ACI Alliance Pushes for Expanded Medicare Coverage on CIs for Asymmetric Hearing Loss
ACI Alliance submitted a request to CMS to expand Medicare coverage for cochlear implants, targeting single-sided deafness.
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MED-EL Launches Samba 2 Audio Processor
SAMBA 2 is compatible with both versions of the BONEBRIDGE Bone Conduction Implant, the BCI 601 and BCI 602. BONEBRIDGE bone conduction implants are also engineered to be compatible with future generations of audio processors.
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Unilateral Hearing Loss in Children: Current Perspectives
It is now indisputable that we have sufficient data from academic and laboratory settings, parents, teachers, and children with UHL themselves to support the concept that these losses put children at risk for psychoeducational and related difficulties. However, we still cannot predict which children with UHL will have such problems, or which management approaches might best assist them with their listening and learning problems. Anne Marie Tharpe presents current perspectives on UHL in children.
Novel Benefits in CROS and BiCROS Hearing Aid Fitting Technology
Overall, the findings of this study demonstrate that the two new CROS/BiCROS systems from Signia—the Pure 312 Nx CROS with Narrow directionality and the Silk Nx CROS—provide a superior solution to the daily listening problems encountered by people with SSD.
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Novel Benefits in CROS and BiCROS Hearing Aid Fitting Technology
Overall, the findings of this study demonstrate that the two new CROS/BiCROS systems from Signia—the Pure 312 Nx CROS with Narrow directionality and the Silk Nx CROS—provide a superior solution to the daily listening problems encountered by people with SSD.
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Non-Surgical Advances in Treatment for Conductive Hearing Loss
Amanda O’Donnell, AuD, reviews options for the treatment of conductive hearing loss and provides information on the new ADHEAR system by MED-EL. This unique non-surgical system consists of an advanced adhesive adapter that allows for the audio processor to be clicked into place for skin-driven bone conduction—offering a new option for patients and clinicians alike.
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Cortical Neuroplasticity in Hearing Loss: Why It Matters in Clinical Decision-Making for Children and Adults
With a better understanding of cortical brain changes associated with hearing loss, the potential to develop objective brain-based tools (ie, biomarkers) increases. These tools may help clinicians determine when a patient should receive intervention, what kind of intervention or rehabilitation would be ideal, and may offer the ability to monitor how well a chosen intervention or rehabilitation method is working. Prominent researchers Anu Sharma and Hannah Glick explain why.
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Signia Launches Silk Nx Hearing Aids
Re-engineered to be 20% smaller than its predecessor, these ready-to-wear, completely-in-canal (CIC) devices now include key features of Signia’s Nx hearing aid technology that are designed to deliver the most natural hearing experience.
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Loyola Medicine’s Hearing Center Announces 500th Cochlear Implant Procedure
Loyola is said to be among the highest-volume centers for cochlear implants in the Midwest and was among the first centers to implant a hybrid system that combines a cochlear implant with a hearing aid.
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Phonak Announces Extension of Belong Platform
Phonak, a hearing instrument and wireless communication solutions’ company, announced the extension of its latest-generation Belong platform with Phonak Naída™ B and Phonak Sky™ B hearing aids.
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Brain Plasticity Study Provides Clues to Single-sided Deafness
A new discovery by scientists at the University of California could help find biomarkers for targeted drug therapies for people with single-sided deafness (SSD), and may also pave the way for the development of brain stimulation therapies to restore normal auditory processing.
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Studies Reveal Consequences of Untreated Partial Hearing Loss
According to a research review published in Pediatrics, it’s just as important to identify and treat newborns and young children with deafness in only one ear, or else long term prospects for hearing recovery may be diminished.
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Cochlear Releases Baha 5 Sound Processor with Streaming
Cochlear released the small bone conduction Baha 5 Sound Processor for people who are deaf in one ear, or have conductive or mixed hearing loss. Users can stream sound and control the processor from the iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
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