Mouse Study Sheds Light on Hidden Hearing Loss Cause in Humans
A new study involved enhancing auditory processing in mice, and study findings supported a hypothesis on what causes hidden hearing loss in humans.
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Oticon Launches Online Lectures for Graduate Students
Oticon, Inc announced the launch of the company’s 2021 educational support for graduate students in audiology with a series of quarterly online lectures designed to supplement and complement students’ university education.
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Research and Developments in Communication Disorders to Be Presented at ASHA Convention November 15-17
Roughly 18,000 audiologists, speech-language pathologists, and related professionals will gather in Boston this week to hear and present the latest research and best practices to identify, manage, and treat these disorders at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s (ASHA) 2018 Annual Convention.
“Whattage”: A Hypothetical Construct in Hearing Healthcare
“Whattage” represents the frequency with which a listener uses “What?”, cognate words, or behaviors that prompt repetitions by a communicatively significant other. The concept of “Whattage” has broad implications for marketing the value of hearing correction to the general public, as well as individual members of the communicative dyad.
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Better Hearing Institute Releases New Infographic on Addressing Hearing Loss
The Better Hearing Institute (BHI) is offering a free infographic that guides consumers on entry points of care for addressing hearing loss. The infographic, “Take the Express Lane to Better Hearing and a Better Quality of Life,” provides easy-to-follow information, identifying types of hearing care professionals and where to find them.
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Researchers Find Traditional Hearing Tests Fail to Diagnose ‘Hidden Hearing Loss’
Traditional clinical hearing tests often fail to diagnose patients with a common form of inner ear damage that might otherwise be detected by more challenging behavioral tests, according to the findings of a University at Buffalo-led study published in Frontiers in Neuroscience.
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2017 Callier Prize Awarded to Sharon Kujawa for Research on Hidden Hearing Loss
Sharon G. Kujawa, an auditory neuroscientist who studies how aging and noise exposure can impact hearing, has been selected to receive the biennial Callier Prize in Communication Disorders for her research into the connections between the hair cells and the nerve fibers (synapses) that are most vulnerable—what is now being referred to as “hidden hearing loss.”
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Hearing Test Uncovers Hidden Hearing Loss
Many adults report difficulties hearing in everyday situations despite having normal or near-normal hearing test results. Researchers have developed a hearing test that identifies hearing loss or deficits in individuals who are considered to have normal or near-normal hearing in traditional tests.
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Cochlear Synaptopathy and Speech-in-Noise Problems Linked
Researchers have linked difficulty understanding speech in noisy environments with evidence of cochlear synaptopathy, or “hidden hearing loss,” in college students with normal hearing sensitivity.
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