Demand for Hearing Benefits Grows Among Gen Z Employees, Survey Shows
A recent TruHearing survey shows that younger employees are increasingly looking for hearing healthcare as part of their benefits package.
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Aging with Dignity with Assistance from an Audiologist
One client had a breakthrough when his audiologist helped him hear better and live his life to the fullest by acknowledging his mortality.
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Expert Discusses the Importance of Detecting Hearing Loss Early
Screening programs are recommended within a child's first few days, with two tests recommended by the National Institutes of Health.
Letters: Killion on Covid-19 and Its Threat for Unvaccinated Church and Choir Members
Mead Killion, PhD, points out that, in churches and choirs, the risk of Covid-19 for people who remain unvaccinated appears to be greatly increased due to the dramatic increase in aerosol disbursement from loud singing.
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May Is National Better Hearing and Speech Month
The American Academy of Audiology (AAA) is reminding people that the month of May is National Better Hearing Month. That means it’s time to gather our forces and encourage people to get their hearing tested and take action on their hearing loss.
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Hearing Preservation May Lead to Better Brain Health
According to the article, technology has caused our brains to be “rewired” in an unhealthy way and the author provides several suggestions for optimizing a healthy brain including the avoidance of sensory overload, increasing face-to-face social interaction, and protecting your hearing.
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Critical Distance: How Far Can Musicians and Choir Members Be Spaced from Each Other?
First proposed by Wallace Sabine, critical distance is the physical distance where the sound arriving directly from the source would equal the reverberant or reflected sound level in the room. This critical distance is proportional to the physical size of the room and inversely proportional to the reverberation time which can vary depending on the acoustic qualities of the room. This article looks at the concept of critical distance for choir members and musicians, and debuts a new amplification device, HearHooks, as a possible strategy for addressing spacing concerns.
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The “Red Flags” Didn’t Go Away: Emphasizing Comprehensive Hearing Care
For the past 5 years, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not required patients to sign physician waivers prior to being tested and fitted for hearing aids. The ruling remains a positive for the industry, but it’s also true that the “red flags” that motivated the waivers in the first place did not go away.
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Hearing Loss Recognized in American Diabetes Association’s Standards of Medical Care
The American Diabetes Association has recognized hearing loss as being more common in people with diabetes, and added audiology to its table on referrals for initial diabetes care management in its recent updated “Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes-2021” published in the January 2021 edition of Diabetes Care, the organization’s professional magazine.
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Ida Institute Launches ‘We’re All Ears’ Hearing Loss Campaign
We’re All Ears breaks down the elements of person-centered care in a way that speaks directly to people with hearing loss and lets them know how they can more actively participate in their care. The campaign’s calls-to-action capture the essence of person-centered care seen from the perspective of the client: Be seen. Be heard. Tell your story. Be open. Take part. Be clear.
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Comorbidities and Eliminating Barriers for Establishing Referral Networks
Many chronic health conditions are now being linked to hearing loss. Hearing care professionals can become “the hearing provider” for any future referrals of patients with hearing loss. However, some barriers, including the perception of accessibility and affordability, first need to be overcome.
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New Hearing Wellness Company Launches
Akoio was founded to improve products and services for people with hearing loss, “helping them to overcome the frustrations and challenges they encounter when managing their hearing.”
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Letters: Comments on the USPSTF Recommendations for Hearing Screening by Physicians
Hearing aid specialist Paul Saxby writes, “Count me among those outraged, and absolutely not contrite, about the US Preventative Services Task Force’s (USPSTF) second erroneous conclusion in 8 years regarding hearing screening for adults.”
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Outrage or Contrition? How to React to the USPSTF’s Apathy on Hearing Screening by Physicians
As it did 8 years ago, USPSTF has come to the same conclusion that there is not enough evidence to recommend physicians screen for hearing loss in adults age 50 and older without signs or symptoms of hearing loss. How should we react to this? An opinion is offered from Karl Strom, Douglas Beck, David Fabry, Thomas Powers, and Kate Carr.
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New Paper Explores Audiologists’ Evolving Role As a ‘Hearing Loss Mitigation Counselor’
A new paper from a group of private-practice audiologists explores how the future of hearing healthcare depends upon recognizing and serving patients from a whole-person perspective—moving away from the narrow view of addressing hearing loss through amplification only, to becoming “hearing loss mitigation counselors” and treating the needs of the individual.
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Phonak Launches Audéo Paradise Hearing Aid
Phonak’s new Audéo Paradise hearing aid is designed to provide the next level of excellent sound quality through its new PRISM sound processing chip that features double the memory of Phonak’s previous chip, universal connectivity options with Tap Control, a new fitting formula for better first fits, reduced reverberation, greater dynamic range, and new Motion Sensor Hearing technology.
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Maintaining Consumer Protections for All Hearing Aids
Three years ago on August 18, 2017, what has become known as the “OTC Hearing Aid Act” was signed into law, and we’ve now reached the statutory deadline for proposed rules for this new class of hearing aid. Although FDA is obviously focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, the complexities of federal preemption of state laws related to hearing aids also loom large. To ensure strong consumer protections, HIA conducted exhaustive research of hearing aid laws in the 50 states, identifying five primary areas of consumer protection to flag for FDA.
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‘Forbes’ Article Cites Benefits of COVID-19 for Hearables Market
A spokesperson for the FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health has said that it’s likely that the deadline for the release of guidelines on the “OTC Hearing Aid Act” may be pushed back due to the coronavirus, according to Forbes.
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