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On August 16, 2022, the FDA issued its landmark ‘final rule’ to establish a new category of over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids in the United States. This will now enable consumers with perceived mild to moderate hearing loss to purchase hearing aids directly from stores or online retailers without the need for a medical exam, prescription or a fitting adjustment by

TAMPA, FLORIDA — A well-known imaging test that radiologists use to monitor blood flow from the heart may soon be deployed to pinpoint what part of the ear is experiencing age-related hearing loss. Robert Frisina, distinguished university professor and chair of the University of South Florida (USF) Department of Medical Engineering, is working with Moffitt Cancer Center to develop cutting-edge

Together with the University of Denver and University of Washington, Designer Security is looking for private practice audiologists and their staff to participate in interviews to understand how they use telehealth to provide care and whether privacy and security controls impede care. Your input will help inform future research and development of secure and private telehealth services! What is Involved?

SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY – Oticon has announced the introduction of Oticon Own, a new family of custom hearing aids “with BrainHearing™ technology designed to provide a fully customized fit for ultimate comfort.”  Oticon Own is the world’s first custom hearing aid with an on-board Deep Neural Network** that is designed to work more like the brain because it learned through

The Giants of Audiology is a new segment on This Week in Hearing, where host Bob Traynor will be joined by some of the profession’s most influential figures. For the inaugural episode of the new segment, we are joined by Dr. James W. Hall III. Dr. Hall is one of the founders of the American Academy of Audiology (AAA) and

MAPLE GROVE, MINNESOTA–Preceptis Medical, Inc., an innovative surgical technology company dedicated to providing less invasive options for pediatric patients, has announced U.S. FDA clearance for expanded indications for use for the Hummingbird® Tympanostomy Tube System (TTS) for office-based pediatric ear tube procedures. Previously cleared in children 6-24 months, this new labeling allows in-office procedures in all children six months and

STAFA, SWITZERLAND – Phonak today announces that its next generation of hearing aids will be powered by its latest Lumity platform. Beginning with the Audéo Lumity models, Lumity features the Phonak proprietary SmartSpeech™ Technology for improved speech understanding.1, 2, 3, 4 Just two years after introducing the highly successful Paradise platform, Phonak says the new platform provides 16 percent better

After last week’s discussion on the essential elements of running a successful practice, such as calculating cost/hour and how this can be used in a bundled or unbundled approach to hearing aid dispensing, Dr. Michael Valente returns to discuss how audiology clinics can integrate OTC devices into their clinic offering. In Part 2 of his presentation, Dr. Valente covers: Impact

It is hard to appreciate the impact of hearing loss on communication without experiencing it yourself. This makes it easy for the uninitiated to dismiss hearing loss as a “normal” part of aging and to ignore its many associated health issues.  Sometimes people with hearing loss do this too.  And now there is proof.  Cleveland Clinic recently surveyed 1,250 adults

NHS, UK private market and Irish market hearing instrument sales were down in the second quarter of this year compared with Q1, but volumes were still higher than the equivalent quarter in the previous three years. According to the report by the British Irish Hearing Instrument Manufacturers Association (BIHIMA), it could be that the market is starting to see a