Hearing News Watch

EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA – Starkey conducted a Starkey Cares Hearing Smiles Outreach event in Nairobi, Kenya, providing hearing health services to more than 150 members of the local community. The global event helped raise awareness of the important role hearing health plays in overall quality of life. “Starkey is dedicated to increasing hearing healthcare access around the world because hearing connects us to

MONTPELLIER, FRANCE — French clinical-stage biotechnology company Sensorion has announced positive preliminary safety results from its phase 2a clinical trial evaluating SENS-401 for the prevention of cisplatin-induced ototoxicity (CIO). Cisplatin is a widely used chemotherapy agent effective against various cancers, but it frequently causes permanent and irreversible hearing loss, impacting over 60% of treated cancer patients. Preventing Cisplatin-Induced Hearing Loss

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH — Sorenson, a leading provider of communication services for Deaf and hard-of-hearing communities, announced the launch of the Sound Off Project (SOP). This new initiative aims to raise awareness of hearing loss among U.S. military veterans and service members while promoting technology solutions to improve their communication independence. “We are proud to launch the Sound Off

New research provides unprecedented insight into the complex molecular events underlying hearing at connections between sensory cells and neurons in the inner ear. The work, conducted by scientists at the University Medical Center Göttingen, advances understanding of sound signal transmission and points to links between synapse function and common forms of hearing loss. “We aimed to closely replicate physiological conditions

A team of researchers from MIT has developed computer models that closely replicate how the human brain processes sounds. These models could lead to improved hearing aids, cochlear implants, and other auditory devices. The models use artificial intelligence, specifically deep neural networks. The MIT team trained the neural networks to perform hearing-related tasks like identifying environmental sounds and musical genres.

ISELIN, NEW JERSEY  – When Nashville-based meteorologist Meaghan Thomas is asked about her journey with hearing loss and hearing aids, her eyes light up as she explains how a fortuitous work-related earpiece fitting and hearing test with a local hearing care professional (HCP) changed her life forever. The hearing test confirmed what Thomas had long suspected and avoided: nerve damage

MILAN, ITALY — Global hearing care provider Amplifon announced today the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Audical Group, the predominant provider in the Uruguayan hearing care market. The acquisition marks Amplifon’s entry into its 26th country worldwide. Founded in 1996, family-owned Audical Group operates 25 direct points of care under the Audical and Centro Auditivo brands. With over

A new study published in Scientific Reports has found important differences in brain activity and connectivity between people with noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) and those with normal hearing. NIHL is a common type of sensorineural hearing loss caused by repeated exposure to loud noises over time. Evaluating Brain Activity The study enrolled 89 men diagnosed with or at high risk

A recent study conducted by the Menzies School of Health Research has highlighted significant shortcomings in ear health services available in remote Northern Territory (NT) communities in Australia. The research, published in BMC Health Services Research, sheds light on deficiencies in the surveillance and treatment of otitis media (OM). It’s been reported that Australian First Nations children exhibit the world’s

Colder, shorter days and the cost-of-living crisis are putting those with hearing loss at higher risk of loneliness and isolation, say BIHIMA and the Marmalade Trust. A growing number of people with hearing loss are at risk of isolation this winter, according to BIHIMA, the British and Irish Hearing Instrument Manufacturers Association, and the Marmalade Trust, a charity dedicated to raising awareness of