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CI2023 will be held in Dallas on June 8-10, featuring the (Re)Habilitation Connect Forum on June 9 which will emphasize clinically applicable, research-based information, followed by a "Continue the Conversation" reception.
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Larry Humes, PhD, provides a wealth of data about hearing loss, trouble hearing, and the use of hearing aids and assistive devices. The need for quality OTC hearing aids is driven home by data showing that only about 15% of people with audiometrically defined hearing loss (per WHO definitions) used hearing aids or ALDs—most in the 50-69 age group who had mild hearing difficulties.
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Congressman Joe Neguse (D-CO) announced the introduction of “Ally’s Act,” bicameral, bipartisan legislation to ensure private insurance covers osseointegrated hearing devices, including bone anchored hearing aids and cochlear implants. Rep Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Mike Thompson (D-CA), and Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) joined the reintroduction.
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- Lauder Family Donates $200 Million to Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation for Development of Novel Methods to Prevent, Diagnose, Treat, and Cure Alzheimer's Disease prnewswire․com
- MRI can detect endolymphatic hydrops in Meniere disease medicalxpress․com
- Samsung: Galaxy phone and tablet Hearing enhancement features samsung․com
- Actress Cate Blanchett talks about misophonia | Tik-Tok tiktok․com
- Tired of Closed Captioning? New ZVOX Speaker Makes TV Dialogue Clear Using Patented Hearing Technology prnewswire․com
- Five Facts Every Audiologist Should Know About Telehealth journals․lww․com
- Fondation Pour l'Audition Scientific Prizes Request for Submissions fondationpourlaudition․org
- Fennec Pharmaceuticals Receives Positive CHMP Opinion for Pedmarqsi™ (PEDMARK/sodium thiosulfate) to Reduce the Risk of Hearing Loss in Pediatric Oncology Patients globenewswire․com
- Virginia and Arkansas Enact Legislation to Join Audiology Interstate Licensure Compact | AAA audiology․org
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Research
- The Response of the Infant to the Father's Voice: An Evidence-Based Review journals․lww․com
- An investigation of auditory processing in relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis | Request PDF researchgate․net
- Perceived benefits of cochlear implants by parents: expectations, decision-making process, and barriers to care pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
- A real-time voice cloning system with multiple algorithms for speech quality improvement dx․plos․org