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Australia's National Acoustic Laboratories (NAL) has unveiled its first update in 15 years to the world's most-used prescriptive hearing aid fitting tool, along with new modules that should enhance individualized hearing care.
hearingtracker․comIn the near future, everyone will have the ability to tune into Bluetooth Auracast broadcasts—with personalized audio—in theaters, cinemas, airports, and more, writes HearingTracker's Abram Bailey, AuD.
hearingtracker․comResearchers have discovered a groundbreaking use of terahertz (THz) imaging to visualize cochlear structures, potentially leading to non-invasive, high-resolution diagnostics for hearing loss and other conditions.
waseda․jpThe American Academy of Audiology (AAA) Convention is being held this week in New Orleans. Here is AAA's overview of the first day's activities.
audiology․orgDr. Steve Taddei reports that while it’s not the best in any single category, the mid-level $599 price of Yeasound RIC700 Plus makes it a well-rounded choice for those seeking a preset-based OTC hearing aid.
hearingtracker․comCochlear and GN's Smart Hearing Alliance will create innovative technologies, leveraging AI to help support seamless integration between the company's devices, including a new bimodal control in the Nucleus Smart App.
hearingtracker․comResearchers show that vaccination may be a key strategy for the primary prevention of hearing loss in children and adolescents, not just for rubella and meningitis but also for 26 other causes.
nature․comA distinguished group of tinnitus researchers concludes that ICBT can change the perceived qualities of tinnitus sound, reduce tinnitus severity, and address other aspects, such as anxiety, depression, and insomnia.
mdpi․comNews
- Beltone Celebrates 85 Years of Changing Lives | Beltone beltone․com
- Starkey President and CEO Brandon Sawalich Wins BIG 2025 Artificial Intelligence Excellence Award hearingtracker․com
- ADA: HHS Extends Audiology Telecare Services Until September 30 audiologist․org
- Bill Schiffmiller: March 2025 Ushers In A New Era Of Hearing Health forbes․com
- My Cochlear Implant Story: Part 13 – Three-Month Mapping | Carly Sygrove myhearinglossstory․com
- Natus Sensory ICS Dizcovery VNG Now Available in United States hearingreview․com
- GN expands partnership with Cochlear – focusing on divested Demant area | Paywall medwatch․com
- An Easy Audiometry Telehealth Solution [MedRx] hearingreview․com
- Apple expands hearing health features to Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Saudi Arabia appleinsider․com
- Bec Bennett, PhD: Social coaching in audiology–A new approach to supporting older adults with hearing loss | Phonak Audiology Blog audiologyblog․phonakpro․com
- A Conversation with David Yu, Founder & CEO of NewSound – Innovating the Future of Hearing Care | NewSound hearinghealthmatters․org
- Nuance Audio Wins iF International Forum Design Award 2025 | Nuance on LinkedIn facebook․com
- MUSC to study first-ever fully internal cochlear implants as part of national trial scdailygazette․com
- Lossless audio and ultra-low latency audio come to AirPods Max | Apple apple․com
- The Luxembourg Pavilion Will Explore Space From A New Auditory Perspective At The Venice Biennale worldarchitecture․org
- Study Links Combined Noise and Dust Exposure to Increased Risk of Hearing Loss hearinghealthmatters․org
- 'Shameful': AARP's partnership with healthcare giant faces backlash amid recent controversies foxbusiness․com
Audio/Video
- ADA: Preparing for Payment Cuts: Navigating the MIPS Maze, Part 2 audiologist․org
- This Week in Hearing: Exploring Caption Companion–A Tool for Real-Time Captioning Without Internet, with Margaret Downs & Mathew Call hearinghealthmatters․org
- Are Veterans Receiving The Tinnitus Care They Deserve? youtube․com
- Dr. Cliff: MyPhonak App Tutorial youtube․com
- Hearing Matters Podcast: The Buzz Over Tuning Out Tinnitus, featuring Dr. Grant Searchfield open․spotify․com
Research
- 💡Hearing aid interventions to mitigate cognitive impairment: A critical review of the literature and meta-analysis medrxiv․org
- The global prevalence of complete hearing loss in 204 countries and territories from 1992 to 2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 frontiersin․org
- How auditory sensations affect human emotional responses to acoustic environments sciencedirect․com
- Superficial auditory (dis)fluency biases higher-level social judgment pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
- A scoping review on electroencephalography for objective measures of tinnitus with potential for clinical application medrxiv․org
- The use of hearing devices for children with persistent otitis media with effusion: a scoping review tandfonline․com
- Comparing UK patients’ experiences of NHS audiology care using a newly translated English version of the consumer quality index (CQI) ‘audiology care’ questionnaire tandfonline․com
- 💡Validation of a Self-Fitting Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Intervention Compared with a Clinician-Fitted Hearing Aid Intervention: A Within-Subjects Crossover Design Using the Same Device [Concha Labs] journals․sagepub․com
- Endogenous auditory and motor brain rhythms predict individual speech tracking biorxiv․org
- 💡The Reconstruction of Peripheral Auditory Circuit: Recent Advances and Future Challenges advanced․onlinelibrary․wiley․com
- Auditory imagery and poetry-elicited emotions: a study on the hard of hearing frontiersin․org
- Exploring P300 Responses in Tinnitus: Linking Cognitive and Audiological Assessments pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
- Preoperative and Postoperative Tinnitus in Patients with Sellar Masses: A Patient-Promoted Study sciencedirect․com
- Rapid cortical auditory evoked potentials audiometry tandfonline․com
- Microtia with coexistent large external auditory canal cholesteatoma: a case report pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
- Auditory Perception Induces Cortical and Thalamic Event-Related Desynchronization in the Mouse biorxiv․org
- A randomised controlled trial evaluating hearing aid knowledge and the effects of information leaflets with and without illustrations among adult hearing aid users tandfonline․com
- Sounds of Nature and Hearing Loss: A Call to Action journals․lww․com