Nuance Audio Data Highlights Need for Early Intervention in Mild Hearing Loss
On World Hearing Day, Nuance Audio points to scientific evidence on the measurable effects of listening effort, delayed care, and dual sensory challenges.
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WHO: Empowering Health Workers
WHO releases the new Primary Ear and Hearing Care Training manual on World Hearing Day. The manual aims to build the capacity of health workers and clinicians at the community level to provide ear and hearing care.
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WHO Releases New Safe Listening Standard
The Global Standard for Safe Listening at Venues and Events highlights six recommendations for implementation to ensure that venues and events limit the risk of hearing loss to their patrons while preserving high-quality sound and an enjoyable listening experience.
Starkey Announces Research Study with Stanford
Starkey announced it is entering into a research collaboration with researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine to study the use of hearing aids equipped with embedded sensors and artificial intelligence to track and mitigate health risks as well as enhance speech intelligibility in challenging listening environments.
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Respiratory System Discovery Could Help Kid’s Hearing
Bacteria found in children’s upper respiratory systems could help fight chronic middle ear infections, the leading cause of preventable hearing loss and deafness in Indigenous communities, according to an article posted on the University of Queensland website.
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Telehealth May Expand Access for Pediatric Hearing Screenings
Audiologists and ear doctors simply don’t exist in some rural areas. There are 696 audiologists in North Carolina, and just 122 of them have mailing addresses in rural counties, according to data from the North Carolina Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists.
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HHF Releases New Video for ‘Protect Your Hearing Month’
Marking October’s National Protect Your Hearing Month, Hearing Health Foundation (HHF) announced that it is releasing the first of a new video series called “A Few Words About Hearing” that captures the stories of nine people—from all walks of life—who describe what it’s like to live with hearing damaged by loud noise.
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Widex Partners with Breast Cancer Research Foundation
Widex USA Inc announced that it has pledged support for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF), a private funder of breast cancer research, to sponsor its annual Pink Promises event taking place on September 30, 2021.
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October is National Protect Your Hearing Month
Sounds can damage your hearing when they are too loud, even for a brief time, or loud and long-lasting. Sometimes the damage is permanent. Raising awareness about noise-induced hearing loss from all sources is the focus of National Protect Your Hearing Month, which is observed each October by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) and other organizations.
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WHO Launches Guide for Hearing Screening Programs, Webinar series
To render technical support to the Member States in implementing the recommendation of the world report, WHO has developed the HEARING Screening: Considerations for Implementation.
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COVID-19 and Its Possible Impact on the Audiovestibular System
Research into the association between COVID-19 and hearing-related symptoms is still in the early phases. Fortunately, our knowledge of the audiovestibular system continues to grow alongside with our understanding of COVID-19. Authors Matthew Kelley, AuD, and Sugata Bhattacharjee, AuD, provide a brief review of research on Covid-19 and its impact on the ear.
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CDC Adds ‘Hearing Loss’ Section to Website
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has combined its resources on hearing to be accessible on one page of its website called “Hearing Loss.”
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ASHA Issues Hearing Protection Advice for July 4th
A single loud blast or explosion that lasts for less than 1 second can cause permanent hearing loss right away. This noise, called impulse noise or impact noise, can come from sources such as fireworks or gunfire.
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HHF Launches ‘Keep Listening’ Campaign
Hearing Health Foundation (HHF) announced that it is launching a public health ad campaign on June 22 that will greet transit commuters in New York, San Francisco, and Chicago to drive the message—especially to young people—that playing music too loud on personal listening devices can permanently damage their hearing.
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ASHA Poll Results Show ‘Inaction’ On Hearing Loss
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) announced the release of new polling results that reveal a disconnect between the high value that Americans say they place on their hearing and their low willingness to be treated for any hearing loss. The findings are being made public in tandem with the launch of a new public service announcement (PSA) campaign—Act Now on Hearing—as the nation recognizes Better Hearing & Speech Month this May.
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Improved Hearing with Optical Cochlear Implants
The scientists want to use genetic engineering methods to make the nerve cells in the ear sensitive to light so that they can then be stimulated with light instead of electricity, as is currently the case.
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Signia Active Pro Hearing Aids Receive If Design Award
Signia Active Pro are “specifically tailored to each individual wearer, whereas basic hearables boost all sound.” The company says “that can mean the difference between treating mild hearing loss effectively and developing more serious hearing loss.”
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Olive Union Closes $7M Series B Funding Round
With the current round and cumulative $20M in lifetime funding, Olive says it “plans to expand beyond its existing hearing aids product line into new digital therapeutics for tinnitus and overall hearing health, and begin laying the foundation for its next generation of smart hearing technology.”
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