Editor’s note : Ear to the Ground is a new monthly column from Dr. Brian Taylor, offering timely reflections on research, technology, clinical practice, and emerging trends in hearing care. You can read last month’s column here . By now, it’s likely all hearing care professionals have some familiarity with the ACHIEVE study , which was a randomized controlled trial that asked this question: Can reducing the...
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No actionable change — this is a reflective opinion column exploring an emerging concept; no clinical trial data specific to auditory digital therapeutics is presented.
If digital therapeutics can be shown to improve auditory-brain function in people with hearing loss, it could expand the scope of hearing care beyond the hearing aid fitting itself.
- 01Column revisits the ACTIVE study, which examined cognitive training in older adults, and draws parallels to auditory-brain training.
- 02Digital therapeutics (DTx) are app- or software-based interventions intended to treat or manage a condition.
- 03Author reflects on emerging trends rather than presenting new clinical trial data.
- 04The piece highlights a gap between promising research concepts and validated audiology-specific DTx tools.
- 05Intended as a thought-leadership discussion, not a practice-guidance update.
The ACTIVE study findings are relevant to auditory-brain training in hearing care.
opinionpartially supportedDigital therapeutics represent an emerging and promising approach for auditory rehabilitation.
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