Category: Patient Care

Patient Care

New Year, New Ideas: Top Tips to Strengthen Your Practice

A cross-disciplinary group of independent practice owners share their top five recommendations to help clinicians drive meaningful results and strengthen their practices in 2026.

Patient Care

New DB-OTO Results Show Sustained Improvements for Children with Profound Genetic Hearing Loss

Updated pivotal trial results show that Regeneron’s investigational gene therapy DB-OTO led to rapid, clinically meaningful, and sustained hearing improvements in nearly all children with OTOF-related profound genetic hearing loss, with some achieving normal hearing and improved speech development.

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

Celebrating 35 Years of the Americans with Disabilities Act

Educating audiology patients about their rights to accessibility under ADA could be a great opportunity to build trust and develop a deeper connection with them over time.

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.