Hearing Health Matters·Professional org·Accessibility·5w agoIAHA Launches Global Working Group to Advance Hearing Accessibility StandardsA coordinated global effort to harmonise hearing accessibility standards could accelerate legislative change that shapes where and how assistive listening technology—including Auracast-compatible systems—must be deployed.＋Save
Hearing Review·Professional org·Public health & policy·5w agoWHO Updates Dementia Prevention Guidelines, Elevates Hearing Loss and Hearing Aid Use to Core Public Health PrioritiesAudiologists should proactively communicate the WHO's explicit recommendation for hearing aid use as a dementia-prevention strategy when counseling patients with hearing loss, strengthening the case for early intervention and treatment uptake.＋Save
Hearing Review·Press release·Public health & policy·5w agoMed-El Survey: Fewer Than 3 in 10 Americans Believe Society Knows Enough About Hearing LossThe data point to a persistent public knowledge gap around hearing loss that could inform patient education and advocacy strategies for audiology practices.＋Save
PU¶PubMed·Journal article·Cochlear implants·5w agoImpact of unilateral cochlear implants on health, functionality, and quality of life in people over 60 years of ageCohort evidence supports cochlear implantation in adults over 60 for audiological and quality-of-life gains; clinicians should continue offering CI evaluation to older patients, though individual results depend on study details not fully reported here.＋Save
Audiology Worldnews·Blog·Accessibility·5w agoHearing Dog Training – the Essentials: No. 5 Playing with a PurposeHearing dogs are a meaningful non-technological support option for people with hearing loss, and understanding their training pipeline helps audiologists counsel patients on all available assistive options.＋Save
Hearing Tracker·Press release·Professional practice·6w agoStarkey Celebrates Tani Austin's 70th BirthdayHigh-profile executive advocacy for global hearing health access can raise public awareness, though it carries no direct clinical or research significance.＋Save
RNID·Blog·Hearing aids·6w agoConnevans’ David Evans on hearing loss and hearing aidsFirst-person accounts from industry insiders who are also hearing aid users can help audiologists understand the stigma barriers that prevent patients from seeking or consistently using amplification.＋Save
PU¶PubMed·Journal article·Pediatric·6w agoEffect of social determinants of health on adherence to the early hearing detection and intervention 1-3-6 benchmarks at University of Rochester Medical CenterClinicians working in EHDI programs should consider screening patients for social risk factors (e.g., insurance status, transportation, zip code) and implementing targeted follow-up protocols for at-risk families, as social determinants appear to drive loss to follow-up.＋Save
PU¶PubMed·Journal article·Tinnitus·6w agoQuality of Tinnitus Information From Generative AI Systems and Web Search: An Expert-Rated Comparative StudyAI-generated tinnitus information quality was formally assessed against web search; audiologists should remain cautious about recommending AI chatbots as patient education tools until expert-rated accuracy and completeness are clearly established for their clinical area.＋Save
PU¶PubMed·Journal article·Research (general)·6w agoLifetime Noise Exposure and Its Interaction With Ageing: Effects on Audiometric Thresholds, Speech-In-Noise Perception, and Tinnitus for Palestinian WorkersLifetime occupational noise exposure compounds age-related hearing decline for speech-in-noise and tinnitus outcomes; audiologists in occupational health settings should advocate for stronger noise regulation in under-resourced environments and prioritise early monitoring for...＋Save
PU¶PubMed·Journal article·Pediatric·6w agoBarriers to Timely Infant Hearing Loss Diagnosis Utilizing Auditory Brainstem ResponseAudiologists and clinic administrators in under-resourced health systems should review their referral-to-ABR workflows and actively address identified barriers — such as appointment availability, geographic access, and caregiver navigation support — to reduce diagnostic delays...＋Save
AudiologyOnline·Press release·Public health & policy·6w agoMED-EL Survey Reveals: Fewer Than 3 in 10 Americans Believe Society Knows Enough About Hearing LossLow public awareness of hearing loss can delay help-seeking behavior, reinforcing the importance of community outreach and patient education efforts by audiology practices.＋Save
Hearing Practitioner Australia·Journal article·Hearing aids·6w agoHearing aids may help protect older adults from frailty, study suggestsThe association between hearing loss and frailty risk, and its attenuation with hearing aid use, supports counselling older patients on frailty as an additional benefit of hearing aid uptake—though causality is not yet established from observational data alone.＋Save
PU¶PubMed·Journal article·Clinical audiology·6w agoHyperbaric oxygen and intratympanic steroid treatment for idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss in end-stage renal diseasealone, but if the combined approach shows efficacy in end-stage renal disease patients, clinicians managing sudden hearing loss in this population may need to consider it as an option — await full-text review before changing practice.＋Save
