Hearing Review·Industry news·Cochlear implants·3mo agoFive Cochlear Implant Pioneers Awarded 2026 Merkin Prize in Biomedical TechnologyThe award highlights the cumulative, multi-decade research effort behind cochlear implants and reinforces the technology's status as one of the most clinically successful neural prosthetics in history.＋Save
Hearing Practitioner Australia·Blog·Vestibular·3mo agoGepant drugs show promise for treating vestibular migraine symptomsVestibular migraine is frequently encountered in audiology and vestibular clinics, so emerging pharmacological options are worth monitoring as the evidence matures.＋Save
Hearing Practitioner Australia·Professional org·Professional practice·3mo agoAudiology Australia develops guide for members to help patients with suicidal ideationAustralian 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.＋Save
Hearing Review·Blog·AI & technology·3mo agoAdvancing Hearing Technology Through Smarter Sensors and High-Efficiency ProcessingNext-generation sensor and AI-processing architectures could redefine the performance ceiling for hearing aids, making battery life, noise reduction, and real-time processing key competitive differentiators in coming device generations.＋Save
WIDEX Hearing Aids YouTube·Video·3mo ago70 Years of Natural Sound – The Widex StoryIn 1956, Christian Tøpholm and Erik Westermann founded Widex with a bold ambition: to create sound so natural that wearers forget about their hearing loss. Seventy years later, that north star hasn't moved....＋Save
Hearing Review·Blog·Professional practice·3mo agoKeeping Your Payment Options OpenCost remains one of the biggest barriers to hearing aid adoption, and flexible financing models may directly influence how many patients a clinic can serve.＋Save
Hearing Tracker·Industry news·Business & finance·3mo agoStarkey Named 2026 Star Tribune Top Workplace for Fifth Consecutive YearSustained employer recognition may signal organizational stability at a major hearing aid manufacturer, which can indirectly affect product development continuity and partner confidence.＋Save
Doctor Cliff, AuD·Video·3mo agoI Took Auracast to One of Arizona's Largest TheatersCould Auracast finally solve one of the biggest hearing accessibility challenges in public venues? In this vlog, I travel to ASU Gammage, one of the largest university-based performing arts centers in the world, to demonstrate Auracast Broadcast Audio inside a 3,000-seat...＋Save
Doctor Cliff, AuD·Video·3mo agoThe Most Versatile Invisible Hearing AidsThese hearing aids are virtually invisible. Normally that comes with some big trade-offs: - No wireless connectivity - Limited audio processing - Custom ear impressions required Not the Oticon Zeal....＋Save
Signia Hearing YouTube·Video·3mo agoBrilliant Talks by Signia UK & Ireland: Visible or Isolated?#brillianttalks #signia #hearingaids #stigma Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCywvyJjga1QY6gsraN2l_kg?sub_confirmation=1 Let's connect: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/signiahearinguk/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/signiahearing/ LinkedIn:...＋Save
Signia Hearing YouTube·Video·3mo agoBrilliant Talks by Signia UK & Ireland: The Importance of a Hearing Partner#brillianttalks #signia #hearingaids #stigma Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCywvyJjga1QY6gsraN2l_kg?sub_confirmation=1 Let's connect: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/signiahearinguk/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/signiahearing/ LinkedIn:...＋Save
Signia Hearing YouTube·Video·3mo agoBrilliant Talks by Signia UK & Ireland: Glasses vs Hearing Aids#brillianttalks #signia #hearingaids #stigma Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCywvyJjga1QY6gsraN2l_kg?sub_confirmation=1 Let's connect: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/signiahearinguk/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/signiahearing/ LinkedIn:...＋Save
Hearing Health Matters·Blog·Research (general)·3mo agoAdvancing Inner Ear Therapeutics: Research, Innovation, and the Future of Hearing Loss TreatmentPharmaceutical and biological therapies for inner ear hearing loss represent a potential paradigm shift beyond amplification, and audiologists should begin building awareness of the pipeline so they can counsel patients and adapt their practice when treatments reach clinical...＋Save
HearingTracker YouTube·Video·3mo agoSignia Launch the Active Mini IX Hearing Aid: 6 Facts You Need to Know Before Buying ThemWhat if your next hearing aid didn’t look like a hearing aid at all? In this video, I break down the new Signia Active Mini IX — a tiny, ready-to-wear, in-the-ear hearing aid designed to look far more like a modern wireless earbud than a traditional medical device....＋Save
PU¶PubMed·Journal article·Tinnitus·3mo agoTrajectory of COVID-related tinnitus over the pandemic timelineUntil 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.＋Save
