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Published May 03, 2024
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JLab Launches Its $99 Hear OTC Hearing Aid: An Instant-fit Earbud Hybrid with Bluetooth Audio Streaming
JLabs has introduced its Hear OTC Hearing Aid at just $99. Though lacking individual customization, its blend of Bluetooth technology, directional microphones, and preset modes may signal a shift in the industry's accessibility and affordability.
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AAO-HNS Publishes New 'Clinical Practice Guideline on Age‐Related Hearing Loss' for Clinicians in All Care Settings
The guideline development group of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) has published a new set of guidelines to identify quality improvement opportunities and provide clinicians with trustworthy, evidence-based recommendations related to age-related hearing loss.
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ASHA–YouGov National Poll: Most Adults With Communication Disorders Report Facing Stigmas
Sixty-five percent of people ages 18 years and older with hearing, speech, and/or language disorders say that they encounter stigmas, according to a new poll from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and conducted by YouGov.
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Don Nielsen, PhD: The Intelligence Revolution in Hearing Health Care [PDF] | Fuel Medical
Dr. Nielsen provides an excellent overview of artificial intelligence and how it is changing, and will continue to change, hearing healthcare along with precision medicine.
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- ReSound Nexia Now Available in VA Audiology Clinics, Expanding Hearing Aid Choices for US Veterans hearingtracker․com
- Boeing Must Face Hearing Loss Claims After Appeals Reversal | Paywall news․bloomberglaw․com
- Westone Launches New Website to Make It Easier for Audiology Practices to Get Products & Support They Need westone․com
- Research Quick Takes Volume 7: Useful Clinical Nuggets Mined From Recent Hearing Aid Research audiologyonline․com
- Oticon Intent™, the World’s First Hearing Aid with User-Intent Sensors, Empowers Veterans to Engage in Life Like Never Before oticon․com
- In a quarter with difficult comparables, analyst sees continued progress for Demant | Paywall medwatch․com
- First reported UK case of sudden permanent hearing loss linked to COVID-19 | British Medical Journal bmj․com
- GN CEO on Veterans Affairs sales: "We are not where we want to be" | Paywall medwatch․com
- National Acoustics Laboratories and Ear Science Institute Australia join forces to combat hearing loss earscience․org․au
- Roundtable: Why Rechargeable Hearing Aids Are Trending hearingreview․com
- The 2024 Cicada Hatch Is Going to Be Loud audiology․org
- How Envoy Medical is disrupting the hearing loss industry thestreet․com
- Availability of Signia’s IX Hearing Aids Expands for Veterans, Military, and American Indians hearingreview․com
- Noisy Starbucks? Coffee chain unveils plans to dim cacophony in some stores usatoday․com
- Get Ready to Welcome National Speech-Language-Hearing Month leader․pubs․asha․org
Audio/Video
- Matthew Allsop Video Short: Immersive Hearing Experience—The Revolutionary Jabra Hearing Aid youtube․com
- FuturEar: Audiology Private Practice, Academia and Practice Management, with Tom Goyne, AuD futurear․co
- Dr. Cliff: Why I No Longer Recommend Costco Hearing Aids youtube․com
- Dr. Cliff Vlog: BACK IN BUSINESS!!!! youtube․com
- Hearing Review Podcast: Duncan Floyd on Masking–The Optimized Method hearingreview․com
Research
- Optogenetics: Illuminating the Future of Hearing Restoration and Understanding Auditory Perception pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
- Deep Brain Stimulation for Primary Refractory Tinnitus: A Systematic Review mdpi․com
- The Effect of Bimodal Hearing on Post-Operative Quality of Life karger․com
- Cochlear Implant Remote Assist: Clinical and Real-World Evaluation tandfonline․com
- Auditory discrimination learning differentially modulates neural representation in auditory cortex subregions and inter-areal connectivity cell․com
- Very Early Loading of a Bone-Anchored Hearing System Is Safe journals․lww․com
- Sensorineural hearing loss among type 2 diabetic patients and its association with peripheral neuropathy: a cross-sectional study from a lower middle-income country bmjopen․bmj․com
- Assessing risk of stroke after idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss using data from general practice nature․com
- Consumer and audiologist perspectives on hearables: a qualitative study tandfonline․com
- A brain-inspired algorithm improves cocktail party listening for individuals with hearing loss biorxiv․org
- Tone-burst elicited auditory brainstem responses in full-term and pre-term infants tandfonline․com
- An easy method to determine crucial AMEI performance parameters from clinical routine data in individuals – Part 1: maximum output tandfonline․com
- COVID-19 Vaccination-Related Tinnitus Is Associated with Pre-Vaccination Metabolic Disorders frontiersin․org
- Relationship Between Serum Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Neurotrophin-3 Levels and Hearing Thresholds in Age-Related Patients With Hearing Loss pubs․asha․org
- Cognitive Functions and Subjective Hearing in Cochlear Implant Users ejao․org
- The (in)visibility of deafness: Identity, stigma, quality of life and the potential role of totally implantable cochlear implants onlinelibrary․wiley․com
- Assessing parent-child interaction with deaf and hard of hearing infants aged 0-3 years: An international multi-professional e-Delphi dx․plos․org
- Auditory White Noise Reduces Postural Fluctuations Even in the Absence of Vision and with Disturbance of the Lower Limb Somatosensory Perception papers․ssrn․com
- Rational timepoint of medical rehabilitation in chronic tinnitus: Applying for rehabilitation options for a chronic course [English abstract] pubmed․ncbi․nlm․nih․gov
- Scoping review of hearing loss attributed to congenital syphilis journals․plos․org
- On the Feasibility of Using Behavioral Listening Effort Test Methods to Evaluate Auditory Performance in Cochlear Implant Users journals․sagepub․com
- Investigating the Utility of a Compact Loudspeaker Array for Audiometric Testing pubs․asha․org
- Application of Genetic Information to Cochlear Implantation in Clinical Practice ejao․org
- Updates on Genetic Hearing Loss: From Diagnosis to Targeted Therapies ejao․org
- Current Issues With Pediatric Cochlear Implantation ejao․org
- AI model for predicting adult cochlear implant candidacy using routine behavioral audiometry linkinghub․elsevier․com