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Mass Eye and Ear Researchers Awarded $12.5 Million NIH Grant to Continue Hidden Hearing Loss
A team of Mass Eye and Ear researchers in the Eaton-Peabody Laboratories have been awarded a five-year, $12.5 million P50 Clinical Research Center Grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue their research on cochlear synaptopathy, or hidden hearing loss, a type of hearing damage that was reportedly first discovered, according to an announcement from Mass Eye & Ear.
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The Long-Haul and Covid-19
In general, business conditions improved significantly, with US hearing aid sales estimated at about 85% of what they were last June. Most market analysts are also predicting large increases in sales for 2021-2022 due to pent-up demand.
New Profession-wide Campaign: Hear Well. Stay Vital.
In a series of videos, the “Hear Well. Stay Vital.” campaign shows the importance of hearing health to pursuing and staying engaged with activities that ignite your passion, such as dance, music, or enjoying grandchildren.
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Toward Differential Diagnosis in Adult Hearing Healthcare
If the inquisitive individual starts asking about the why of his/her hearing loss—the actual physical reasons and possible proof—and what anatomical structures are involved (and/or by how much), I’m afraid most dispensing professionals necessarily resort to studious equivocation. Although important strides have been made, routine differential diagnosis remains something of a chimera when it comes to hearing loss.
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Staff Standpoint: “HR” Celebrates 25th Anniversary
It doesn’t seem possible, but “The Hearing Review” turned 25 years old in January. If someone had told me in November 1993 that I’d be writing about hearing healthcare 25+ years later, I would have been very skeptical.
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Staff Standpoint: US: 4-Million Hearing Aids in 2018?
Hearing aid net unit sales in the United States increased by 6.2% in the third quarter (Q3) compared to the same period last year, according to statistics generated by the Hearing Industries Association (HIA), Washington, DC.
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Staff Standpoint: Bose and Self-fitting Hearing Aids
On October 5, the FDA granted De Novo status to Bose Corporation for a self-fitting hearing aid for mild-to-moderate hearing loss.
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OTC: Let’s Get on the Same Page!
Now that we’ve defined (at minimum) what an OTC hearing device should look like, maybe it’s time to start defining a minimal standard for what a professional hearing aid fitting should look like.
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IHS, ADA, ASHA, EUHA: Showtime
Advocacy and involvement on behalf of your profession can be as important as updating your clinical skills, should one day you awaken to find that you do not have the appropriate professional representation for your profession.
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Depression and Hearing Loss
Depression and its connection to hearing loss seems pretty logical and self-evident, especially if you’re a dispensing professional who experiences daily the difference that amplification can make in a person’s life. However, new research indicates the story is far more complex.
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Beyond the Ears
Audiology and neuroscience have the potential to radically change the future of healthcare.
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Industry Consolidation, Act 2?
It’s possible we will see more major M&As and “Industry Consolidation, Act 2” in the next several years.
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Keep Building Your Business
Those practices with larger gross revenues have the critical mass to leverage their advantages in an increasingly competitive market.
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Staff Standpoint: Hearing Aid Sales Increase by 3.4% in 2017
Hearing aid net unit sales in the United States grew by 3.4% in 2017, with a 4.0% growth rate for the commercial/private sector and 0.92% for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), according to statistics generated by the Hearing Industries Assn (HIA), Washington, DC.
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Staff Standpoint: Editor’s Picks: Best Features 2017
It was a wild year, but that’s good in the publishing world because there was never a lack of great information.
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Staff Standpoint: Hearing Aid Sales in Q3 2017 on Low Side of Normal
In the third quarter of 2017, private sector unit sales of hearing aids increased by 2.8%, VA dispensing fell by 1.3%, and the total market gained 2.0% in unit volume compared to the same period last year.
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Staff Standpoint: OTC Debate Moves on to FDA, FTC…and States?
The debate now moves from “if” an OTC class of hearing devices should exist to “what” that OTC class will look like.
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