The authors show how connectivity through the new Oticon Opn hearing aid and “If This Then That” (IFTTT) network allows the user to benefit from online solutions that provide vast opportunities previously unassociated with hearing aids.
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Auris Medical will develop betahistine dihydrochloride in a spray formulation for the intranasal treatment of Ménière’s disease and vestibular vertigo. The company also announced last week that it has resumed patient enrollment in the TACTT3 Phase 3 trial of Keyzilen® (AM-101) for acute and post-acute inner ear tinnitus.
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Cochlear Limited has announced the winners of the 15th annual Graeme Clark and the 6th annual Anders Tjellström scholarships. The scholarships, named after two pioneers of the hearing implant industry, recognize college students who are Cochlear Nucleus Implant and Baha System recipients and demonstrate leadership and humanity as well as solid academics.
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The COM-DEX Remote Mic is part of the COM-DEX wireless Bluetooth accessory line from Widex. Designed for difficult one-to-one listening situations—such as noisy restaurants, classrooms, or group gatherings—the remote mic is clipped onto the speaker’s clothing and can be controlled via the COM-DEX app. Sound is then streamed directly to the wearer’s Widex hearing aids via the COM-DEX.
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Using a novel form of gene therapy, scientists from Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts General Hospital have managed to restore partial hearing and balance in mice born with a genetic condition that affects both. The new model reportedly overcomes a long-standing barrier to accessing hair cells which have been notoriously difficult to treat with previous gene-delivery techniques.
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Signia reports that it is the first to integrate into its hearing aids Notch Therapy for tonal tinnitus—the most common form of tinnitus which involves pure-tone-like whistling, ringing, or humming phantom sounds. The tinnitus therapy features are available in all BTE and ITE aids in the company’s primax platform.
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Oticon Inc has signed on as a Gold Sponsor of the HearStrong Foundation, a non-profit foundation that aims to shatter stigmas and challenge the perception of hearing in society.
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Researchers and other interested people are invited to the 3rd International Meeting on Internet & Audiology in Louisville, Ky, on July 27-28, 2017. The purpose of the conference is to present innovative research and have opportunities to discuss this emerging field. In-person conference participants are limited to 100, but there are also opportunities to participate in portions of the conference remotely via live internet streaming.
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The CI2017 Pediatric Symposium will be held July 26-29, 2017 in San Francisco. Co-organized by the American Cochlear Implant Alliance, the Stanford University School of Medicine, and University of California San Francisco, the Symposium features a multi-specialty group of clinicians, educators and scientists exploring current topics having the greatest impact on improving pediatric cochlear implant outcomes. This year’s central topics will focus on music, technology, cognition, outcomes, indications, and delivery.
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ZPower and Starkey have announced a collaboration to bring a new rechargeable option to Starkey’s Muse micro RIC 312t.
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A superseding indictment has added four new charges of under-reporting income on tax returns by former Starkey President Jerry Ruzicka and CFO Scott Nelson in 2010 and 2014.
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Jenna Paley, AuD, is the third audiologist on the Sensaphonics staff. She will be organizing and presenting at educational events to promote hearing wellness with outreach to industry organizations, as well as visiting touring and local artists at venues and rehearsal facilities.
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About 1 in 6 people (16.7% of listeners) present with binaural interference—the condition of poorer speech recognition when listening with two ears versus one ear—according to new research published in the January 2017 Journal of the American Academy of Audiology by Bruna Mussoi, PhD, AuD, and Ruth Bentler, PhD.
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Engineer John Woodgate says hearing care professionals should recommend and provide hearing aids with telecoils, and also offer in their offices a simple hearing loop system fed from a TV, so patients can immediately experience the advantages.
Read MoreDonna Geffner, PhD, says that if we wait until age 7 or 8 to intervene on behalf of children with auditory processing disorders, we are denying them the benefits of early intervention, remediation, treatment, and the right to a free appropriate public education (FAPE).
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