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The Manitoba government is creating a new $12.6-million grant program that will assist eligible older Manitobans experiencing hearing loss to cover the expense of testing, fitting and purchasing new hearing aids.
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The new UK PSP—a partnership with the James Lind Alliance, Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK), and the Royal National Institute for the Deaf (RNID)—will identify the top priorities for research and policy-making about the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of dementia and hearing conditions, such as hearing loss, tinnitus, and hyperacusis, by consulting people affected by these conditions and their clinicians.
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On World Hearing Day, the Hear Well campaign is premiering the “Take 3 For Me Hearing Challenge,” an online hearing screening adapted from the Hearing Handicap Inventory-Screening Version (HHIE-S) with input and review by audiologists.
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Unorthodox Ventures has announced a lead investment in SafKan Health, which has developed the FDA-cleared OtoSet Ear Cleaning System. The $8 million Series A will help SafKan as it debuts OtoSet, with total funding to date of $13 million.
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- Today at 11AM CST: Starkey Hosts "Listen Carefully: Why Access to Hearing Healthcare Matters" hearingtracker․com
- World Hearing Day: New Survey Reveals Few Americans Get Their Hearing Checked Despite Concerns About Their Overall Health | Lexie prnewswire․com
- GN Hearing & Soundly Present ‘World of Sound’ Art Project to Increase Awareness on Hearing Health prnewswire․com
- With ‘paper clip technique,’ some infant ear deformities can be corrected without surgery newswise․com
- The Bluetooth SIG Hosts The Auracast™ Experience at MWC Barcelona 2023 | Bluetooth® Technology Website bluetooth․com
- Occupational Noise Exposure Could Affect Cognitive Abilities leader․pubs․asha․org
Audio/Video
- Video Tik Talk: TJ and Kylee highlight hearing-impaired awareness | ABC News abcnews․go․com
- Tedx Talk: If you're not protecting your hearing, you’re losing it | Kimberly H. Deason youtube․com
- Hearing Journal Podcast, Part 1: Dennis Colucci, AuD, and Robert Traynor, PhD, on Forensic Audiology hearingjournalrudden․ovid․libsynpro․com
- Ear Science Institute Australia: A Global Hearing Health Crisis, Part 1 audiologytracker․com
- Hearing Matters Podcast: Celebrating World Hearing Day with Nicole Behne buzzsprout․com
- Ear Science Institute Australia: Understand Hidden Hearing Loss audiologytracker․com
- Hearing Matters Podcast: Celebrating World Hearing Day with Nicole Behne pdcn․co
- ASHA Voices: Deaf and Hard of Hearing Audiologists Share Insights leader․pubs․asha․org
Research
- Joint, distributed and hierarchically organized encoding of linguistic features in the human auditory cortex nature․com
- Comparison of hearing aid fitting effectiveness with audiograms from either user-operated or traditional audiometry in a clinical setting: a study protocol for a blinded non-inferiority randomised controlled trial pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
- An Accurate and Individualized Preoperative Estimation Method for the Linear Insertion Depth of Cochlear Implant Electrode Arrays Based on Computed Tomography journals․lww․com
- Ten-year follow-up of auditory brainstem implants: From intra-operative electrical auditory brainstem responses to perceptual results dx․plos․org
- Directed Attention and Habituation: Two Concepts Critical to Tinnitus Management pubs․asha․org
- Down Syndrome for the Otolaryngologist: A Review jamanetwork․com
- Brain state dynamics reflect emotion transitions induced by music biorxiv․org
- A cortical biomarker of audibility and processing efficacy in children with single-sided deafness using a cochlear implant nature․com