PU¶PubMed·Journal article·Vestibular·3mo agoEndolymphatic hydrops and its association with Magnetic Resonance Imaging and serum vitamin D levelsIf the study confirms a significant association, clinicians managing Ménière's disease or endolymphatic hydrops may consider routine vitamin D screening; however, evidence is not yet sufficient to recommend this as standard practice.＋Save
PU¶PubMed·Journal article·Research (general)·3mo agoGenome-wide analysis implicates inner ear development in Ménière diseaseNo immediate change to clinical practice; findings are foundational genetic research, but they may eventually support genetic risk screening and targeted therapies for Ménière's disease.＋Save
PU¶PubMed·Journal article·Research (general)·3mo agoComparison of transoral and bilateral axillo-breast approach endoscopic thyroidectomy: multicentre studyThis study has minimal relevance to audiology; it was likely captured by a broad search and should be deprioritized for audiology-specific audiences.＋Save
PU¶PubMed·Journal article·Research (general)·3mo agoMusicians are better at using sounds as spatial body anchorsDemonstrating that musical training enhances auditory-spatial body anchoring suggests potential therapeutic applications for balance rehabilitation programs in audiology and vestibular care.＋Save
PU¶PubMed·Journal article·Cochlear implants·3mo agoSocial Determinants of Health and Impact on Cochlear Implant PerformanceAudiologists 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...＋Save
PU✚PubMed·Clinical trial·Vestibular·3mo agoData from a UK-based multicentre randomised feasibility study investigating the management of post-traumatic benign paroxysmal positional vertigo: mixed-methods analysesNo practice change is warranted yet; this is a feasibility study establishing groundwork for a future definitive RCT on post-traumatic BPPV management — current findings are not powered for efficacy conclusions.＋Save
PU¶PubMed·Journal article·Research (general)·3mo agoEnhanced Contour-Deviant Mismatch Negativity and Mnemonic Representations in Older MusiciansNo immediate change to audiology practice is indicated; findings support the mechanistic link between lifelong music training and preserved auditory discrimination in aging, but do not yet support recommending music training as a clinical intervention for age-related hearing...＋Save
PU¶PubMed·Journal article·Vestibular·3mo agoSubclinical Vestibular Involvement in Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media: Perforation Size and Mediolateral Postural SwayAudiologists and ENT clinicians should consider routine vestibular screening in CSOM patients, as perforation size may predict subclinical mediolateral balance impairment even without reported vestibular symptoms.＋Save
PU¶PubMed·Journal article·Cochlear implants·3mo agoPerception and Production Errors in Normal Hearing Children, Pediatric Cochlear Implant Users, and Children Listening to Vocoder SimulationsFindings can inform speech-language therapy goals for pediatric cochlear implant users by identifying which consonant perception and production error patterns are device-driven versus developmentally typical.＋Save
PU¶PubMed·Journal article·Vestibular·3mo agoThird-window anomalies in children: an imaging-based educational reviewNo immediate practice change for most audiologists, but the review is a useful educational reference for understanding imaging findings in children with unexplained conductive or mixed hearing loss and suspected inner ear structural anomalies.＋Save
PU¶PubMed·Journal article·Vestibular·3mo agoBeyond the naked eye: a systematic review on the current state of radiomics approaches to the vestibular schwannomaRadiomics shows promise for vestibular schwannoma management decisions but remains a research tool; no actionable change to current clinical imaging or treatment protocols is warranted yet.＋Save
PU¶PubMed·Journal article·Pediatric·3mo agoOtological conditions and autism spectrum disorder in Medicaid beneficiaries aged 1 to 20 years: a cross-sectional studyAudiologists 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...＋Save
PU¶PubMed·Journal article·Education & training·3mo agoMapping the Audiology and Speech Language Pathology (ASLP) curricula to NEP 2020: a document analysis of the RCI revised syllabus (2024)Aligning professional training curricula with national education frameworks is critical for ensuring future audiologists and speech-language pathologists in India receive competency-based, policy-consistent training.＋Save
PU¶PubMed·Journal article·Clinical audiology·3mo agoParallel Postauricular Incisions in Transmastoid CSF Leak Repair: Wound OutcomesSurgeons performing transmastoid CSF leak repair after vestibular schwannoma resection may consider parallel postauricular incisions as a wound-sparing alternative, but evidence is limited to this single study and should be replicated before routine adoption.＋Save