PU¶PubMed·Journal article·Research (general)·6w agoA shared endeavour to expand the global reach of audiology researchIf 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.＋Save
Hearing Review·Product announcement·OTC / consumer·6w ago· press releaseiClever Launches Q950 Kids’ Headphones With Hearing Care CertificationGrowing awareness of noise-induced hearing loss in children is driving demand for certified safe-listening products, and third-party certification schemes like TÜV Rheinland's may become a reference point audiologists use when counselling families on headphone choice.＋Save
RNID·Other·Public health & policy·6w agoTCS London Marathon 2027Charity marathon participation helps raise public awareness and funds for hearing loss research and advocacy, but has no direct bearing on audiology practice.＋Save
PU¶PubMed·Preprint·Research (general)·6w agoNeurophysiological Evidence for Reduced Use of Prior Sound Patterns to Shape Speech Processing in AutismUnderstanding why speech perception differs in autism at a brain-processing level could eventually guide more tailored auditory rehabilitation and communication support strategies for autistic individuals.＋Save
PU¶PubMed·Journal article·Research (general)·6w agoImpaired speech-in-noise perception in individuals with a history of hearing symptoms after noise exposureAudiologists should consider supplementing standard audiograms with speech-in-noise testing for patients reporting noise-exposure symptoms, as normal thresholds alone may miss clinically meaningful hearing dysfunction consistent with cochlear synaptopathy (hidden hearing loss).＋Save
PU¶PubMed·Journal article·Vestibular·6w agoPhantom earthquake sensations: a cross-sectional analysis of context, perceptual ambiguity, and cognitive intrusionPhantom earthquake sensations share theoretical overlap with phantom auditory perception (tinnitus), and understanding the cognitive and contextual drivers of phantom percepts may inform future tinnitus research frameworks.＋Save
PU¶PubMed·Journal article·Education & training·6w agoKnowledge and attitudes toward people who stutter among health sciences students: a cross-sectional studyHealth sciences students show knowledge and attitude gaps toward people who stutter; audiology and speech-language pathology programs should consider targeted stuttering education using a disability-informed framework, though this study does not directly prescribe a curriculum.＋Save
Audiology Worldnews·Journal article·Research (general)·6w ago“Hidden epidemic” finding prompts call for hearing tests in all diabeticsAudiologists should be aware that diabetic patients represent a high-prevalence population; clinics serving patients with diabetes have reasonable grounds to advocate for routine hearing screening referrals, though formal screening guidelines have not yet been updated.＋Save
Hearing Practitioner Australia·Industry news·Pediatric·6w agoEye and Ear’s School Holiday Surgical Blitz Program improves access for kidsPaediatric surgical waitlists are a recognised bottleneck in hearing healthcare, and creative scheduling models like this could inform service-delivery improvements across Australian and other public health systems.＋Save
PU¶PubMed·Journal article·Clinical audiology·6w agoOtitic Barotrauma Due to Eustachian Tube Dysfunction and Special Considerations in At-Risk PopulationsClinicians evaluating patients with Eustachian tube dysfunction who fly, dive, or experience pressure changes should review current risk-stratification guidance outlined in this review, particularly for at-risk populations.＋Save
PU¶PubMed·Journal article·Vestibular·6w agoThe importance of screening for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo in older patients presenting to falls clinicsAudiologists and balance specialists working alongside falls clinics should advocate for routine BPPV screening protocols in that setting, as current referral pathways likely miss a treatable cause of falls in older adults.＋Save
PU¶PubMed·Journal article·OTC / consumer·6w agoOver-the-Counter Hearing Aids in Canada: Federally Approved, Provincially InaccessibleRegulatory-access disconnects like this one risk leaving OTC hearing aid policy reform incomplete, potentially limiting hearing healthcare access for millions of Canadians with mild-to-moderate hearing loss.＋Save
PU¶PubMed·Journal article·Hearing aids·6w agoDiscrepancies between insertion and target gain are associated with hearing aid abandonment in Chilean older adultsAudiologists should prioritise real-ear measurement verification to minimise insertion gain–target gain discrepancies, as larger discrepancies are associated with significantly higher hearing aid abandonment rates in older adults.＋Save
PU¶PubMed·Journal article·Public health & policy·6w agoEmbedding routine hearing health checks within existing Meals on Wheels services - A protocol for the SOUND-BITES Program pilot studyThis is a study protocol only — no results are yet available; no actionable change for clinical practice at this stage.＋Save
PU¶PubMed·Journal article·Hearing aids·6w agoKnowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Toward Hearing Aids Among the General Public: A Cross-Sectional Survey in Southwest ChinaNo immediate change to clinical practice, but findings highlight specific knowledge and attitude gaps in a Chinese population that could inform patient education strategies for audiologists serving similar communities.＋Save
