Hearing News Watch

A new efficacy study concludes that an 8-week online Mindfulness Based Tinnitus Stress Reduction (i-MBTSR) program during the COVID-19 pandemic can significantly reduce tinnitus bother and long-term therapeutic results can be sustained post-treatment. Study Highlights: The average tinnitus severity rating pre-course was 59.96 (“severe tinnitus”), dropping to 44.16 (“moderate”) at mid-treatment and to 34.23 (“mild-moderate”) at course completion (as measured

WASHINGTON, DC – Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) have reintroduced the bipartisan Medicare Hearing Aid Coverage Act to expand Medicare to cover hearing aids for beneficiaries. Medicare does not currently cover hearing aids, which “can have an average price of about $2,500”. “Hearing aids aren’t a luxury, they are critical for millions of people to maintain a

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA — Spiral Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage company focused on delivering therapies for inner ear disorders, has announced that the company recently completed an $8.25M financing, with new proceeds that will fund the continuing development of its lead candidate, SPT-2101, for the treatment of inner ear inflammation. Existing investors Savoir Capital and Catalio Capital Management participated in this

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND — A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that older adults with greater severity of hearing loss were more likely to have dementia, but the likelihood of dementia was lower among hearing aid users compared to non-users. The findings, from a nationally representative sample of more than 2,400 older

TORONTO, CANADA – CHS Global Partnerships for Research & Innovation, a non-profit  organization and strategic global leader in the advancement of research and innovation that  improves the quality of life for Deaf and hard of hearing individuals, is excited to announce that it  has awarded its first four research grants – totaling $400,000 – to institutions leading research that “will

After several months of intensive collaboration, the EUHA “Hearing Implants” expert group has published a new Guideline for “Implanted hearing systems in auditory acoustics”. It serves as a practical recommendation for hearing aid acousticians. People with hearing loss have many options to improve their hearing benefiting from the latest technology. For most of those affected, a hearing system fitted to

MONTPELLIER, FRANCE — Sensorion (FR0012596468 – ALSEN), a pioneering clinical-stage biotechnology company which specializes in the development of novel therapies to restore, treat and prevent within the field of hearing loss disorders, today announces that the first patient has been enrolled in its Phase 2a Proof of Concept clinical trial of SENS-401 (Arazasetron) in patients suffering from Cisplatin-Induced Ototoxicity. Cisplatin and

The profession of audiology was born during World War II, and the first generation of formally educated audiologists graduated in the late 1940s. The ranks of baby boomer audiologists … born during those years and now septuagenarians are thinning due to retirement or death. Sadly, in 2022 we lost two prominent audiologists who were by any measure in the prime

Like last year, in spite of a global pandemic, the hearing care space continued to innovate and evolve in 2022. Legislative changes, industry developments and disruptive technologies were among this year’s list of ‘most read’ hearing news and technology stories. Top Stories of 2022   1) FDA Issues Final OTC Hearing Aid Rule and PSAP Guidance In what comes as

KOBE, JAPAN — A Japanese research group has become the first to reveal that the checkerboard-like arrangement of cells in the inner ear’s organ of Corti is vital for hearing. The discovery gives a new insight into how hearing works from the perspective of cell self-organization and will also enable various hearing loss disorders to be better understood. The research