UCLA researchers find that leaders are perceived as authoritarian or benevolent, depending in part on vocal charisma or the frequency characteristics of their voices.
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Research scientists at Helmholtz Zentrum München and the Institute of Diabetes and Regeneration Research (IDR) in Germany have discovered the protein Flattop, which regulates the asymmetric positioning of cilia. Malfunctions in this process lead to different clinical phenotypes, and diseases of the sensory or motile cilia play a key role in deafness, lung diseases or diabetes.
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Acoustics research suggests that hearing loss in one infant twin affects a mother’s speech to both infants—as if the normal-hearing twin also has the impairment—which can impact the future language development of both the normal-hearing and hearing-impaired infants.
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Christa Nuber, MA, joins The Hearing Review as associate editor. Nuber has a wealth of experience in print and digital media, and has served as an associate health editor at Internet Brands and as communications director of the House Ear Institute.
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Scientists at Harvard University develop a system of genome-editing protein delivery that could treat or help cure many genetic diseases, including one linked to deafness.
Read MoreWashington University School of Medicine researchers used a combination of medication and computer-assisted cognitive training to target the neural network changes and cognitive deficits common among tinnitus patients.
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Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) announces that Medicare will continue providing coverage for Auditory Osseointegrated Implants (AOIs).
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Clarity’s new bluetooth technology, which is hearing aid compatible, improves cell phone clarity and amplification for users with hearing loss.
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Beltone was named an Award Winner at the 13th Annual Chicago Innovation Awards in October 2014 for its Hearing First hearing aid.
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In October 2014, The Arc of Somerset County honored Oticon as a key partner in helping to make employment for people with disabilities possible. Oticon provides contract work for three Arc Adult Training Centers where individuals assemble the boxes and interior box shells used to package the company’s hearing solutions.
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In September 2014, Dr Charles Berlin received a Lifetime Achievement Award in Audiology on behalf of the LAA Board of Directors and its members at the organization’s 1st Annual Conference in New Orleans.
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Rep David B. McKinley, P.E. (R-WVa) applauded a decision made by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to drop a proposed rule that would have eliminated Medicare coverage for several types of hearing devices.
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Christopher Schweitzer, PhD, examines word usage, and related confusion surrounding the PSAP terminology and designation, in the hearing health industry–primarily for hearing aid consumers. Relatively recently, the term ‘PSAP’ has been introduced and circulated within the profession to represent a personal sound amplification product, leading to consumer confusion. This unfortunate outcome is perhaps the reverse effect of the FDA’s “Guidance” paper’s intent to clarify product distinctions.
Read MoreNTID was awarded a three-year, $534,204 grant from the National Science Foundation with a collaborative sub-award to the University of Rochester to determine if stereotypes affect the way deaf and hard-of-hearing students perform in mathematics.
Read MoreThe National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $399,986, three-year grant to the College of Science and National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) for the development of up to 10 supplemental online learning tools that may help deaf and hard-of-hearing students better understand statistics by integrating visual representations of complex concepts with signed explanations, voice and captioning.
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