Category: Hearing Loss

Hearing Loss

ATA Launches ATA Academy to Address Tinnitus Provider Education Gap

ATA Academy is an online education platform aimed at training audiologists and other healthcare providers in evidence-based tinnitus assessment and management.

Sensaphonics Relocates and Expands Chicago Facilities After 34 Years at Previous Address
Historic Gene Therapy Milestone for Cockayne Syndrome Carries Implications for Hearing Loss Community
Evaxion to Present New Preclinical Data for AI-Designed CMV Vaccine Candidate
Cochlear, Hearing Experts Launch Summer Campaign Urging Americans to Address Hearing Loss
Oticon Opens Nominations for 2026 Focus on People Awards
Researchers Uncover Biological Mechanism That Could Reverse Permanent Hearing Loss

Hearing Loss

Med-El Acquires Two Gene Therapy Programs from Rescue Hearing

Med-El has acquired two gene therapy programs from Rescue Hearing Inc targeting mutations in the MYO7A and STRC genes, expanding the hearing implant company's pipeline into biological approaches to vestibular and auditory dysfunction.

Hearing Loss

Survey Reveals Hearing Health as Longevity Blind Spot: An Interview with Sigurd Brandt, MD

Sigurd Brandt shares his perspective on what the longevity blind spot survey results mean for audiology and people’s hearing health, now and in the future.

Patient Care

Research Highlights Sex-Based Hormonal Influences on Hearing, Pointing Toward More Personalized Auditory Care

New research suggests hormonal fluctuations across a person's lifespan produce measurably different auditory outcomes in men and women — with implications for how clinicians approach diagnosis and management of hearing loss.

Hearing Disorders

Sensorion Names SENS-601 Lead Gene Therapy Program, Files Clinical Trial Applications for GJB2-Related Hearing Loss

Sensorion is focusing on SENS-601 targeting GJB2 mutations, while discontinuing development of its OTOF-targeting program, SENS-501.

Tinnitus

Retreat for Audiology Professionals to Focus on Tinnitus and Clinician Well-being

The Rooted & Regulated Retreat will offer mind/body practices and nervous system regulation tools for hearing healthcare professionals.

Prevention

Acousia Therapeutics Reports Positive Phase 2a Results for Bimokalner in Cisplatin-Induced Hearing Loss

The ProHear Study found that the drug candidate Bimokalner produced a clinically meaningful reduction in pure-tone audiometry threshold shifts in testicular cancer patients who developed cisplatin-induced ototoxicity.

Vestibular Care

Researchers Use Organoid-on-a-Chip to Model Inner Ear Development

The system aims to provide insight into sensory hair cell development and potential pathways for regeneration.

Health & Wellness

Phonak US Partners with USA Pickleball in Hearing Health Campaign

The sponsorship anchors the new “Hear to Win” campaign, bringing hearing health education and technology demonstrations to pickleball events nationwide.