Category: Patient Care

Patient Care

Med-El Survey: Fewer Than 3 in 10 Americans Believe Society Knows Enough About Hearing Loss

A new Med-El survey of more than 1,000 US adults finds that nearly half believe public awareness of hearing loss is lacking.

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.

Pediatric Care

Oticon Introduces Play SI Pediatric Hearing Aid Family

The new pediatric line features second-generation AI sound processing, 4D user-intent sensors, and next-generation connectivity.

Counseling & Education

How Recognizing Sound Preference Could Reframe the Hearing Care Conversation

The WSA Sound Preference program aims to reframe hearing aid counseling to include identifying individual sound preferences and thereby enable more personalized fittings, improved patient engagement, and better hearing aid satisfaction, and increase adoption.

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

Hearing Australia Implements New NAL-NL3 Fitting Prescription

Developed by the National Acoustic Laboratories, the system builds on NAL-NL2 and is designed for more precise, personalized hearing aid fittings.

Pediatric 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.