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Published Apr 18, 2025
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Matthew Allsop: Hands On With The NEW Widex Allure Hearing Aids...My Initial Thoughts
Audiologist Matthew Allsop details the key features of the new Widex Allure, including the W1 chip, PureSound 2.0, Speech Enhancer Pro, improved feedback management, and cloud-based fitting system.
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Nuance Audio Glasses U.S. Launch: OTC Hearing Aids Hidden in Stylish Eyewear
In a spirited launch event at HERO nightclub inside Rockefeller Center, EssilorLuxottica officially introduced its Nuance Audio Glasses to the U.S. market.
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New Study Supports Hearing Loss as a Major Factor for People Already at Risk for Dementia
A new large population study of older adults already at risk for dementia suggests that up to 32% of dementia cases over 8 years may be attributable to clinically significant hearing loss—a strikingly higher estimate than previous studies. The research also indicates that data relying on self-reported hearing loss may be unreliable.
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High-resolution prosthetic hearing with a soft auditory brainstem implant (ABI) in macaques
The researchers conclude that soft multichannel ABIs may aid the rehabilitation of individuals with profound hearing loss who are ineligible for cochlear implants.
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Rexton Reach at Costco: Audiologist and Lab Tested for Performance, Features, and Value
At $1,499 per pair, Rexton Reach R-Li T is a premium receiver-in-canal (RIC) hearing aid that delivers excellent value for the money.
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- 20Q: Cochlear Implant Update, with Meredith Holcomb, AuD audiologyonline․com
- WS Audiology Expands Indian Operations with New Commercial and Production Hub in Bangalore wsa․com
- AAA: Audiologists Advocate for Fair Use of “Doctor” Title in Florida audiology․org
- Starkey's Chris Van Guilder Named to MSP Business Journal's 40 Under 40 hearingtracker․com
- Erratic US healthcare policy has biotech sector riding a roller coaster | Paywall medwatch․com
- Workplace Impact of Tinnitus and Hyperacusis Highlighted in New Research hearinghealthmatters․org
- New capital injection reduces WSA's towering debt | Paywall medwatch․com
- ADA: Arkansas Academy of Audiology and Academy of Doctors of Audiology Applaud Enactment of SB 118 to Improve Access to Care audiologist․org
- NewSound Unveils Groundbreaking AI-Driven OTC Hearing Aids, Revolutionizing Hearing Accessibility with AI Acceleration by Femtosense businesswire․com
- Enhancing patient care: A framework for understanding effortful listening audiologyblog․phonakpro․com
- Tariffs and Hearing Aids: Lots of Questions, No Firm Answers (updated 4/16/25) hearingtracker․com
- June 26-27: Computational Audiology (VCCA 2025) computationalaudiology․com
Audio/Video
- This Week in Hearing: Hearing Aid Fittings Get Smarter: NAL Introduces NAL-NL3 and COSI 2.0, with Dr. Pádraig Kitterick youtube․com
- Dr. Cliff: Resound Vivia Detailed Hearing Aid Review youtube․com
- Breaking Barriers: The Intersection of Hearing Loss, Advocacy, and Innovation, with Stacey Lim, PhD | Central Michigan Univ cmich․edu
- Dr. Cliff Vlog: Is LACE Ai Auditory Training a Ripoff? youtube․com
Research
- The tonotopy of tinnitus: comparison between acoustic masking and intracochlear electrical stimulation through cochlear implant pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
- 💡Population Attributable Fraction of Incident Dementia Associated With Hearing Loss jamanetwork․com
- Evaluation of medium-term cochlear implant use in patients with asymmetric hearing loss link․springer․com
- Medial olivocochlear system and tinnitus: A systematic review [English abstract] sciencedirect․com
- 💡Tinnitus, noise exposure and the risk of dementia: a prospective cohort study based on UK biobank academic․oup․com
- Piezoresistive Effect: A New Concept for Hearing Aids pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
- Effect of Attitudes Toward Hearing Loss and Hearing Aids on the Risk of Device Abandonment Among Older Adults With Hearing Loss Fitted in the Chilean Public Health Sector journals․lww․com
- Cellular and Synaptic Specializations for Submillisecond Precision in the Mammalian Auditory Brainstem frontiersin․org
- An anatomical and physiological basis for flexible coincidence detection in the auditory system pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
- Day–night hyperarousal in tinnitus patients sciencedirect․com
- Individualized implant selection for an anatomically normal cochlea: Cochlear implant surgery on the way to personalized medicine [English abstract] pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
- Vowel-like patterns modulate auditory P100m response but not its association with language abilities in children with ASD biorxiv․org
- 💡Efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for subjective chronic tinnitus: a randomized controlled trial meta-analysis frontiersin․org
- Objective measures of auditory temporal resolution with ABR tandfonline․com
- Occupational performance of cochlear implant users: a comparative study with other hearing-impaired and normal-hearing individuals tandfonline․com
- Early cochlear implantation in children with complex medical needs: A multidisciplinary approach sciencedirect․com
- Clinical Trial: Evaluation of Cochlear Implantation in Unilateral or Asymmetric Hearing Loss in Children. (AsymIC-Ped) | Hôpitaux de Paris clinicaltrials․gov
- Clinical Trial: Evaluation of Clinical Outcomes of Ponto Procedures Performed in Settings Outside the Main Operating Room (i.e. Out-of-OR) | Oticon Medical clinicaltrials․gov
- Clinical Trial: HEARS-NPS: Addressing Hearing Loss as a Common Unmet Contributor of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms (HEARS-NPS) | Johns Hopkins Univ clinicaltrials․gov