ASHA Stresses Importance of Diagnosis and Treatment for Balance Issues
Treating hearing loss is an important aspect of reducing the risk of balance issues in the broader adult population.
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Losartan May Help Patients with Vestibular Schwannomas
New research led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Massachusetts Eye and Ear indicates that the blood pressure drug losartan may benefit patients with neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2), a hereditary condition associated with vestibular schwannomas, or noncancerous tumors along the nerves in the brain that are involved with hearing and balance.
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Well-Hearing is Well-Being
The goal of this position statement is to propose a model of well-being that would be easy to use in clinical audiology practice and considers the domains of socio-emotional, cognitive, and physical well-being as core dimensions of well-being. While hearing loss and its associated communication challenges can indeed impact these core well-being dimensions, growing evidence shows that hearing rehabilitation can provide benefits in the same three domains.
Vertigo May Lower Chance of Recovery from SSHL
The study was a literature search and meta-analysis of 10 studies published in PubMed, Web of Science, and Embase from 1973 to 2017 on the association between the rate of hearing recovery and vertigo.
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Vertigo May Lower Chance of Recovery from SSHL
The study was a literature search and meta-analysis of 10 studies published in PubMed, Web of Science, and Embase from 1973 to 2017 on the association between the rate of hearing recovery and vertigo.
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Sensorion Awarded $11 Million Research Grant for Congenital Deafness
The aim of this project is to develop a specific gene therapy program aimed at correcting an inherited monogenic form of deafness caused by a mutation in the gene encoding for the Otoferlin protein (DNBF9).
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Sensorion Awarded $11 Million Research Grant for Congenital Deafness
The aim of this project is to develop a specific gene therapy program aimed at correcting an inherited monogenic form of deafness caused by a mutation in the gene encoding for the Otoferlin protein (DNBF9).
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Newport-Mesa Audiology Balance & Ear Institute Promotes Jennifer Grace, AuD, to Clinical Director
An eight-year veteran of the Institute, Grace is said to have been pivotal to its growth and advancement in diagnosing and treating patients with vestibular dysfunction and hearing loss.
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Newport-Mesa Audiology Balance & Ear Institute Promotes Jennifer Grace, AuD, to Clinical Director
An eight-year veteran of the Institute, Grace is said to have been pivotal to its growth and advancement in diagnosing and treating patients with vestibular dysfunction and hearing loss.
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Malaria Drug Could Help Prevent Form of Hereditary Hearing Loss
Using a zebrafish model, researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have found that artemisinin, an anti-malarial drug, may help treat forms of hereditary hearing and vision loss associated with clarin1 mutations like Usher syndrome.
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Malaria Drug Could Help Prevent Form of Hereditary Hearing Loss
Using a zebrafish model, researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have found that artemisinin, an anti-malarial drug, may help treat forms of hereditary hearing and vision loss associated with clarin1 mutations like Usher syndrome.
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Think Audiology Launches Consumer-oriented Website
The site is said to offer basic information about a variety of audiologic and vestibular conditions along with treatment options, and provides consumers with step-by-step guidance and resources on how to best address their concerns and their condition.
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Vertigo Diagnosis May Be Aided by VOG Goggles
For the majority of people with Meniere’s disease who had fast horizontal eye movements, the goggles were able to diagnose the type of vertigo accurately with a sensitivity of 95% and a specificity of 82%.
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Newport-Mesa Audiology Balance & Ear Institute to Present on Dizziness Treatments at AAA 2019
The clinicians will outline how they perform comprehensive balance evaluations and various methods of vestibular rehabilitation, including the use of virtual reality, in an audiology setting. They will also discuss outcome statistics following treatment and share case studies.
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HIA Launches “Hear Well. Stay Vital.” Campaign to Promote Hearing Awareness
The Hearing Industries Association (HIA), in partnership with the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA), the American Academy of Audiology (AAA), the Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA), and the International Hearing Society, has launched a public awareness campaign to promote better hearing called “Hear Well. Stay Vital.”
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Interacoustics Academy Announces Dates for Live Webinar Series
The five webinars cover topics such as ASSR, vestibular dysfunction, catch‑up saccades, and REM.
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Starkey Releases World’s First Hearing Aid with Fall Detection and Alerts to Livio AI Users
Starkey has released its new Fall Detection and Alert feature in Livio AI hearing aids to a limited number of hearing professionals, and plans to offer the feature to all dispensing professionals and their clients in late February. Using integrated sensors, the Fall Detection and Alert feature is designed to automatically detect falls and send messages to as many as three contacts.
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DizzyDoctor to Partner with Seamgen on Vertigo Recording Application
The data, if collected properly, will help allow a physician to better identify why a patient has episodes of dizziness. Recordings from the application—including video, motion, and pupil tracking—are all said to be automatically uploaded to the DizzyDoctor website. For a fee, this data can be processed for the purpose of diagnosing.
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