TOP ONLINE HEADLINES in September
• Hearing Industry Pioneer Rufus L. Grason Dies

• BHI Mini-Documentary on Hearing Care to Air on PBS

• California Sends Hearing Aid Insurance Mandate to Governor

• Mayo Clinic to Hold 17th Annual Audiology Videoconference

• Michael Jones Joins Sound ID

• UK Survey Reveals 20 Best and 20 Worst Sounds

• Starkey Hearing Foundation Appears on Extreme Makeover

• Two Studies Link Presbycusis to Genes

• Study Points to Possible Tinnitus Treatment with Botox

• New Algorithm Analyzes Silent Parts of Speech

• Sonomax Purchases VitaSound Audio in Canada

• Scientists in London have discovered evidence of a gene that contributes to presbycusis. The research, published in the journal Human Mutation, could eventually lead to treatments being developed to prevent age-related hearing loss.

• The largest study ever to analyze the hearing of women on hormone-replacement therapy (HRT) has found that women who take the most common form of HRT have a hearing loss of 10% to 30% more compared to similar women who have not had the therapy. The results are published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

• Researchers have identified several risk factors that are associated with the development of hearing loss in children with bacterial meningitis, according to a study in the September Archives of Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery.

• Otologics LLC, Boulder, Colo, is currently enrolling patients in a clinical research study for a new fully implantable hearing device.

• For the first time, researchers believe they have evidence that not only implicates nicotine as the culprit in hearing-related cognitive deficits, but also shows what the substance does to the brain.

• A literature review by the Medical Technology Assessment Working Group at Duke University shows that hearing loss can contribute to strained relationships with family and friends, depression, and even a deterioration of basic well-being, but only 1 in 5 Americans who could benefit from a hearing aid has one.

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