The Need for Tele-audiometry
How tele-audiometry is being used to expand hearing care services worldwide.
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Extending Hearing Healthcare: Tele-audiology
If applied properly, the benefits of tele-audiology may be a saving grace for our profession.
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Expert Roundtable: Issues in Audition, Cognition, and Amplification
We Hear with Our Brains!By Douglas L. Beck, AuD (moderator/guest-editor)Cognitive Load and AmplificationBy Brent Edwards, PhDHigher-level Processing and Aided Speech-Understanding in Older AdultsBy Larry E. Humes, PhDThe Cognitive Part of Speech Reco
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Effectiveness of a Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Seminar for Collegiate Musicians
Evidence suggests that collegiate musicians need and benefit from a structured educational seminar on hearing conservation and the use of hearing protection devices (HPDs).
Read MoreApramycin Shows Promise Against Drug-resistant “Superbugs” Without Damaging Hearing
University of Michigan (U-M) and European researchers have developed a new approach to designing antibiotics that kill even “superbugs,” but spare the delicate sensory cells of the inner ear. Apramycin, an antibiotic already used in veterinary medicine, will be the first drug using this approach to be tested in human clinical trials.
Read MoreNew Imaging Device for Diagnosing Ear Infections
Thanks to a new medical imaging device invented by University of Illinois researchers, doctors can now visualize areas behind the eardrum to better diagnose and treat chronic ear infection.
Read MoreEmory Researchers Experimenting with Regenerating Hair Cells
Researchers at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta have shown that introducing a gene called Atoh1 into the cochleae of young mice can induce the formation of extra sensory hair cells. Their results show the potential of a gene therapy approach to regenerating sensory hair cells to treat hearing loss, but the research also demonstrates its current limitations.
Read MoreBHI Urges People To Check Their Hearing.. and Diabetes Risk
The Better Hearing Institute (BHI) is urging people with diabetes to take the Across America Hearing Check Challenge and is encouraging others to find out if they’re at risk for developing type 2 diabetes by taking the Diabetes Risk Test. BHI’s efforts are part of the nationwide effort to promote American Diabetes Association Alert Day on March 27.
Read MoreARO Meeting Features NIH-funded Hearing Research
The 2012 midwinter meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO) features several National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) funded-research. The meeting took place in San Diego at the end of February 2012.
Read MoreJohns Hopkins: Hearing Loss Triples Risk for Falling in Middle Aged-adults and Elderly
A new study led by a Johns Hopkins researcher suggests that having hearing loss triples the risk of falling down for people in their 40s and later. The findings are regardless of whether the hearing loss is moderate or severe.
Read MoreJohns Hopkins: 1 in 5 Americans Has Hearing Loss
A new study from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine researchers reveals that nearly a fifth of all Americans, 12 years or older, have hearing loss so severe that it may make communication difficult. The researchers also found that women and blacks are significantly less likely to have hearing loss.
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Cost-effective Pricing for Hearing Aids and Related Audiological Services
Can audiology practices compete in the sub-$800 per aid price range? What would be required to compete in this market arena? From a professional standpoint, is this something we wish to do? Here is a perspective on pricing and professionalism in the era of Internet and direct-to-consumer hearing aids.
Read MoreNew Fast-Track Genetic Hearing Loss Diagnosis Technique
Israeli researchers from Tel Aviv University’s Sackler Faculty of Medicine and Bethlehem University have successfully developed a fast-track genetic diagnosis for hearing loss through “exome deep sequencing,” a method that sequences hundreds of thousands of genes at a time.
Read MoreTwo House Clinic Physicians Receive Awards from AAO-HNS
Two House Clinic physicians, Jennifer Derebery, MD, and John W. House, MD, will be recognized by the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) at its annual meeting.
Read MoreU Penn: Hearing Aids May Help Decrease Brain Atrophy in Older Adults
A new study from the University of Pennsylvania shows that declines in hearing ability may accelerate gray mater atrophy in auditory areas of the brain and increase the listening effort necessary for older adults to successfully comprehend speech. However, a hearing aid may help decrease the atrophy, as well as help hearing ability.
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