Researchers from Mercer’s Institute for Successful Ageing (MISA) and the Department of Medical Physics at St James’s Hospital and Trinity College Dublin have discovered that brain tissue oxygenation is lower in frailer older adults with multiple health conditions (multi-morbidity), putting them at risk of faints and falls.
Researchers examining the link between hearing loss and lifestyle factors believe that hearing healthcare has an important role in diabetes care and management. And now the American Diabetes Association, the CDC, and others are starting to agree...
Researchers are investigating whether a device giving feedback on body position can improve balance and stability in older adults with hearing loss
By Phil Roth, Communications Manager, UT Dallas Vestibular disorders plague more than one-third of...
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The findings, made by a University of Michigan team using data from nearly 115,000 people over age 66 with hearing loss and insurance coverage through a Medicare HMO between 2008 and 2016, are published in the “Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.”
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Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have found a way to regenerate hair cells in the inner ears of mice, allowing the animals to recover vestibular function.
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UnitedHealthcare Hearing brings together EPIC Hearing Healthcare, a provider of hearing health benefits, and hi HealthInnovations, a home-delivery hearing healthcare company.
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iHEAR’s products are now available in major drugstores, including at CVS, as well as online markets including Walmart.com and Amazon. The full range of products can be found at iHEAR’s online store.
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iHEAR’s products are now available in major drugstores, including at CVS, as well as online markets including Walmart.com and Amazon. The full range of products can be found at iHEAR’s online store.
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A lot of the findings reinforce what we already know through direct observation: hearing health is an extremely important facet of general health.
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Virtual Reality technology could become an efficient tool for older people with balance problems or for rehabilitation following injuries or illness that affect balance and movement.
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The researchers, whose analysis is based on Medicare survey data and appears in the January issue of “Health Affairs,” suggest that the federal government expand Medicare and/or Medicaid coverage of hearing care services.
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Compared to the patients without hearing loss, patients with the condition generated nearly 26% more in total health care costs within two years, a gap that widened to 46% by 10 years, amounting to $22,434 per individual ($20,403 incurred by the health plan, $2,030 by the individual in out-of-pocket costs).
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Walk4Hearing raises awareness of hearing loss and provides strategies and information on topics such as hearing loss prevention, the importance of getting your hearing screened, treatment of hearing loss, and maintaining good hearing health.
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The Expo brought 3,200 dispensing professionals and their guests—one of the largest congregations of hearing healthcare business owners in the world—from over 40 different countries for four days of learning, inspiration, and fun.
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A look at seven chronic conditions associated with hearing loss—ranging from depression to diabetes—along with a review of some of the key supporting scientific evidence and papers.
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“Hearing aids for mild to moderate hearing loss in adults,” published by the Cochrane Collaboration, concludes that using hearing aids has a large beneficial effect in enabling people with hearing loss to take part in everyday situations and to listen to other people.
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Lead author Michelle Arnold, AuD, CCC-A, of the University of South Florida Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, used six criteria to rank Medicaid’s coverage policies in older adult beneficiaries.
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