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Research Shows COVID-19 Can Infect Inner Ear
Stankovic recommends that hearing tests be routine for anyone diagnosed with COVID-19. Or, if a patient presents with new-onset hearing loss, tinnitus, or vertigo, and has had any exposure to the virus, they should be tested and monitored for worsening symptoms by their healthcare provider.
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Tribute: Maurice H. Miller, PhD, Audiology Educator and Pioneer of Occupational Hearing Conservation
Murray Miller, PhD, passed away on January 10, 2021 at age 90. Dr Miller was a pioneer in the field of occupational hearing conservation and a respected expert in numerous areas of audiology, including sudden hearing loss, hearing disorders, and tinnitus.
Trends in the Aging Population—Economics and Hearing Aid Affordability
While financing is increasingly making an impact, too many consumers are still unaware of the many ill effects of poor hearing. HR sat down with Dr Brian Taylor to get an idea of the level of knowledge within the general public, and what can be done to improve the situation.
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HIA Releases Results of Hearing Loss Survey
New research announced by the Hearing Industries Association (HIA) reveals that 4 out of 5 Americans consider hearing loss serious, but ignoring the problem is more common than you may think. Fewer than 16% of adults ages 20-69 who need a hearing aid use one. That number almost doubles to 30% for adults over age 70 who need a hearing aid but don’t use one, according to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD).
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The How and Why of Getting a “Significant Other” to the Hearing Evaluation
Getting the spouse, daughter, or partner to attend the initial hearing evaluation is almost essential, but how can hearing care professionals make this happen when it’s often difficult to get just one person to make a visit?
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The “Red Flags” Didn’t Go Away: Emphasizing Comprehensive Hearing Care
For the past 5 years, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not required patients to sign physician waivers prior to being tested and fitted for hearing aids. The ruling remains a positive for the industry, but it’s also true that the “red flags” that motivated the waivers in the first place did not go away.
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Link Between Dual Sensory Loss and Depression
People with combined vision and hearing loss are nearly four times more likely to experience depression and more than three times more likely to suffer chronic anxiety, according to a new study published in the journal “Frontiers in Psychology” and led by Anglia Ruskin University (ARU).
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Lantos Technologies Relaunches So Professionals Can “Own the Ear” with Custom ITE/RIC Fittings
Lantos Technologies wants hearing care professionals to “own the ear” by providing better technology for the 3D scanning and replication of the dynamic ear canal–for improved sound quality, reduced feedback, and better comfort and retention for the wearer. Learn more about the Lantos relaunch and watch a short interview of company CEO Paul Harkness who provides his perspectives on customizing hearing aid fittings for enhanced patient-centered care and greater customer satisfaction.
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Researchers Improve Earplugs’ Efficiency
The results of the study show that the area of the ear canal called the “first elbow” is closely linked to noise attenuation by earplugs.
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Hearing Loss Recognized in American Diabetes Association’s Standards of Medical Care
The American Diabetes Association has recognized hearing loss as being more common in people with diabetes, and added audiology to its table on referrals for initial diabetes care management in its recent updated “Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes-2021” published in the January 2021 edition of Diabetes Care, the organization’s professional magazine.
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Comorbidities and Eliminating Barriers for Establishing Referral Networks
Many chronic health conditions are now being linked to hearing loss. Hearing care professionals can become “the hearing provider” for any future referrals of patients with hearing loss. However, some barriers, including the perception of accessibility and affordability, first need to be overcome.
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Remote Mics, Alerting Devices, and Loop Systems: Hearing Care’s Underutilized Toolbox
How to provide your patients the opportunity to purchase important accessory items like remote mics, looping systems, and alarm/alerting devices—systems that can make a big difference in their outcomes.
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New Paper Explores Audiologists’ Evolving Role As a ‘Hearing Loss Mitigation Counselor’
A new paper from a group of private-practice audiologists explores how the future of hearing healthcare depends upon recognizing and serving patients from a whole-person perspective—moving away from the narrow view of addressing hearing loss through amplification only, to becoming “hearing loss mitigation counselors” and treating the needs of the individual.
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Hearing Loss in Mole-Rats is Adaptive, Beneficial Trait, Research Shows
The new findings suggest that mole rats may be a good animal model to investigate hearing loss in humans.
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CILcare Partners with Vertidiag on Vestibular Solutions
Vertidiag is said to have developed a technical platform to induce controlled vestibular disorders and to measure their functional impacts. This platform uses behavioral pharmacology, along with a battery of cellular and molecular biology tools that support the understanding of the mechanisms of action of potential drug candidates.
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Innovative Hearing Aid Research on Ecological Conditions and Outcome Measures: The HEAR-ECO Project
The HEAR-ECO project is highlighting six research studies designed to create hearing aid outcome measures that are more ecologically valid in terms of real-life hearing aid performance. Here is a short summary of the intriguing research that one day may be steaming toward a test booth near you!
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Is Hearing Healthcare Essential?
During a crisis, it’s more important than ever that people stay connected. Hearing healthcare professionals must adapt to a world with Covid-19. They must begin to provide care in a different, but responsible, way.
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