Category: Patient Care

Patient Care

AI Enables “Predict-to-Prescribe” Approach for Children Receiving Cochlear Implants

A deep transfer learning AI model predicted spoken language outcomes in children one to three years after cochlear implantation with 92% accuracy.

Patient Care

Welcoming a Fall Refresh

The start of the school year often inspires a “Fall refresh,” encouraging professionals to embrace new learning, reconsider established methods, and explore fresh approaches.

Pediatric Care

Study: Wealth Gap Affects Spoken Language Success in Young CI Recipients

A recent study of outcomes in infants and young deaf children with cochlear implants suggests that socioeconomic status plays a major role in whether spoken language becomes their primary communication mode.

Counseling & Education

Supporting Audiology Patients with Concomitant Communication Disorders

Effective counseling is central to successful audiologic care and becomes even more critical when patients or their communication partners present with concomitant communication disorders.

Evaluation

What’s In a Hearing Number? An Interview with Frank Lin, MD, PhD

Frank Lin, MD, PhD, discusses the Know Your Hearing Number campaign and why this concept can help break down barriers to hearing care.

Patient Fittings

Oticon and Henry Ford Health Collaborate to Enhance Hearing Aid Fittings

Oticon and Henry Ford Health's Division of Audiology launched a clinical research partnership to improve hearing aid fittings.

Pediatric Care

Reconsidering Pediatric Hearing Assessment: An Interview with Angela Bonino, PhD

Angela Bonino, PhD, discusses her research on the lack of access to adequate hearing assessments for children with developmental disabilities.