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A new Sennheiser-commissioned independent study has found that 1 in 3 people ages 45-70 would or do feel a degree of embarrassment wearing an assisted hearing device. This is in sharp contrast to only 1 in 10 people who feel the same way about wearing glasses.
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Results from an August 2022 HearingTracker survey of professionals who receive the 'Audiologist Informer' enewsletter show nearly half say they will support patients with OTC hearing aids purchased elsewhere, and a quarter will sell OTC hearing aids in their clinic/website. HCPs expressed over 70% agreement in “concern statements” in 14 of the 17 items about OTC aids, with most concerns relating to safety, counseling, and audiological care. (Click on "Download" button above the abstract to get the full article PDF.)
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Starkey Hearing Technologies believes its new Genesis AI hearing aid—and the chip platform powering it—will define AI-assisted hearing healthcare for years to come. Here's a summary from the company's launch event on Tuesday at Starkey headquarters in Minneapolis.
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- 4 million newborns have now been examined for early detection of hearing loss in Egypt egypttoday․com
- Ireland’s first hearing loss documentary airs on World Hearing Day avondhupress․ie
- NC House OKs bill changing governance structure for schools for deaf and blind carolinajournal․com
- Thompson (D-CA), Fitzpatrick (R-PA) Introduce Bipartisan Resolution Marking World Hearing Day mikethompson․house․gov
- InnerScope Hearing Technologies (OTC: INND) Launches HearingAssist Brand of FDA-Registered OTC Rechargeable Hearing Aids on Target.com prnewswire․com
- 3M's stock rises on report saying Pentagon data show no hearing loss among earplug plaintiffs seekingalpha․com
- Amplifon reports "solid revenue growth" in first months of the year | Paywall medwatch․com
- Reviews of Acoustical Patents | JASA asa․scitation․org
- EOSERA Launches Strategy Reaching Healthcare Providers and Celebrates World Hearing Day prnewswire․com
Audio/Video
- Dr. Cliff: Eargo 7 Detailed OTC Hearing Aid Review youtube․com
- AuD Podcast: Using Technology and Other Tools to Get More Done in Less Time, featuring Angela Alexander audpodcast․com
- This Week in Hearing: Talking Tinnitus: Interview with Gemma Gray, AuD, of HearUSA youtube․com
Research
- Providing information on mental well-being during audiological consultations: exploring barriers and facilitators using the COM-B model tandfonline․com
- Conversations about mental illness and health in adult audiological rehabilitation tandfonline․com
- Utility of Inter-Frequency Amplitude Ratio of Vestibular-Evoked Myogenic Potentials in Identifying Meniere’s Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis journals․lww․com
- Verbal Fluency in Prelingually Deaf, Early Implanted Children and Adolescents With Cochlear Implants pubs․asha․org
- Presynaptic reorganization in the sensory hair cell after noise exposure biorxiv․org
- Top-down effect of dialogue coherence on perceived speaker identity nature․com
- The relationship between hearing status, listening effort, and the need for recovery in employees of a manufacturing company link․springer․com