UK Biobank study finds healthy lifestyle cuts risk of hearing impairment by 14%

The association supports counselling patients on modifiable lifestyle factors — particularly smoking cessation and reducing sedentary behaviour — as part of a broader hearing-health conversation, though causation is not established and no change to audiometric protocols is...

Association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and bilateral vestibulopathy: A case-control study

are preliminary — a single case-control study is insufficient to recommend routine vitamin D screening or supplementation for bilateral vestibulopathy patients without replication in larger prospective studies.

Age-related decline in vestibulo-ocular reflex gain is associated with an increased sway response to electrical vestibular stimulation

No immediate practice change is warranted, but findings deepen understanding of how aging alters central vestibular compensation — relevant context for interpreting vestibular test results in older patients.

Dynamic and static spontaneous activity alterations and neurotransmitter coupling in chronic tinnitus

Identifying stable and dynamic brain activity signatures in chronic tinnitus, alongside neurotransmitter coupling, may eventually guide the development of targeted neuromodulation or pharmacological therapies for a condition with very few effective treatments.

The Auditory Striatum in Sensory Gating and Perceptual Decision-Making

A clearer model of how the auditory striatum links sound processing to gating and decision-making could reshape understanding of conditions like tinnitus, hyperacusis (sound sensitivity), and auditory processing disorders where these circuits may be disrupted.

Multiple associations between tinnitus and cognition

Clinicians should be aware that tinnitus patients may present with measurable cognitive difficulties; however, this evidence is preliminary and does not yet support a change in routine assessment or management protocols.

Comparing sound localization and speech-in-noise in unilateral, bilateral, single-sided deaf, and bimodal cochlear implant users

When counseling cochlear implant candidates, audiologists can use this comparative data to set realistic expectations about sound localization and speech-in-noise outcomes across different implant configurations.

A model-based analysis of modulation masking effects on vocoded speech intelligibility

Improving models of cochlear implant signal processing may eventually guide the design of better sound coding strategies that enhance speech understanding for CI users.

The Cortical Contribution to the Speech-Frequency-Following Response Is Not Modulated by Visual Information

Clarifying the cortical versus subcortical contributions to the FFR is important for correctly interpreting this widely used research tool and for building accurate models of how the brain integrates sight and sound during speech perception.

Metformin Use and Risk of Incident Hearing Loss Among Participants With Diabetes: A UK Biobank Cohort Study

of this UK Biobank cohort study on metformin and hearing loss risk in people with diabetes should be reviewed when published in full; if a protective association is confirmed, it may inform counselling of diabetic patients about hearing health — but practice change requires...

Case Report: Recurrent vestibular episodes in a dog resembling Meniere's disease

A naturally occurring Ménière's-like condition in dogs could provide a valuable spontaneous animal model for studying inner-ear fluid disorders (endolymphatic hydrops) and testing new treatments, which has downstream relevance for human Ménière's disease research.

Prediction of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo recurrence in postmenopausal women: a machine learning-based clinical study

The predictive model is promising but requires external validation before it can guide clinical decision-making; no actionable change in BPPV management for postmenopausal women yet.

Nystagmus phenotypes in posterior circulation stroke

Clinicians evaluating acute vestibular syndrome should be familiar with nystagmus patterns associated with posterior circulation stroke, as this study adds characterization data that may sharpen bedside differential diagnosis — but prospective validation with HINTS-exam...

Evaluating the Effectiveness of an Integrated Treatment of Vestibular Rehabilitation and Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Chronic Dizziness in a Community-Based Population: A Randomized Controlled Trial

If the RCT shows superiority of the combined vestibular rehabilitation plus CBT approach, audiologists and vestibular therapists working with chronic dizziness patients should consider coordinating care with psychologists or trained CBT providers — await the published results...

Long-Term Follow-Up to Study of Timing of Rehabilitation After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Long-Term Outcomes of Subtotal Resection for Large Vestibular Schwannomas: Results From the Acoustic Neuroma Subtotal Resection Study-Part II- Tumor Regrowth

For audiologists managing patients post-vestibular schwannoma surgery, this study reinforces awareness that subtotal resection carries measurable regrowth risk requiring long-term radiologic surveillance; refer patients accordingly and coordinate with neurosurgery/neuro-oncology...

Long-Term Outcomes of Subtotal Resection for Large Vestibular Schwannomas: Results From the Acoustic Neuroma Subtotal Resection Study-Part III Perioperative Measures and Complications

No direct change to audiological practice is indicated, but audiologists should understand that subtotal resection carries a defined perioperative complication profile, which informs pre-operative counseling conversations with patients referred for surgical management.

Long-Term Outcomes of Subtotal Resection for Large Vestibular Schwannomas: Results From the Acoustic Neuroma Subtotal Resection Study, Part I-Facial Nerve Outcomes and Degree of Resection

Audiologists counseling patients pre- or post-vestibular schwannoma surgery should be aware that subtotal resection strategies are associated with specific facial nerve outcome profiles; this data helps set realistic expectations but does not change audiological management...

The Effect of Etiology, Array Type and Duration of Deafness on Focused Detection Thresholds in Cochlear Implant Listeners

Etiology, electrode array type, and duration of deafness each independently influence focused detection thresholds in cochlear implant users; clinicians should consider these factors when interpreting variability in CI outcomes, though specific programming changes await further...

Sensory Neural Asymmetry Associated with a Long-Standing Conductive Component – A Case Study

The case raises an underexplored question about whether active musicianship modifies noise-induced hearing loss risk, which could inform counselling of musician patients if confirmed in larger studies.

To the Brain and Back: Speech Emotion Perception, Hearing Loss, and Hearing Aid Use

Clinicians should recognise that hearing loss impairs speech emotion perception, and may consider this dimension when counselling patients on the social and psychological benefits of hearing aid use, though direct clinical protocols need further research support.

Diabetes and Hearing Loss: Implications for Comprehensive Audiological Care

Audiologists should be aware that diabetic patients carry elevated hearing loss risk due to vascular and neuropathic mechanisms, and should incorporate this into case history taking and monitoring protocols.

What’s New about Getting Older

Audiologists should familiarise themselves with updated dementia-risk reduction guidelines and dementia-inclusive care standards, as hearing health is an established modifiable risk factor for dementia.

From Knowledge to Action: Implementing a Group Intervention for First-Time Hearing Aid Users in Québec through a Clinical Research Partnership

Clinicians may consider adopting structured group intervention programs for first-time hearing aid users as a feasible, potentially beneficial alternative or supplement to individual counselling, though the evidence base here appears preliminary.

Early Development of Measurement Microphones, the Audiometer and its use in Sound Evaluation, the Decibel, and the Sound Level Meter

Understanding the origins of foundational audiology instruments provides important professional and scientific context for the field's development and the standards still in use today.

Researchers develop new way to model how cochlea processes incoming sound

A personalised computational model of cochlear sound processing could eventually improve hearing-aid fitting algorithms and cochlear implant programming, but the tool is still in its research infancy.

Study finds hypertension may have implications for hearing health

Evidence is preliminary and comes from a single African clinical population, so routine hearing screening for all hypertensive patients is not yet supported by strong evidence; however, audiologists should be aware of hypertension as a potential risk factor when taking case...

Sensorion Receives French Regulatory Approval to Initiate HearConnex Gene Therapy Trial for GJB2-Related Hearing Loss

If successful, GJB2-targeted gene therapy could offer a biological hearing restoration option for the most common form of inherited congenital deafness, fundamentally shifting the treatment landscape beyond hearing aids and cochlear implants.