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Huddling up in football was first used in the 1890s when Paul Hubbard, the quarterback for Gallaudet, had his offense form a tight circle so they could discuss plays without the other team seeing what they were signing, says this article.
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The American Academy of Audiology (AAA) reports its members are receiving denials for Medicare claims submitted using the AB modifier that relates to the new Medicare policy for limited direct access for audiologists to see beneficiaries without a physician order. AAA has notified CMS of the situation and is urging fast resolution of the problem.
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Colleen LePrell and colleagues provide an excellent overview of the diagnostics that can be used to assess noise injury and noise-induced hearing disorders (NIHD), summarizing work from the US Department of Defense Hearing Center of Excellence Pharmaceutical Interventions for Hearing Loss working group.
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- Sensorion and EVEON Collaborating to Develop an Injection System for the Delivery of Gene Therapy Treatments Into the Inner Ear yahoo․com
- Artificial intelligence could save healthcare industry $360B a year healthcaredive․com
- Shouldn’t Medical Treatment Be Hearing Loss Friendly? livingwithhearingloss․com
- Researchers identify important molecular switch for hearing development phys․org
- Additive Manufacturing For Batteries Of The Future: Will 3D Printing Transform Battery Making? forbes․com
- ChatGPT is 80% effective at identifying Alzheimer’s disease, study shows interestingengineering․com
Audio/Video
- Dr. Rachael Cook Reacts: “Easy Tinnitus Treatment”? youtube․com
- The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast: Hearing Loss, Tinnitus, and Meniere's Disease with Dr. Steven Rauch podcasts․apple․com
- Incredible Hulk Actor Lou Ferrigno raises awareness in Arizona on hearing loss youtube․com
- Starkey Sound Bites: How to Leverage OTC Hearing Aids as a Growth Opportunity for Your Practice, with Kent Collins and David Fabry youtube․com
- Hearing Matters Podcast: Tinnitus, Hyperacusis, and Misophonia with Jason Leyendecker pdcn․co
- Dr. Cliff Short Video: Nano Technology Sued in Vermont youtube․com
Research
- The spectrum of cochlear malformations in CHARGE syndrome and insights into the role of the CHD7 gene during embryogenesis of the inner ear pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
- Outcomes in Managing Vascular Tinnitus: Institutional Experience and Review of 6-Year Literature link․springer․com
- Effects of auditory rehabilitation with cochlear implant: Comparative analysis of patients with asymmetric hearing loss (AHL), double-sided (bilateral) deafness (DSD), and single-sided (unilateral) deafness (SSD) pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
- Nomogram for predicting the prognosis of sudden sensorineural hearing loss patients based on clinical characteristics: A retrospective cohort study atm․amegroups․com
- Clinical Trial: Postural Modification and Hearing Aids in Presbycusis clinicaltrials․gov
- Comparison of partial vs. total ossicular chain reconstruction using titanium prosthesis (PORP and TORP with Omega Connector): a retrospective cohort study link․springer․com