From our experience as clinicians who serve the age-80+ population and the emerging scientific evidence about this patient group, it is older patients who are most likely to benefit from aural rehabilitation (AR) programs, and therefore, more eager to attend AR classes. Future studies on AR and auditory training should focus upon this important population.
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Confused by the wide assortment of hearing conservation standards? Here’s a short guide from retired NIOSH research audiologist and well-known hearing conservation expert Mark Stephenson, PhD.
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NHS England, which leads the NHS and sets the priorities for improvements in healthcare, has launched the “Commissioning Services for People with Hearing Loss: A Framework for Clinical Commissioning Groups,” the first major deliverable from the Action Plan on Hearing Loss in England.
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A family-centric approach to hearing care must acknowledge that discord and disagreement about the severity and importance of the hearing loss can occur between the patient and his/her family members. When parties are in disagreement, difficult (but important!) conversations can arise.
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The HIA submitted a comprehensive Addendum on June 30, 2016 to the FDA in response to questions the Agency posed in its April 21, 2016 Workshop regarding hearing healthcare and devices in the US.
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This study evaluates 11 low-end and high-end hearing aids and PSAPs, and shows that all high-end hearing aids were able to fit most audiometric configurations, and 2 high-end PSAPs and 1 app were able to fit up to a moderate loss configuration.
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The NAS recommendations for a new OTC class of hearing devices and the removal of the hearing aid “waiver system” may dominate the headlines, but Hearing Review Editor Karl Strom hopes they don’t overshadow the 10 other important recommendations in the report.
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The Hearing Loss Association of America applauds a new report issued by the National Academies, which documents the critical nature of hearing loss and provides 12 recommendations that underscore hearing loss as a significant public health concern.
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Among a dozen recommendations, the Committee on Accessible and Affordable Hearing Health Care for Adults would like to see the FDA establish an over-the-counter class of hearing devices, an end to the “waiver system,” hearing aids that have open programming, and portability of consumers’ audiograms and hearing aid programming information.
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HR Editor Karl Strom considers what the FDA can do in the wake of its recent GMP workshop, the PCAST recommendations, and impending report from the IOM. Would these proposals lead to more innovation, affordability and accessibility for consumers…or represent a giant step backward?
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This year’s AudiologyNOW! AAA event, said to be the largest annual gathering of audiologists in the world, attracted 3,408 audiologists and featured a wealth of instructional sessions and workshops at the Phoenix Convention Center.
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The public is invited to attend the release of the report by the Committee on Accessible and Affordable Hearing Health Care for Adults, at 11:00 AM on June 2, 2016 at the Keck Center of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Washington, DC.
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Covering AudiologyNOW! 2016, The New York Times reports that hearing aid technologies at the event were impressive, but the real issue on attendees’ minds was how consumer electronics are encroaching on the industry by offering less expensive PSAPs.
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On April 21, 2016, the FDA held a Public Workshop on “Streamlining Good Manufacturing Practices for Hearing Aids,” which also examined recommendations by PCAST to deregulate hearing aids.
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Updated: The FDA has released the agenda for its April 21, 2016 workshop on “Streamlining Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) for Hearing Aids,” which can be viewed via FDA webcast. Dave Fabry, PhD, of Starkey will represent HIA on a panel that examines quality standards.
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