Hearing Health & Technology Matters
Timely information and lively insights for everyone who cares about hearing loss.
- CMV Vaccine Breakthrough Offers Hope at Preventing One of Most Common Causes of Congenital Hearing Loss in Children
BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA — Queensland’s QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute has developed a breakthrough vaccine candidate against the widespread but little-known cytomegalovirus, or CMV, which can cause hearing loss […]
- I’m Just Going To Rest My Ears …
Both of my parents used to say I’m just going to rest my eyes for a bit. As kids, we knew that we were about to be tuned out. Nothing in the world requiring their attention at this minute was going to get it. We had to […]
- Sometimes Hearing Technology Is Only Half the Battle
“I want to watch the recording of this talk with captions, but they were not provided,” one of my hearing loss friends asked me a few weeks ago. Do you have any ideas how I can do this? “I have many!” I […]
- Meteorologist Meaghan Thomas on Going Public with Hearing Loss and Providing Support to Those in Need
This week, host Shari Eberts is joined by broadcast meteorologist Meaghan Thomas. From the WKRN TV studios in Nashville, Meaghan Thomas speaks to nearly three million people everyday. But when the broadcast meteorologist […]
- Magnanoscience: Offering Miracles to Hearing Care
by Robert Traynor, Ed. D., MBA, FNAP It has been said that “Nanotechnology is an idea that most people simply do not believe.” What is nanotechnology and how can it be applied to hearing care? Nanoscience […]
INNOVATIONS IN HEARING HEALTHCARE
- Customizing Audibility Using Selective Amplification Principles – Who Does the Selecting Matters
By Brian Taylor, AuD, Editor-at-Large A few months ago, in the most recent edition of Signal and Noise, I outlined the value of customizing ear coupling by following the advice of Margaret (Margo) Skinner. The basic message […]
- Ear Device Patents for April 2022
Among the many interesting patents in this month’s list, Oticon’s #11297444 for a Hearing Aid System is a standout for all its sensor-laden activity, as described here. Reading the description, it’s hard to envision […]
- Starkey’s Evolv AI is Honored as an iF Design Award Finalist
EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA – Starkey’s newest and most advanced line of hearing aids, Evolv AI, is proud to be named a 2022 iF Design Award finalist in the Medical/Health category. As one of the world’s most […]
- 7 Ideas to Reduce “no-show” Rates in Your Audiology Clinic
by Allan Vinther Are you tired of losing valuable time and money because patients aren’t showing up for their scheduled appointments? In healthcare, no-show rates can range as high as 80% due to numerous factors, including […]
- Dealing with Grief
The world of audiology has changed dramatically since I started in this field in 1963. I was fortunate to have a wonderful mentor, David Luterman, who helped me to understand the role of grief for audiologists and for the […]
- Clinical Practice Guideline for Acute Vertigo? It’s Past Time
When patients arrive in the Emergency Department with the complaint of dizziness or vertigo, there is a 40 to 50% chance that a cranial CT will be ordered. When that same patient is evaluated through telehealth by a […]
- Non-Auditory Effects of Environmental Noise
by Marshall Chasin, AuD, for the Canadian Academy of Audiology Reprinted with permission of CAA – click here for PDF download This paper is an overview of the findings in the literature for the subject area of the […]
- An Audiologist’s Guide to Hearing Loss
by Callum McPhillips We have 5 senses vital to everyday life, yet hearing is thought to be one of the most important. In terms of communication, hearing allows us to connect with loved ones, contributing to our happiness and […]
- The Short Increment Sensitivity Index (SISI): An Auditory Discrimination Application?
Pathways: A 5 minute informative read…… by Frank Musiek It has been long recognized by many in audiology and hearing science that our field lacks clinically useable measures of auditory discrimination. This […]
- The Loudest Sound
How loud can sound get? Could loud sound kill you? Are there limits, and if so, what are they? How are such things determined? All of these are interesting questions and an attempt will be made to answer these as […]
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