Hearing News Watch

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK — Neuroscience company Cognivue, Inc. has hired Dr. Douglas L. Beck as Vice President of Clinical Sciences.  Dr. Beck brings four decades of experience in audiology and communications disorders and sciences to Cognivue and consults, lectures, teaches, volunteers, and writes for multiple audiology, science, medical, and health-related professional organizations globally. “Cognivue is incredibly pleased to welcome Dr.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) introduced new legislation that would require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue a final rule regarding over-the-counter hearing aids. Their bipartisan Delivering Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids Now Act follows the FDA’s proposed rule implementing over-the-counter hearing aids in October 2021, which was issued more than a year after

DUBLIN, IRELAND — Neuromod Devices Ltd. has announced the formation of a global commercial leadership team to direct the commercialization of its Lenire tinnitus treatment device through key partnerships. The establishment of the team sees the organization’s U.S. leadership executives Tish Ramirez, Holly Dean, and Stephanie Glowacki join its existing commercial leadership to establish a cross-functional group with significant sales,

The 3rd Virtual Conference on Computational Audiology (VCCA2022) will take place from June 30th (afternoon) to July 1st, 2022. VCCA2022 will provide a platform for presentation and discussion of research in Computational Audiology. The focus lies on the applications of computational approaches (big data, machine learning, AI, signal processing) to audiological interventions and hearing science (hearing loss, hearing devices). VCCA2022 will be hosted

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH — Sorenson, the leading U.S. communications provider for people who are Deaf and hard-of-hearing, announced that private investment firm Ariel Alternatives, LLC has completed an acquisition of 52.5% of the company’s common equity from existing shareholders, including Blackstone Credit, a fund managed by Franklin Mutual Advisers, and private credit accounts managed by KKR at an enterprise

SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY — May 3rd marks the second annual Bone Anchored Awareness Day, also known as Good Vibrations Day. This day was established in 2021 as a non-branded day to raise awareness, celebrate bone anchored hearing as a treatment, and give voice to users around the globe. The May 3rd date was specifically chosen because it is the birthday

DALLAS, TEXAS – Babies and toddlers who need a tracheostomy – a tube surgically inserted into their windpipe to help relieve breathing problems – are at a high risk of accumulating fluid behind their eardrum when on a ventilator. That’s the conclusion of a new study, published in the International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, by UT Southwestern head and neck surgeons.

NEW BRIGHTON, MINNESOTA — Audiology Practice Standards Organization (APSO) has released its latest standard for public review and comment. This standard is titled Hearing Aid Fitting Standard for Pediatric Patients and describes the work that audiologists do to fit hearing aids on children. This standard is the product of two different groups of subject matter experts composed of audiologists across the

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA — Hearing benefits that include access to an extensive hearing aid formulary can play a significant role in ensuring the satisfaction of health plan members, according to two new nationwide surveys of consumers and hearing care providers conducted by Amplifon Hearing Health Care. Key findings from the surveys are presented in a new white paper from Amplifon Hearing Health

The American Academy of Audiology and the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) submitted comments to CMS in support of the proposed expansion of coverage for cochlear implantation (CI) for adults with aided sentence recognition scores of up to 60 percent (an increase from 40 percent). A well-establish, non-experimental intervention, CI is appropriate for adults, including Medicare beneficiaries,