Once in a while, something comes along so interesting that it qualifies as a “Eureka moment” without even being directly related to hard science or clinical topics. One such instance is the recent TED Talk by Justin Osmond titled “Embracing Our Limitations.” Watch the TED Talk and get the inside scoop on its creation from Osmond in this interview by Douglas Beck, AuD.
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Pediatric audiologist Jane Madell, PhD, tells about The Listening Project and the new documentary everyone in hearing healthcare should see. See the trailer for the film, read the interview by Douglas Beck, and get Dr Madell’s perspectives on “why every child should hear.”
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This month, Dr Beck interviews Todd Ricketts, PhD, of Vanderbilt University about a wide range of topics including how many people are actually purchasing hearing aids each year, what we can and cannot say about hearing loss and dementia, the effective hearing range of humans, RECD and speech in noise measures, and more.
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The scholarships, named after two pioneers of the hearing implant industry, recognize Cochlear™ Nucleus® Implant and Baha® System recipients in the United States and Canada who uphold the Cochlear ideals of leadership and humanity, and demonstrate high academic achievement.
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The argument that a new FDA class of OTC hearing aids will dramatically expand the hearing healthcare market by making hearing aids more affordable is often taken as a “given.” However, research into what economists call “price elasticity”—or how much growth occurs in terms of market penetration when the cost of a product is reduced/increased—tend to suggest otherwise when it comes to hearing aids.
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Oticon sponsored Douglas L. Beck, AuD, director of Academic Sciences, as the guest speaker for the professional seminar, “Prioritizing Human Perception and Cognition in the New Generation of Hearing Solutions.”
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The Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) hosted a free webinar on September 21, 2016, titled “The Patient’s Guide to Tinnitus: 2016”– now available on demand as a recording. The featured guest speaker is audiology expert Douglas L. Beck, AuD.
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Dr Beck interviews Anthony T. Cacace, PhD, an audiologist and research professor who, along with colleagues Emile de Kleine, Avril Genene Holt and Pim van Dijk, has assembled a new 2016 textbook, Scientific Foundations of Audiology–Perspectives from Physics, Biology, Modeling and Medicine.
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Oticon Hearing Foundation and the American Academy of Audiology Foundation (AAAF) are calling for applications for Project Amazon 2016. Costs will be covered for one licensed audiologist and one AuD student to travel to Brazil and work side-by-side with staff from the Oticon Clinic. Applications are accepted through June 15.
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Oticon Inc appointed three new account managers to the company’s Government Services Team, which works closely with VA and government audiologists to bring quality hearing health products and services to US veterans and active military personnel.
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The results of a randomized, multi-center clinical study published in AJA by Richard Tyler, PhD, and colleagues found SoundCure’s S-Tones® to be effective at quiet volumes and to be more effective than broadband noise in the reduction of tinnitus.
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Researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are launching a clinical trial to test a device that uses nervous system stimuli to rewire parts of the brain, in hopes of significantly reducing or removing tinnitus.
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That Lori Trentacoste, AuD, grew up wanting to be an audiologist isn’t so surprising. As a young girl, her mother would pick her up after school and take her to Island Better Hearing, a hearing aid dispensary and optical office founded by her father.
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Jerome A. Roth, PhD, professor of pharmacology and toxicology at State University of New York at Buffalo (UB), will use a 4-year, $2 million grant to study hearing loss resulting from long-term exposure to manganese and noise.
Read MoreA State University of New York (SUNY)-Buffalo PhD student-researcher, Sarah Hayes, has received a $10,000 grant from the American Tinnitus Association (ATA). Hayes will use the money towards her research, which explores the relationship between stress and tinnitus
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