As with its August 2012 statement, the Task Force determined that there is not enough evidence to make a recommendation for or against screening for hearing loss in adults age 50 and older without signs or symptoms of hearing loss.
On July 31st, Michael Valente will retire after 45 years in audiology and 34 years at Washington University. In this article, Douglas Beck conducts an "exit interview" with one of our most distinguished clinician-researchers about his journey in the profession, the Best Practices documents which he spearheaded, OTC devices, and the future of hearing healthcare.
GN Hearing announced the launch of ReSound LiNX 3D™, which is designed to take Smart Hearing to new levels, and features a comprehensive ecosystem that connects hearing aids, all wireless accessories, and smartphone apps to make everything work together. The new hearing care solution also offers teleaudiology features with remote fine-tuning and remote hearing aid updates enabled by GN’s proprietary and secure cloud solution.
Products currently available cover sleep assistance, personal audio, professional audio, work safety, recreation & sport safety, and hunting & outdoor.
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At Audiologist Hearing Aid Specialists, you can have a free hearing assessment with no obligations. Book an appointment with a local private audiologist from the network, anywhere in the UK.
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The company has developed digital technologies that allow access to hearing tests and related care from any location, including their homes, local community, and mobile devices when on the go.
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Lichtenhan and colleagues have now used the new test to detect early low-frequency hearing loss in an animal model of Meniere’s disease, a poorly understood condition characterized by hearing loss, tinnitus, and episodic vertigo.
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The HEAR-ECO project is highlighting six research studies designed to create hearing aid outcome measures that are more ecologically valid in terms of real-life hearing aid performance. Here is a short summary of the intriguing research that one day may be steaming toward a test booth near you!
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The Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA) has published guidelines for telehealth procedures that can be provided with existing technologies—such as hearing aid checks and examinations—as well as those that will require special equipment or technology, like pure-tone audiometry and diagnostic analysis of cochlear implants.
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SHOEBOX Ltd announced a new online hearing screening test, SHOEBOX Online, that reportedly uses...
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Hearing healthcare professionals across the country are in a tough spot regarding how they should operate their practices during the punishing Covid-19 pandemic. David Smriga provides his perspectives and advice about the question, “Is hearing healthcare an ‘essential service’?”
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To be able to study the blood vessels in the inner auditory organ, the researchers used a synchrotron system. The system, which is one of eight in the world, is as large as a football pitch and accelerates particles with very high energy. This makes it possible to create pictures of the smallest parts of the inner ear.
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Remote Check is designed to be a convenient, at-home testing tool that allows Cochlear recipients with a Cochlear Nucleus 7 Sound Processor to complete a series of hearing tests from their compatible iOS device using the Nucleus Smart App.
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Effective immediately, ‘Hearing Care Anywhere’ remote programming is now enabled across all technology tiers of Starkey’s Livio, Livio AI, and Livio Edge AI hearing aids.
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Lantos Technologies has announced the appointment of Paul Harkness as the company’s new Chief Development Officer.
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The benefits are said to include enhancements to client counseling, real-ear measurement, bone-anchored hearing device (BAHD) verification, and test-box verification.
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The hearScope AI image classification feature helps enable health practitioners to receive instantaneous classification results on images taken by the digital otoscope.
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In partnership with Battery and Audio Precision, GRAS will continue its long-standing tradition of pursuing growth across the sectors it serves.
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