The Institute of Medicine (IOM) and its Committee on Accessible and Affordable Hearing Health Care for Adults will hold its third of three public workshops on Thursday, September 10 at the Keck Center of The National Academies in Washington, DC. Remote registration is available.
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The Institute of Medicine’s Committee on Accessible and Affordable Hearing Health Care for Adults held its second of three open meetings on June 30 at the National Academies in Washington, DC. Here’s a perspective on the IOM meetings from HR Editor Karl Strom.
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The Institute of Medicine (IOM) and its Committee on Accessible and Affordable Hearing Health Care for Adults will hold its second of three public meetings on Tuesday, June 30. The IOM meetings will culminate in a consensus report that may provide context for future top-down governmental responses and influence decisions related to affordability and accessibility of hearing aids, PSAPs, tinnitus devices, and hearing care services.
Read MoreIOM recommends comparing the effectiveness of the different treatments for hearing loss in children and adults, especially individuals with diverse cultural, language, medical, and developmental backgrounds.
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The Hearing Norton Sound study, which focused on school-based hearing screening programs in rural Alaska, showed that referring children to specialists via telemedicine provides significantly quicker access to follow-up care than referring them to primary care providers.
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The non-profit’s Advisory Board, which meets for two-year fixed terms, welcomes Ruth Thomsen, Scientific Director of the National Health Service (NHS) in England, and James M. Harte, Senior Director at Eriksholm Research Centre in Denmark.
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Between March 2 and April 14, 2020, Virtual Urgent Care visits at NYU Langone Health grew by 683% and non-urgent video doctor visits grew by an unprecedented 4,345% in response to COVID-19, in daily averages.
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The Ida Institute announced the appointment of Barbara Kelley, Executive Director of the Hearing...
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Starkey Hearing Foundation, a Minnesota-based nonprofit organization committed to making...
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According to MEDNAX, the development of the Audiology Institute was fueled not only by MEDNAX’s hearing screen success, but the need for a more comprehensive, collaborative, and integrated approach to advancing the treatment of pediatric hearing loss.
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RIT/NTID and URMC’s Rochester Summer Research Training Institute is a new approach to bringing deaf and hard-of-hearing scientists at all levels of career development together from across the nation.
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Dr Beck interviews Anthony T. Cacace, PhD, an audiologist and research professor who, along with colleagues Emile de Kleine, Avril Genene Holt and Pim van Dijk, has assembled a new 2016 textbook, Scientific Foundations of Audiology–Perspectives from Physics, Biology, Modeling and Medicine.
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Recognizing that formal training in telemedicine is not widely offered to physicians-in-training, the American Medical Association adopted a new policy to ensure medical students learn to use telecare.
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This article, in the July 2014 issue, will delve into a specific realm of pillar of community—your ability to form meaningful connections with primary care medicine.
Read MoreAccording to a new study by researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), women who took ibuprofen or acetaminophen two or more days per week had an increased risk of hearing loss. However, there was no association between aspirin use and hearing loss.
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