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An international task force of 52 hearing experts has developed guidelines and guidance that detail best practices for treating and diagnosing hearing loss. The new Living Guidelines make nine recommendations across hearing screening, specialist referral and evaluation, rehabilitation, and patient outcomes, including patients with PTAs >60 dBHL should receive an assessment for cochlear implants.
newswise․com
Researchers have adapted an internationally used test which screens patients for dementia and Alzheimer's disease to make it suitable for people with hearing loss.
medicalxpress․com
For all PhD faculty in CSD (including those not certified) the median age was 52, down from 56 in 2011. However, in audiology, the median age of certified PhD faculty was 58 in 2021, up slightly from 56 in 2011.
leader․pubs․asha․orgNews
- Analysts raise expectations for Demant following annual report | Paywall medwatch․com
- WS Audiology: OTC Vibe Air Now Available in Australia hearingreview․com
- Physicians Weekly: Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Patients With Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis physiciansweekly․com
- Inattention to ‘Motherese’ Could Be Autism Indicator leader․pubs․asha․org
- Former Royal Marine wins £700,000 over hearing loss bbc․com
- WeHear low-cost bone-conduction aid launched in India telanganatoday․com
- Tickets now available for the Digital EUHA Spring Conference 2023 euha․org
- ASHA Pressures Policymakers for Access to Audiology Services, Truthful OTC Advertising leader․pubs․asha․org
Audio/Video
- Dr. Rachael Cook Short Video: What is Real Ear Measurement? youtube․com
- Dr. Cliff Vlog: Who is Dr. Cliff’s Wife, Ashley? youtube․com
Research
- Clinical Trial: Effect of Gait Training With Auditory Stimuli on Balance, Gait & Functional Independence in Stroke clinicaltrials․gov
- Letter to the Editor on Central Auditory Processing and the Relationship to Perceived Hearing Difficulty: The Jackson Heart Study (Shepherd et al., 2022) journals․lww․com
- Clinical Trial: Comparison in New Cochlear Implanted Subjects of a Tonotopy-based Fitting With or Without Fine Structure Coding | MED-EL clinicaltrials․gov
- An Inverse Relationship Between Gray Matter Volume and Speech-in-Noise Performance in Tinnitus Patients with Normal Hearing Sensitivity link․springer․com
- Chronic Stress Induced Loudness Hyperacusis, Sound Avoidance and Auditory Cortex Hyperactivity sciencedirect․com
- Tinnitus characteristics in patients with hyperacusis and vertigo (including Ménière's disease) vs. hyperacusis alone pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
- Hearing Loss in Bacterial Meningitis Revisited—Evolution and Recovery academic․oup․com
- Voice Parameters in Children With Cochlear Implants: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis linkinghub․elsevier․com