Audiology News

PubMed·Journal article·Professional practice·4w ago

Goal-setting in audiology: where practice aligns with, or falls short of, best practice

Audiologists should audit their own goal-setting conversations: if goals are not routinely co-created with patients using structured, person-centred approaches, there is a clear gap between current practice and evidence-informed guidelines that warrants a direct change.

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PubMed·Journal article·Tinnitus·5w ago

Network analysis of the tinnitus functional index (TFI)

Network analysis findings may inform refinement of TFI subscale interpretation, but clinicians should continue using the validated full TFI without modification until revised scoring guidelines are published.

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PubMed·Journal article·Hearing aids·5w ago

Towards a standardized assessment of manual dexterity in hearing aid users using the ABILHAND questionnaire

If validated further, the ABILHAND questionnaire could offer audiologists a quick, standardized way to flag patients who may struggle with hearing aid handling, enabling earlier dexterity-targeted counseling or device selection.

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PubMed·Journal article·Clinical audiology·6w ago

Exploring caregiver burdens and resources among parents and communication partners of people with hearing loss

Audiologists should consider screening family members and communication partners for caregiver burden and proactively signpost available support resources, as this qualitative evidence highlights a largely unaddressed gap in hearing healthcare.

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PubMed·Journal article·Vestibular·7w ago

Behavioural determinants of engagement with vestibular care pathways in adults: a COM-B scoping review

Audiologists and vestibular clinicians should consider assessing patients' knowledge gaps, motivation, and access barriers when designing vestibular rehabilitation pathways, as these behavioural factors demonstrably influence engagement.

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PubMed·Journal article·Clinical audiology·7w ago

Voice quality influences acceptable noise levels in adults with normal hearing and hearing loss: introducing the signal degradation degree

Voice quality significantly influences ANL scores; audiologists using ANL testing should be aware that speaker voice quality is a variable that can affect results, and the proposed SDD metric may eventually help standardize within-listener variability measurement — but further...

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PubMed·Journal article·Cochlear implants·7w ago

Integrative modelling of interindividual cognitive variances related to successful cochlear implantation: a cohort study

Pre-implantation cognitive assessment may help predict cochlear implant outcomes in post-lingually deafened adults, but the model needs external validation before it changes routine candidate selection practice.

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PubMed·Journal article·Hearing aids·7w ago

Hearing-aid-connected mobile apps for caregiver hearing aid management: provider practices and perspectives

Findings are likely to highlight gaps or variation in how clinicians guide caregivers to use hearing-aid apps; await full results to determine whether practice changes (e.g., standardised caregiver app training protocols) are warranted.

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PubMed·Journal article·Research (general)·8w ago

A shared endeavour to expand the global reach of audiology research

If audiology research remains concentrated in high-income countries, clinical guidelines and hearing-care technologies risk being poorly suited to the majority of the world's population with hearing loss.

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PubMed·Journal article·Public health & policy·2mo ago

Global disparities in hearing care services and infrastructure: findings from a 47-country international provider survey

Quantifying service gaps across income levels provides the evidence base needed for global health organisations and policymakers to prioritise hearing care investment in underserved regions.

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PubMed·Journal article·Clinical audiology·2mo ago

Audiometric detection thresholds for older adults with normal and impaired hearing predict recognition of spectrally and temporally degraded speech in speech-modulated noise

Audiometric pure-tone detection thresholds carry meaningful predictive value for speech recognition in degraded, noisy conditions in older adults, reinforcing their continued clinical utility beyond simple hearing-loss classification.

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PubMed·Journal article·Public health & policy·2mo ago

Personal listening device usage, leisure noise exposure, hearing protection usage and hearing at standard frequencies: a longitudinal study from child/adolescence to young adulthood

Audiologists working with adolescents and young adults should monitor noise exposure habits longitudinally; if this study confirms hearing threshold shifts tied to device use, it strengthens counselling on safe listening — but clinical guidance changes should await full results...

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PubMed·Journal article·Cochlear implants·2mo ago

Multi-stakeholder perspectives on models of in-person and remote cochlear implant aftercare and the opportunities and challenges for change

Cochlear implant programmes considering hybrid or fully remote aftercare models should weigh multi-stakeholder perspectives on barriers and facilitators; this study provides qualitative evidence to guide service redesign but does not prescribe a single model.

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PubMed·Journal article·OTC / consumer·2mo ago

Does the Apple airpods pro 2 hearing aid feature meet prescribed targets for standardized audiograms?

Audiologists counselling patients using AirPods Pro 2 as hearing aids should be aware of deviations from NAL-NL2 prescriptive targets, particularly for specific audiogram configurations, as fitting accuracy may be insufficient for some degrees of hearing loss.

