A large selection of teleaudiology solutions now exist that provides greater practice efficiencies and much higher levels of outreach and accessibility for your patients—and for other consumers who should be your patients. Here is just a brief sampling of some of the options for enhancing your teleaudiology capabilities.
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A new approach, published in “Cell Reports,” to regenerate inner ear sensory hair cells is said to lay the groundwork for treating chronic noise-induced hearing loss by the company, Frequency Therapeutics, and its co-founders who are drawing on research from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), Harvard Medical School, Mass Eye and Ear Infirmary, and MIT. The program is expected to progress to into human clinical trials within the next 18 months.
Findings show that survivors with severe hearing loss are at a significantly increased risk for neurocognitive deficits, independent of what type of therapy they receive.
The article examined a study from researchers at the University of Manchester, which suggests that although the damage observed is not enough to be diagnosed as a full-blown hearing loss, it could potentially have a cumulative effect on hearing later in life.
The authors concluded that tinnitus patients may have a higher risk of AD and PD. The presence of diabetes mellitus and head injury are also thought to increase the risk for AD, while head injury, cerebrovascular disease, and osteoarthritis could increase the risk of later PD.
Audigy announced two new additions to their marketing leadership team. Aaron Brotherton helms the team as Vice President of Marketing, and Kevin Bekker serves as Director of Digital Marketing Services.
Eargo announced the closing of a $71 million equity financing, led by new co-investors Gilde Healthcare and Longitude Capital, with existing investors New Enterprise Associates (NEA), the Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation, and Nan Fung Life Sciences, also participating in the round.
The study is an update to “The Lancet” Commission's 2017 report on dementia prevention, intervention, and adds head injury and harmful alcohol drinking, as well as air pollution exposure in later life, to the list of preventable causes of dementia. Untreated hearing loss in midlife remains the largest modifiable risk factor.