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.

The Gift of Hearing - for the men

Seasonal awareness campaigns targeting male-specific hearing health gaps can support patient acquisition and community outreach efforts for audiology practices.

Spain: Manufacturers’ association pushes for parliamentary focus on audiology at heart of health debate

A national White Paper on hearing health reaching a country's parliament signals a maturing policy landscape that could reshape public funding, reimbursement, and workforce planning for audiology in Spain and set a precedent for other European markets.

Hearing Loss as a Potentially Modifiable Marker of Dementia Risk: Neurological Evidence, Uncertainty, and Clinical Interpretation

Audiologists should be aware that hearing loss is recognized as a potentially modifiable dementia risk factor, but current evidence does not yet confirm that hearing intervention (e.g., hearing aids) definitively reduces dementia incidence — counsel patients on the association...

Specsavers joins UK retailers nudging PM to address youth unemployment crisis

The story illustrates how major hearing-care retail chains are increasingly positioning themselves as broader corporate stakeholders in national policy debates, which may influence public brand perception.

Love live music? Tell us how you protect your hearing

Grassroots campaigns targeting young live-music audiences can help normalise hearing protection behaviours before noise-induced hearing damage becomes irreversible.

Prevention in otology-the key to lifelong hearing health

Audiologists and otologists should reinforce preventive counseling across the lifespan — including noise protection, ototoxicity (medication-related hearing damage) monitoring, and early infection management — as the review highlights these as the most modifiable risk factors...

Associations Between Football-Related Exposures, Head Injury, Tinnitus, and Neuropsychological Health Outcomes Among Professional American-Style Football Players

Audiologists evaluating current or former contact sport athletes should include tinnitus and cognitive screening as part of their assessment, given the associations found between head injury exposure and both tinnitus and neuropsychological outcomes in this population.

Mitigating risk in audiology and speech therapy practice: Essential risk management and control strategies for private and public practices in resource-constrained health systems

Clinics operating in resource-constrained settings should review their risk management frameworks; the strategies outlined may be directly applicable to practice governance, though the evidence base is likely expert-opinion level.

Acousia Therapeutics Reports Positive Phase 2a Results for Bimokalner in Cisplatin-Induced Hearing Loss

Phase 2a results are encouraging but insufficient to change current practice; clinicians should monitor for a Phase 3 trial before considering Bimokalner as a standard protective agent against cisplatin-induced hearing loss.

Determinants of the quality of life of patients with NF2-related schwannomatosis and validation of the Dutch NFTI-QOL questionnaire

No immediate change to audiological practice; the validated Dutch NFTI-QOL questionnaire is now available for use in Dutch-speaking NF2 patient populations to better capture quality-of-life data in clinical and research settings.

How hearing loss tested our connection

First-person accounts like this remind clinicians that hearing loss carries significant emotional and relational consequences that go beyond the audiogram, reinforcing the value of person-centred counselling in audiology care.

Association between low free T4 values and prevalence of tinnitus in US adults: 2009-2012

Findings are preliminary and based on cross-sectional survey data — no actionable change to tinnitus assessment or thyroid screening protocols is justified until stronger prospective evidence is available.

Newborn hearing screening: outcomes and management of infants

Complications of Cochlear Implant Surgery in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review

No direct change to practice in high-income settings, but the findings are essential for global health advocates and surgeons working in or supporting cochlear implant programs in low- and middle-income countries.

Gamified Digital Solutions for Tinnitus Health Literacy: The Erasmus+ Project TinWise

No immediate practice change warranted — TinWise is in a development/description phase; clinicians should watch for validated outcomes data before integrating these tools into tinnitus counselling.

Audiology Australia develops guide for members to help patients with suicidal ideation

Australian audiologists should familiarise themselves with and adopt Audiology Australia's new best-practice guide for responding to patients presenting with suicidal ideation or deteriorating mental health.

Trajectory of COVID-related tinnitus over the pandemic timeline

Until full results are published, no specific change to tinnitus management protocols is warranted; audiologists should continue documenting COVID-19 history when assessing new tinnitus cases.

Social Determinants of Health and Impact on Cochlear Implant Performance

Audiologists and CI teams should screen for social determinants of health pre-operatively, as socioeconomic and environmental factors appear to independently influence post-implant speech perception outcomes — though causality and which factors matter most require prospective...

Otological conditions and autism spectrum disorder in Medicaid beneficiaries aged 1 to 20 years: a cross-sectional study

Audiologists evaluating pediatric patients should be aware that co-occurring ear conditions may contribute to delayed ASD diagnosis; however, this cross-sectional design cannot confirm causation, so no immediate change in diagnostic protocol is warranted pending prospective...

Survey Reveals Hearing Health as Longevity Blind Spot: An Interview with Sigurd Brandt, MD

Hearing health remains severely underrepresented in mainstream longevity discourse, pointing to a persistent public-awareness gap that the audiology profession could help close.

Repeated traumatic brain injury in civilian emergency care: An exploration of potential risk factors

Repeated TBI is a known contributor to auditory and vestibular dysfunction; understanding its civilian risk factors could inform interdisciplinary care pathways that include audiology.

Quality and reliability of online health information on benign paroxysmal positional vertigo in TikTok and Bilibili short videos: A cross-sectional content analysis

Audiologists and vestibular specialists should be aware that patients with BPPV may arrive with information — potentially inaccurate — sourced from TikTok or Bilibili, and should proactively address misconceptions during consultations.

The overlooked burden: associations between high-noise environments and scrub nurse wellbeing and performance

Documenting noise-related occupational harm in surgical settings expands the scope of hearing conservation programs beyond traditional industrial environments and supports policy advocacy for operating room noise standards.

Deafblindness in Aotearoa, New Zealand: Prevalence and Equity Challenges From a Cross-Sectional Census Analysis

The scale of deafblindness revealed by this census analysis calls for greater integration of audiology and vision services, and highlights systemic inequities that the field must address.

Effective hearing aid use linked to lower dementia risk in international study

This study adds meaningful observational evidence supporting consistent hearing aid use in older adults as a potential modifiable factor for dementia risk reduction — audiologists should reinforce adherence counselling, though causation is not yet established.

Your Experience Matters: Hearing Care Professionals Invited to Participate in New Survey

Understanding how hearing care professionals currently approach patient-centered care will help shape future training, guidelines, and practice standards across the field.

Assessing the relationships between migraine and driving risks, challenges and coping strategies

Migraine's multisensory integration demands during driving represent a poorly recognised disability burden, and audiologists treating vestibular migraine or hyperacusis (sound sensitivity) patients may need to include driving-related counselling in care plans.