Cilcare Secures Funding to Advance Clinical Trials for Cochlear Synaptopathy Treatment
Cilcare raised €40 million in Series A funding to initiate two clinical trials in 2025 for treatment of cochlear synaptopathy.
Category: Auditory Processing Disorders
Auditory Processing Disorders
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Auditory Processing Disorders
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A Method to Evaluate the Effect of Signal Processing on the Temporal Envelope of Speech
How do hearing aid features such as compression, noise reduction, and directional microphones affect the amplitude of the temporal envelope in the processed sound? Here is a new hearing aid pre-selection tool for clinicians.
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Cortical Neuroplasticity in Hearing Loss: Why It Matters in Clinical Decision-Making for Children and Adults
With a better understanding of cortical brain changes associated with hearing loss, the potential to develop objective brain-based tools (ie, biomarkers) increases. These tools may help clinicians determine when a patient should receive intervention, what kind of intervention or rehabilitation would be ideal, and may offer the ability to monitor how well a chosen intervention or rehabilitation method is working. Prominent researchers Anu Sharma and Hannah Glick explain why.
Compression Speed and Cognition: A Variable Speed Compressor for All
In the past 15 years, research has suggested that people with hearing loss might benefit from either fast or slow compression depending on their cognitive status. This article reviews the concept of compressor speed and its possible relationship to cognitive capacity and also looks at how the Variable Speed Compressor (VSC) used in the BEYOND hearing aid may allow optimal speech understanding for people with all cognitive backgrounds.
Read MoreLetter: CAPD and the Need for Early Intervention in Children Younger than Age 7
Donna 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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Audiology Pioneer James Jerger, PhD, Publishes Memoir
James Jerger: A Life in Audiology is a unique and engaging account of an inspiring scholar’s remarkable career. His work has had a profound effect on the field of audiology. The new book is a must-read for anyone interested in audiology and hearing healthcare.
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Letter: Advocating Earlier Auditory Processing Evaluations in Children
In a Letter to the Editor, Dr Donna Geffner lists challenges encountered when children are not early-evaluated for Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD)–ideally, at pre-school age–and proposes that CAPD testing begin earlier than is the current practice.
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Cochlear Implants, ABIs, and More: An Interview with Laurie Eisenberg, PhD
Dr Beck asks Dr Eisenberg about the new edition of her textbook, Clinical Management of Children with Cochlear Implants, which contains a wealth of information from many cochlear implant experts.
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Contemporary Issues in Auditory Processing Disorders: 2016
Despite a well-attended history, there is little agreement on the definition, diagnosis or treatment of auditory processing disorders (APDs) in 2016. APDs remain universally ill-defined and poorly understood. In this article, co-authors Beck, Clarke and Moore tackle contemporary APD issues, and more.
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New Roger Focus Helps Children Pay Attention
The Roger Focus is designed as a discreet and comfortable receiver for children with unilateral hearing loss, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), or auditory processing disorders.
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Localization 101: Hearing Aid Factors in Localization
An introduction to localization, factors that influence localization when wearing hearing aids, and what steps can be taken to improve localization ability for hearing aid users.
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Issues and Considerations Regarding Musicians, Music, Hearing, and Listening
Musicians can be a hearing care professional’s worst nightmare and, on occasion, their greatest teacher. The Hearing Review’s August edition guest editors Douglas Beck, AuD, & Marshall Chasin, AuD, provide an overview of this fascinating and challenging area of hearing healthcare.
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On the Benefits of Binaural
Previous research and current movement in the endeavor to provide the most natural, binaural auditory experience for hearing instrument users is discussed, in addition to the technological developments that have made these advances possible.
Read MoreEditor’s Top-10 Picks and “Must Reads” in HR During 2013
The editor chooses his Top-10 articles for 2013, along with several others that could just as well have been in the Top-10.
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Plural Publishing Announces Launch of 2nd Edition of Its Handbook of Central Auditory Processing Disorder
Plural Publishing, San Diego, has released the 2nd Edition Handbook of Central Auditory Processing Disorder. The award-winning handbooks authored by Frank E. Musiek, PhD, and Gail D. Chermak, PhD, have been extensively revised and expanded.
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An Overview of OAEs and Normative Data for DPOAEs
A review of OAE concepts, the application of screening versus diagnostic OAEs, as well as normative data to help clinicians in the interpretation of DPOAEs for the Interacoustics Titan DPOAE440 module.
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Douglas Beck, AuD Delivers Keynote Address at Hearing and Balance Conference, Malaysia
Douglas Beck, AuD, director of professional relations for Oticon, and a frequent contributor to HR, was among the international speakers who delivered keynote presentations at the first Hearing and Balance Conference, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Douglas Beck, AuD, Receives RS McCrea Medal
Douglas Beck, AuD, director of professional relations for Oticon, and a frequent HR contributor, has been awarded the RS McCrea Medal 2012 by the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, in Northern Ireland.
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