PATIENT CARE
Effectiveness of Informational Counseling on Acceptance of Hearing Loss Among Older Adults
This study suggests that about one-third of socially active older adults who do not wear hearing aids and do not voluntarily visit hearing clinics are either unaware of their hearing loss or are in denial of the hearing loss. Informational counseling, even provided by a relatively inexperienced clinician, can help about 50% of such individuals in accepting their hearing loss immediately after counseling.
Video Otomicroscopy: A New "Vision" in Cerumen Management
Otoscopy using a binocular microscope (referred to as otomicroscopy) represents a serious upgrade for hearing care professionals who are committed to providing superior cerumen management and hearing aid services. Moreover, when clinicians include video otomicroscopy, they add a powerful tool for patient education and motivation, as well as data storage for patient records. Here is a tutorial from two private practice audiologists about what video otomicroscopy is, the equipment involved, its cost and clinical value, and how it's used.
The Output Verification Test: Toward a Tool to Clinically Verify the Output of Hearing Instruments
Although some modifications to the procedure are still required, the authors show that an Output Verification Test (OVer Test) employing environmentally valid sounds and a well-founded protocol that is easily managed for a clinical population can be designed and implemented for clinical use.
A New Hearing Aid Class: The First 100% Invisible Extended-Wear Hearing Aid
A look at a new extended-wear, deep-canal, disposable device, offering 24/7 listening capabilities and 100% invisibility relative to cosmetics. InSound Medical's Lyric is designed to provide solutions to many of the drawbacks encountered with traditional hearing aids, with significant acoustic, practical, and cosmetic benefits.
Tympanometry and Acoustic Reflex: Innovation, Review, and Application
A review on the utility of 1000 Hz stimulus probe tones for tympanograms in newborns and babies under 6 months of age, the use of Automatic Gain Control (AGC) to avoid excessive stimulus levels during acoustic reflex tests, as well as eustachian tube tests, fistula tests, and related matters.
Ida Institute Mines Hearing Care Professionals' Best Practices
The Ida Institute, Naerum, Denmark, invites hearing care professionals worldwide to share their successful approaches to helping patients and their families understand and appreciate the implications of the simple audiogram.
6/29/2009
New Jersey Academy of Audiology Established
The new entity will promote audiology as the primary profession in the state for delivering hearing and balance care, and it will facilitate members abilities to identify, diagnose, treat, and prevent hearing and balance disorders.
6/22/2009
ASHA Campaign Honored By ASAE For Third Straight Year
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association has received an Award of Excellence from the American Society of Association Executives and The Center for Association Leadership for its "Listen To Your Buds" public education campaign.
6/19/2009
EarQ, Oticon Host National Event in Las Vegas
More than 100 people attended a recent 3-day event in Las Vegas hosted by EarQ Group and Oticon, which spotlighted trends in the hearing care industry and new product technologies, says Ear-Q.
6/19/2009
Older chemotherapy regimens of little benefit for mesothelioma
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Two different chemotherapy regimens failed to prolong survival or improve quality of life in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), according to results of the MS01 trial reported in the May 17 issue of The Lancet.
5/15/2008 6:30:23 PM
Interleukin 12/23 monoclonal antibody useful for psoriasis
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Ustekinumab, a human monoclonal antibody directed against interleukin 12 and 23, is an effective treatment for moderate-to-severe psoriasis, according to the results of the PHOENIX 1 and 2 trials appearing in the May 17th issue of The Lancet.
5/15/2008 6:30:15 PM
Amyloid beta plasma levels fail to predict Alzheimer's disease
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Plasma levels of two amyloid beta proteins -- Abeta1-40 and Abeta1-42, both of which are important components of senile plaque -- do not appear to be useful biomarkers for development of Alzheimer's disease (AD), according to research published in the May 6th issue of Neurology.
5/15/2008 3:21:14 PM
Intervention curbs pediatric ICU bloodstream infections
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A systematic series of measures produced a significant reduction in rates of central line-associated bloodstream infections in a pediatric cardiac intensive care unit, according to researchers.
5/15/2008 3:13:14 PM
Nerve block useful for hot flushes and sleep trouble in breast cancer survivors
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A stellate-ganglion block can safely reduce hot flushes and improve nighttime sleep in survivors of breast cancer, according to results of a small pilot study reported in the May 15th online issue of The Lancet Oncology.
5/14/2008 6:30:07 PM
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