquired sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL), unmet medical needs for hearing loss patients, and the potential of FX-322 to “transform the current standard of care.”
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Could there be more to mastering music? Is there, as some have suggested, a developmental period early in life when the brain is especially receptive to musical training? The answer, according to new research published in the journal, “Psychological Science,” is probably not.
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ASHA announced that it has opened applications for its new Assistants Certification program, which offers opportunities for assistants to demonstrate their commitment to the audiology and speech-language pathology professions and meet uniform standards of competency.
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CSL’s Systems and Networking Research Group (SyNRG) is defining a new sub-area of mobile technology that they call “earable computing.” The team believes that earphones will be the next significant milestone in wearable devices, and that new hardware, software, and apps will all run on this platform
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Otonomy, Inc (Nasdaq: OTIC), a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of innovative therapeutics for neurotology, announced positive top-line results from the Phase 1/2 clinical trial of OTO-413 in subjects with speech-in-noise hearing difficulty.
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In a study published in “Scientific Reports,” researchers looked at the level of cognitive impairment in people with hearing loss and tinnitus, as compared to a control group with no hearing impairment.
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The normal audition was reported to play a keen role in effective communication by the construction of motor plans. This was observed to be an outcome of auditory feedback of one’s own speech.
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Diabetes is a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and related dementias. More recently, hearing loss has also been linked to increased risk for AD.
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Signia announced the launch of an upgraded version of its Face Mask Mode, available via the Signia smartphone app.
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