NationsBenefits Selected to Manage Sam’s Club Hearing Centers Nationwide

The deal expands the retail-plus-tele-audiology model into a major big-box chain, signaling continued consolidation of hearing care delivery outside traditional clinic settings.

Holistic Hearing Care: New Technologies and Their Whole Person Benefits

No immediate practice change is required, but the framework reinforces broadening patient counseling beyond audibility goals to include social, cognitive, and quality-of-life outcomes — consistent with existing person-centered care principles.

The Oldest Old in a thoughtful audiology magazine

As populations age globally, the oldest-old are the fastest-growing audiology demographic, and the field must develop tailored protocols to address their compounded clinical, cognitive, and social needs.

A description of self-selected treatments and self-reported improvement following treatment among post-9/11 veterans experiencing disruptive dizziness following a comprehensive traumatic brain injury evaluation

Post-concussive dizziness is common and under-treated in veterans; understanding patient-driven treatment choices can inform shared decision-making and highlight gaps in formal vestibular rehabilitation pathways.

Characteristics of Older Adults Seeking Hearing Aids for the First Time and Initial Fitting Parameters in Mainland China

Findings may inform fitting protocols and counseling expectations for first-time hearing aid users in China, but clinicians outside China should interpret carefully given likely differences in audiological profiles, healthcare access, and cultural factors.

Tinnitus and Reactions to Tinnitus: A Cross-Sectional Survey Across Different Tinnitus Durations

Clinicians should consider assessing tinnitus perception and tinnitus-related distress as separate dimensions in clinical interviews and outcome measures, as this study supports their independence across different tinnitus durations.

Speech Data for Improved Audiological Evaluation in the Romani Language

Audiologists serving Romani-speaking populations in Slovakia now have a validated set of speech materials for testing; no practice change is warranted outside this specific linguistic context.

Pre-Stimulus Head Position and Its Effect on Sound Localization Metrics in Children

Clinicians conducting sound localization testing in children should standardize and record pre-stimulus head position, as it measurably influences localization accuracy metrics.

Effects of Hearing Intervention on Cognitive Function in Patients with Presbycusis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

This systematic review and meta-analysis provides the strongest available evidence that hearing intervention positively impacts cognitive function in older adults with age-related hearing loss; audiologists should use these findings to counsel patients and reinforce the...

Study Protocol: Psychometric Testing of the German Vestibular Schwannoma Quality of Life Index-A Multicenter Study on Quality of Life and Patient-Centered Care in Vestibular Schwannoma

Validated, language-adapted patient-reported outcome tools are essential for equitable, patient-centered care in vestibular schwannoma management across German-speaking populations.

Mapping Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Rehabilitation Services Across Saudi Arabia: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study

Understanding the geographic distribution of audiology and speech-language pathology services in Saudi Arabia is a foundational step toward addressing access disparities in a large, resource-diverse country.

Exploring and Overcoming Challenges for Efficient Audiological Testing in Children Under 5 Years of Age-Screening with Otoacoustic Emissions

Audiologists monitoring pediatric oncology patients on cisplatin should consider OAE screening protocols adapted to the practical challenges of testing children under 5, though specific protocol changes depend on the study's detailed findings and local resources.

Validation of the Adaptive Danish Sentence Test (DAST): Normative Data from a Template-Based, Linguistically Rich Sentence-in-Noise Test

The DAST provides a validated, linguistically balanced speech-in-noise test with normative data for Danish-speaking populations — audiologists serving Danish-speaking patients should consider it for diagnostic and fitting verification purposes.

Hearing Aids for Adults With Mild to Moderate Hearing Loss

Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in Hearing Loss: A Systematic Review of Cortical Responses in Distinct Clinical Populations

fNIRS shows research promise as an implant-compatible neuroimaging tool for hearing loss populations, but is not yet ready for routine clinical use; no actionable change for practising audiologists.

A Practical Diagnostic Approach to Pediatric Episodic Vestibular Syndrome

Clinicians managing paediatric patients with recurrent dizziness may benefit from adopting this diagnostic framework to reduce diagnostic delays, though it is expert-derived rather than validated in a prospective trial.

Impact of Smart Hearing Aid Technology on Self-Esteem in Patients with Sensorineural Hearing Loss: A Cross-Sectional Multivariate Study

Cross-sectional design prevents causal conclusions; audiologists may note a positive association between smart hearing aid use and self-esteem, but randomised evidence is needed before counselling patients on this outcome.

Intraoperative and Long-Term Impedance Changes and Electrode Malfunctions in Cochlear Implant Recipients

Audiologists and CI teams should monitor electrode impedance longitudinally; this study provides reference data on malfunction prevalence and trajectory that can inform troubleshooting protocols and patient counselling.

Evaluating Cognition Across Aging and Traumatic Brain Injury: Integrating Neurological and Neuropsychological Approaches

As audiology increasingly intersects with dementia and cognitive screening, understanding how neurological and neuropsychological assessment frameworks operate informs collaborative care pathways.

Characteristics and Prognostic Analysis in Diving-Induced Ear Trauma and Sudden Hearing Loss

Clinicians managing sudden hearing loss in divers should document whether the cause is inner-ear barotrauma versus decompression sickness, as these conditions have distinct prognostic profiles; however, specific practice-changing recommendations await prospective validation.

Selective Otolithic and Semicircular Canal Dysfunction: Insights from VEMP and vHIT

Combining VEMP and vHIT testing enables receptor-specific profiling of vestibular dysfunction; clinicians with access to both tools should consider using them together when precise lesion localisation is needed for diagnosis or monitoring.

COCH -Related Hearing Loss in a French Cohort: Novel Variants and Genotype-Phenotype Correlations

For audiologists and geneticists: when autosomal dominant non-syndromic sensorineural hearing loss is suspected, COCH gene testing is warranted; newly identified variants from this cohort may expand diagnostic panels, but clinical management protocols are not yet changed by...

Lymphatic and Glymphatic Alterations in Auditory Disorders: A Rapid Review-Informed Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

If glymphatic and lymphatic dysfunction contribute to conditions like Ménière's disease or age-related hearing loss, this opens entirely new therapeutic targets and reframes the inner ear's biology in ways that could transform future treatment strategies.

Temporomandibular Joint Ganglion Cyst Causing Dynamic External Auditory Canal Obstruction and Position-Dependent Hearing Loss: A Case Report and Literature Review

Consider jaw-joint (TMJ) ganglion cysts in the differential for position-dependent conductive hearing loss; imaging of the TMJ region is warranted when standard ear-canal causes are excluded.

Aspirin in Audiology: A Dual-Edged Sword in Hearing Loss and Its Nanotechnology-Driven Future

No immediate practice change; clinicians should remain vigilant for aspirin-related hearing damage at high doses, but nanotechnology applications reviewed here are still experimental and not clinically available.

Combined presigmoid retrolabyrinthine and retrosigmoid approach for large vestibular schwannoma: a case report

No practice change warranted from a single case report; the combined presigmoid retrolabyrinthine and retrosigmoid approach is a technique option for experienced skull-base teams managing large vestibular schwannomas, but comparative outcomes data are lacking.

Oticon Medical introduces Ponto Instant, expanding non-surgical choice with the Instant SoundConnector

Expanding non-surgical bone-anchored hearing options lowers the barrier to trialling this technology, potentially broadening the patient population that can access it without a surgical referral.

Tinnitus Can Co-Exist with Other Disorders, but the Signal Itself Is Always Benign

Reframing tinnitus as a benign signal rather than a symptom of serious disease could meaningfully reduce patient anxiety and improve counseling outcomes in audiology practice.