Demand for Hearing Benefits Grows Among Gen Z Employees, Survey Shows
A recent TruHearing survey shows that younger employees are increasingly looking for hearing healthcare as part of their benefits package.
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Nutrition and Hearing: 7 Essential Tips for Seniors
As we age it's important to take care of our hearing. Here are 7 essential health and nutrition tips to promote and maintain proper hearing.
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Cognivue Holds National Symposium on Cognitive Health
A national sympositum, “Connecting the Dots: Building Partnerships to Improve Cognitive Health,” attracted respected voices in medicine, science, and audiology to address what they deem an urgent need for transformation in healthcare.
Coronavirus Precautions: Informing Your Hearing Healthcare Staff Members
Current information suggests that older people and people with severe chronic health conditions are at higher risk of developing more serious illness from COVID-19. This may place hearing healthcare practices and their staff members in a uniquely vulnerable place. Here are some resources for informing staff members on how to protect themselves, their families, and patients.
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How Might the Brain Change When We Reintroduce Sound? Interview with Anu Sharma, PhD
New research shows that after wearing professionally fit quality hearing aids, a patient’s brain may “re-organize” its auditory processing centers back towards its original state prior to the hearing loss—with corresponding gains in auditory speech perception abilities and improvements in global cognitive function, executive function, processing speed, and visual working memory performance. Anu Sharma discusses the research findings with Douglas Beck.
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Healthfirst and NationsHearing Partner on Hearing Program for Medicare Advantage
Healthfirst announced that it is teaming with NationsHearing to provide an enhanced hearing health...
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IHS 2019 Convention Sets the Stage for Future
The 68th International Hearing Society (IHS) Convention was held September 19-21 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, with its theme “setting the stage” for the future of quality hearing healthcare.
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Perspectives: Hearing Care Offices Getting in the Loop
Offices not yet “in the loop” may not be aware of the many benefits that competitors have experienced after becoming a part of this consumer-driven movement.
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Apple Announces Hearing Study with University of Michigan
Called the Apple Hearing Study, the company will work alongside the University of Michigan to “examine factors that impact hearing health. The Apple Hearing Health Study is the first of its kind to collect data over time in order to understand how everyday sound exposure can impact hearing.”
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Hearing Aids May Protect the Brain in Later Life
A new study from the University of Exeter and King’s College in London has concluded that people who wear a hearing aid for age-related hearing problems maintain better brain function over time than those who do not.
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Blog: FDA to Issue First Proposed Rules on OTC Hearing Aids in November
It now appears the “OTC regulatory debate” could potentially follow the same general timeframe as the 2020 presidential race—starting with proposed rules by the FDA in November of this year.
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Phonak Appoints Gunnar Peterson as Lyric Ambassador
Peterson wears Phonak Lyric, “the world’s only 100% invisible extended-wear hearing aid that can be worn 24/7 for months at a time,” according to Phonak.
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Phonak Appoints Gunnar Peterson as Lyric Ambassador
Peterson wears Phonak Lyric, “the world’s only 100% invisible extended-wear hearing aid that can be worn 24/7 for months at a time,” according to Phonak.
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HHTM Launches FindHearing.com, a New Resource for Consumers with Hearing Loss
Created by the same team that publishes Hearing Health & Technology Matters (HHTM), the mission of FindHearing.com is said to “inform, educate, and empower consumers about the importance of hearing healthcare.”
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Oticon Participates in ‘Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day’
A tour of Oticon’s production facilities featured a hearing-themed scavenger hunt. Hands-on activities combined lessons on the science of sound with cupcake decorating and science experiments led by the educational group, Mad Science.
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SPECIAL REPORT: Social Engagement and Hearing Loss
Human beings are social creatures. This special report, featuring comments from leading experts in psychology and audiology, reviews new and important research on hearing loss, and shows why audiological care needs to renew its focus on helping patients regain their communication and social engagement activities—those things that make life meaningful and rewarding.
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Depression, Hearing Loss, and Treatment with Hearing Aids, by Victor Bray, PhD
“Depression, Hearing Loss, and Treatment with Hearing Aids” by audiologist and educator Victor Bray, PhD, is a PDF article, produced in April 2019 by The Hearing Review and sponsored by Hamilton® CapTel®, that presents a comprehensive overview of what we know about this subject, and provides a strong case for the partnership of audiologists and mental health experts in the battle against chronic depression.
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OticonNext Conference Focused on New Technologies in Hearing Healthcare
The two-day knowledge-sharing conference offered two learning tracks with dedicated expert presentations and workshops focused on the challenges and opportunities of hearing care professionals in general practice, and those who serve the unique needs of pediatric patients and their families.
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