Using 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging, researchers found that patients with asymmetrical hearing loss have reduced glucose metabolism in parts of the brain stem and primary auditory cortex.
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Legislators released the final bipartisan small business emergency economic relief plan that provides more than $377 billion for small businesses to meet their payroll and expenses, and receive education and assistance throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
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South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem signed House Bill 1228—which modifies the age range for South Dakota’s Language Equality and Acquisition for Deaf Kids (LEAD-K) Law‘s language and developmental literacy milestones from birth to age 5 to birth to age 21—into law on Tuesday, according to the “Argus Leader.”
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Hearing loss, the most commonly reported disability, according to the study, can be particularly challenging for scientific collaboration.
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It is the board’s hope to bring the sector together again, in person, in the not-too-distant future, but in the meantime we will continue to support the industry online and will be working with all our partners and stakeholders as we aim to remain united and resilient in the face of this unprecedented situation.
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The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) has published a list of telepractice resources that include a state-by-state list of laws/regulations, payment and coverage considerations, ways to get started, and information for clinical fellows and supervisors.
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“The island is my orchestra,” says Brown in a BBC video, about his efforts to record waves crashing, birds twittering, and wind in the trees, which he then mixes in the studio with non-classical music and the sounds of others’ type of tinnitus to form the soundscape.
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The Frankfurt scientists argue that the rhythms they observed in the bat brain are similar to neural rhythms often recorded from the human scalp, and concluded that brain rhythms could be linked to sound production in mammals in general.
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Telehealth, in the age of the coronavirus pandemic, is becoming a critical way to provide service to hearing healthcare patients while adhering to the guidelines from the World Health Organization (WHO) and Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
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Covered health care providers are permitted to use video chat apps like Apple FaceTime, Facebook Messenger video chat, Google Hangouts video, or Skype during the pandemic without penalty, though providers are encouraged to notify patients of potential privacy risks.
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The Hearing Industries Association (HIA) published a note to its members reiterating the importance of continuing to provide hearing care services via telehealth or video, or, if an in-person visit is needed, following Centers for Disease Control (CDC) or World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for coronavirus.
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If you are working from home or attending school remotely via online coursework, emergency or no emergency, you still have a right to meetings and online coursework that is accessible.
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Physical distancing and staying at home are the key to slowing the spread of 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) to give physicians, nurses, and everyone on the front lines a fighting chance at having the equipment, time, and resources necessary to take on this immense challenge.
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Through EHIMA, we have a strong, ongoing relationship with the World Health Organization (WHO), the world’s foremost experts on communicable diseases, to make sure everything we do meets or exceeds their guidelines.
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Purdue University engineers have built a device that would allow disease specialists to load an extracellular matrix sample onto a platform and detect its stiffness through sound waves.
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