Improving Hearing Care for Children with Developmental Disabilities
Angela Bonino, PhD, discusses her research on why children with developmental disabilities tend not to get the best hearing assessments.
Angela Bonino, PhD, discusses her research on why children with developmental disabilities tend not to get the best hearing assessments.
The new findings suggest that mole rats may be a good animal model to investigate hearing loss in humans.
To identify new molecules involved in hearing loss, the researchers took a genetic approach and created 1,211 new mouse mutants. They screened each of these mice using a sensitive electrophysiological test, the auditory brainstem response, to find out how good their hearing was.
Developed in cooperation with technology partner Germany-based PATH MEDICAL, Otometrics delivers four modular solutions that are integrated with the Otometrics product family.
Read MoreTwo well-known names and company owners in hearing device manufacturing are joining forces. Etymotic Research Founder Mead Killion announced that his company has merged with Lucid Hearing/Lucid Audio, a prominent hearing aid and PSAP manufacturer owned by Henry Smith, founder of Authorized Hearing Systems (AHS), America Hears, and more recently Liberty Hearing Aids and Lucid Audio.
Read MoreTeleaudiology becomes increasingly important as the evolution of healthcare to a reliance on electronic health records (EHRs) continues.
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