The Audiologist Informer

In males, two or more of the major cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors—specifically diabetes, hypertension, and smoking—were associated with hearing loss, and it was the same for women with the exception of hypertension. Knowledge that certain risk factors are associated with hearing loss may guide doctors' recommendations for hearing evaluations and intervention for at-risk patients.

The UK's National Health System (NHS) has discontinued services for earwax removal. However, a new study led by audiologist Kevin Munro and colleagues at the University of Manchester highlights the difficulties people face with impacted earwax.

In this podcast, Julia van Huyssteen is joined by Gus Mueller, PhD, who talks about hearing aid verification including using a validated fitting formula, the application of AutoREMS and In-Situ Audiometry, and the fine tuning process after performing verification.

In the face of the global COVID-19 pandemic, researchers have increasingly turned to simple measures to detect and monitor the presence of the disease in individuals at home. This study shows promise in measuring neuromotor coordination extracted from recordings of simple speech tasks for detecting the presence of COVID-19.