France’s Autorité de la concurrence (Ac) is gathering information to assess the French hearing aid retail sector, with the goal of publishing possible recommendations for improving competition in hearing healthcare and increasing the utilization of hearing devices.
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The Wbp2 gene was found to be involved in progressive hearing loss during a large-scale mouse study, and also found to be involved in human deafness. The study also showed that hearing impairment is linked to hormonal signaling rather than to hair cell degeneration.
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A December 2015 health program that aired on National Public Radio (NPR) featured a hearing test that consumers take over the phone to determine if they have a hearing loss. The hearing test is reported to be inexpensive, scientifically validated, and confidential.
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Authors Chesky and Amlani respond to a recent critique of their data by Killion and Haapapuro in the November 2015 Hearing Review, and provide support for their assertions that musicians earplugs lack “flatness” in frequency attenuation.
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Each January, editors compile lists that recap significant events and topics during the past year. Here are two 2015 lists from HR Editor Karl Strom, in advance of January 2016, along with corresponding links so readers can access the highlighted articles.
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A special hearing care industry conference, HEAL 2016: Hearing Across the Lifespan, will be held June 2-4, 2016, in Cernobbio, Italy on scenic Lake Como. The theme of HEAL 2016 is “Early intervention: the key to better hearing care,” with more than 300 presentations expected. Abstract submissions and registration are open.
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Jenny Rajan, AuD, CCC-A, FAAA, has joined the clinical faculty of the Pennsylvania Ear Institute of Salus University in Elkins Park, Pa. Rajan will serve as a clinical audiologist on the Pennsylvania Ear Institute team.
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For American Diabetes Month and World Diabetes Day on November 14, BHI is raising awareness of the link between diabetes and hearing loss, and urging healthcare professionals and people with diabetes to include hearing tests as part of an annual care regimen. To help spread the word, BHI has created a press release that can be adapted and shared by hearing care practitioners.
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Third Rock Ventures LLC, a healthcare venture firm, has announced the launch of Decibel Therapeutics, with $52 million in financing by Third Rock and SR One, the corporate venture capital arm of GlaxoSmithKline, to discover new medicines that protect, repair, and restore hearing.
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NIDCD scientists have created the first high-resolution gene expression map of the newborn mouse inner ear using single-cell RNA-seq. The findings provide new insight into how epithelial cells in the inner ear develop and differentiate into specialized cells that serve critical functions for hearing and maintaining balance.
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Oticon Medical announced that its 4th annual Scientific Meeting drew more than 90 professionals representing 23 countries to its headquarters in Copenhagen. The 3-day conference combined scientific presentations, lectures, and roundtable discussions with focused programs concentrating on audiology and surgery.
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In the October 2015 issue of Trends in Cognitive Sciences, researchers explain that identifying the problem that underlies tinnitus and chronic pain is the first step to developing effective therapies. They have found that the neural mechanisms that normally “gate” or control noise and pain signals can become dysfunctional, leading to a chronic perception of these sensations.
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Researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center say their study is the first to explore a connection between hearing and the formation of memories, and also the first to improve hearing by stimulating the locus coeruleus brain region and its neural network.
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In a mouse study supported by the NIH and NIDCD, researchers found that hearing loss associated with the aminoglycosides class of antibiotics is more likely when systemic inflammation from infection is present.
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A new, simpler protocol for generating inner ear hair cells to restore hearing has been developed by researchers from the Molecular Medicine Institute in Lisbon, Portugal, and the University College London Ear Institute in the UK.
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