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Originally posted on February 14, 2017 In recent years, research from animal models and now human modeling has suggested a brain locus for tinnitus, rather than the ear-level origin assumed previously. Research into tinnitus has become much more sophisticated of late, and is changing the common understanding of the disorder and providing the first…
Originally posted on December 26, 2016 Tinnitus is a condition affecting upwards of 15% of the population and many bothered by the condition may be under served. That according a recent JAMA Otolaryngology article, which concluded there is a significant opportunity for hearing care professionals to get more actively involved in the long-term care and management of patients…
Article originally posted December 28, 2016 Today’s topic is a vexious problem that gets far less attention by hearing health professionals than you would think. Tinnitus is a big issue for patients, but not one that is treatable by pills, surgery, or other traditional treatments. However, there are treatments that are effective for some people….
Originally posted on February 21, 2017 Earlier this month, Signia (formerly Siemens) announced their latest hearing aid innovation: Notch Therapy. According to the company, they are the first in the hearing aid industry to use the novel approach to combat tonal tinnitus, the most common form of tinnitus. Tonal tinnitus, defined by the American Tinnitus Association, is the…
Courtesy of our friends at HearingHealthMatters.org, Calvin Staples provides some updates on possible treatment opportunities for tinnitus sufferers.
This advertorial from Siemens/Signia explores signal and sound quality of direct streaming hearing aids.
Seema Shah gives us a detailed look at the challenges facing an audiologist in Kenya and some interesting suggestions if you are wanting to help.
In this edition of “Striking the Right Balance,” Janine Verge and Michael Vekasi provide an overview of the newly released document, “Vestibular Assessment & Management for Canadian Audiologists: A Scoping Review.”
In this issue’s Science Matters feature, Marshall Chasin and William Yost delve into the world of complex pitch with an interesting feature containing, an introduction, a letter to the editor, a “Back to Basics” column, and a very interesting discussion.
In this article, the authors investigated the effect of a hearing aid feature, “Reverberant Room”, on listening effort. Their study measured both speech recognition and perceived listening effort for adult listeners with hearing loss.