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PubMed·Journal article·Hearing aids·2mo ago

Using NAL-NL3 in clinical practice: a modular NAL fitting system for real-world listening needs

Clinicians currently using NAL-NL2 should review NAL-NL3's updated modules and consider transitioning fitting protocols where the new system better addresses real-world listening needs; the article provides actionable implementation guidance.

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PubMed·Journal article·Hearing aids·2mo ago

Evolving the philosophy: from the NAL rule to NAL-NL3

Audiologists using older NAL prescription targets (NAL-NL1 or NAL-NL2) should be aware that NAL-NL3 represents a philosophically and algorithmically updated standard; reviewing the rationale for the changes can inform more accurate first-fit prescriptions.

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PubMed·Journal article·Education & training·2mo ago

Validation of the clinical assistant for research and learning (CARL) for pure-tone audiometric procedures

No immediate practice change for clinicians, but educators should consider CARL as a validated simulation tool for pure-tone audiometry training in audiology programs.

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PubMed·Journal article·Cochlear implants·2mo ago

Remote programming of cochlear implants: a mixed-methods study of audiologist experiences and patient satisfaction

Audiologists offering cochlear implant programming should monitor this evidence; if patient satisfaction is comparable between remote and in-person sessions, expanding remote programming may be clinically justified and improve access.

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PubMed·Journal article·Hearing aids·2mo ago

Development and results of a customised theoretical framework-based survey on barriers and enablers to hearing aid uptake and use in older adults

Audiologists counselling older adults about hearing aids may benefit from awareness of specific theoretically grounded barriers and enablers, though clinical protocol changes should await broader validation of this survey tool.

Live dispatches

✦ Past week

Parent and audiologist perspectives on personalised hearing loss simulations: implications for counselling and children's hearing aid use

Live dispatches

Live dispatches

✦ Past week

Parent and audiologist perspectives on personalised hearing loss simulations: implications for counselling and children's hearing aid use

Perspectives of audiologists on the management of vestibular balance problems in adults

✦ This month

Using the "Hearing Stages" tool to optimise hearing management options

From policy debate to empirical evidence: a proof-of-concept bibliometric and LLM-assisted abstract-level content analysis of OTC hearing aid research before and after FDA regulation

Navigating natural hazards with hearing devices: lived experience challenges, insights and opportunities

Lost in translation: understanding of jargon used in clinic-patient correspondence

Multiple ipsilateral recurrences of vestibular neuritis: longitudinal vestibular findings

Ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potentials: a comparison of 500 Hz toneburst and narrowband CE-Chirp stimuli in older children

Assessing noise perceptions in Italian adolescents: validation of the Italian youth attitude to noise scale (YANS-it)

Stapedius reflex measurements in open sound-field in children using MED-EL cochlear implant systems

✦ Past 90 days

Goal-setting in audiology: where practice aligns with, or falls short of, best practice

Network analysis of the tinnitus functional index (TFI)

Towards a standardized assessment of manual dexterity in hearing aid users using the ABILHAND questionnaire

Exploring caregiver burdens and resources among parents and communication partners of people with hearing loss

Behavioural determinants of engagement with vestibular care pathways in adults: a COM-B scoping review

Voice quality influences acceptable noise levels in adults with normal hearing and hearing loss: introducing the signal degradation degree

Integrative modelling of interindividual cognitive variances related to successful cochlear implantation: a cohort study

Hearing-aid-connected mobile apps for caregiver hearing aid management: provider practices and perspectives

A shared endeavour to expand the global reach of audiology research

Global disparities in hearing care services and infrastructure: findings from a 47-country international provider survey

Audiometric detection thresholds for older adults with normal and impaired hearing predict recognition of spectrally and temporally degraded speech in speech-modulated noise

Personal listening device usage, leisure noise exposure, hearing protection usage and hearing at standard frequencies: a longitudinal study from child/adolescence to young adulthood

Multi-stakeholder perspectives on models of in-person and remote cochlear implant aftercare and the opportunities and challenges for change

Does the Apple airpods pro 2 hearing aid feature meet prescribed targets for standardized audiograms?

Using NAL-NL3 in clinical practice: a modular NAL fitting system for real-world listening needs

Evolving the philosophy: from the NAL rule to NAL-NL3

Validation of the clinical assistant for research and learning (CARL) for pure-tone audiometric procedures

Remote programming of cochlear implants: a mixed-methods study of audiologist experiences and patient satisfaction

Development and results of a customised theoretical framework-based survey on barriers and enablers to hearing aid uptake and use in older adults

✦ Earlier

"We can make awful mistakes": exploring briefing and debriefing practices in hearing care appointments involving spoken language interpreters