NIH Researchers Find DNA ‘Fingerprint’ Associated with Enlarged Vestibular Aqueduct
The variants lie near a known EVA-linked gene called SLC26A4, but their connection to EVA had evaded scientists until now.
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Columbia Engineering Researchers Make Progress Toward Development of Cognitively-Controlled Hearing Aids
A cognitive hearing aid that constantly monitors the brain activity of the subject to determine whether the subject is conversing with a specific speaker in the environment would be a dream come true.
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US Congresswoman Debbie Dingell Introduces Legislation to Expand Medicare to Cover Hearing Aids
The Medicare Hearing Aid Coverage Act addresses one piece of the puzzle by improving access to hearing aids and related examinations.
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Schwann Cell Disruption May Lead to Hidden Hearing Loss, Researchers Find
In research published in “Nature Communications,” University of Michigan researchers report a new unexpected cause for this auditory neuropathy, a step toward the eventual work to identify treatments.
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OTC Hearing Aid Act Passed by US House
The Over the Counter Hearing Aid Act (HR 1652), which was bundled as part of the Medical Device User Fee Amendments (MDUFA) package and the FDA Reauthorization Act, was passed yesterday by the US House of Representatives as anticipated.
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Duke Researchers Review Global Efforts to Combat Hearing Loss
In a review article published July 10 in “The Lancet,” Wilson and colleagues highlight accessibility to screenings, treatments, and preventive measures as keys to stemming the rise of hearing loss not only in the United States, but across the world.
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Adenosine May Play Role in Auditory Learning in Brain, St. Jude Researchers Find
Researchers showed that limiting the supply or the function of the neuromodulator adenosine in a brain structure called the auditory thalamus preserved the ability of adult mice to learn from passive exposure to sound.
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CIB2 Protein Found to be Part of Sound Wave Translation Process
The findings were published June 29 in “Nature Communications.“ The study is reportedly the first to illuminate in detail how a particular protein, which is known as CIB2, allows hearing to work.
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Blog: June 9 NASEM Meeting to Include “Strawman Proposal” for OTC Hearing Aids
According to industry sources, the June 9 dissemination meeting of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) is expected to include a “strawman” proposal that could serve as a starting point for discussions that lead to an OTC hearing aid category by the FDA.
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“Whattage”: A Hypothetical Construct in Hearing Healthcare
“Whattage” represents the frequency with which a listener uses “What?”, cognate words, or behaviors that prompt repetitions by a communicatively significant other. The concept of “Whattage” has broad implications for marketing the value of hearing correction to the general public, as well as individual members of the communicative dyad.
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Researchers Listen to Zebrafish to Understand Human Hearing Loss
Can a fish with a malformed jaw tell us something about hearing loss in mice and humans? The answer is yes, according to a new publication in ‘Scientific Reports.’
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HIA Comments on FTC “Now Hear This” Workshop and OTC Hearing Aids
The Hearing Industries Association (HIA) has issued a position paper in response to what the organization sees as several inaccurate statements made at the recent April 18 FTC Workshop titled, “Now Hear This.”
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University of Nottingham Seeks Participants for Tinnitus Study
The team wants to find out from people with tinnitus, healthcare practitioners involved in hearing, and other hearing researchers, which types of tinnitus complaints should be measured to assess whether a treatment is working.
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Researchers Find Link Between Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy and Hearing Loss
Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital found that use of postmenopausal hormone therapy was associated with higher risk of hearing loss, and the risk tended to increase with longer duration of use.
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The Effectiveness of Hearing Aids and Two Service-Delivery Models in Older Adults: A Randomized Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial
Larry Humes, PhD, and colleagues present a summary of findings from their recent study published in the March 2017 edition of the American Journal of Audiology that compares a professionally driven best-practice hearing aid service delivery model to a version of an over-the-counter (OTC) model. One important message that should not be lost in the extremely relevant findings of this RCT study is that hearing aids are, in fact, efficacious and provide considerable benefit to older adults with mild-to-moderate hearing loss.
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