An online portal has been launched as a hub for accessible, well-organised and curated data to help researchers seeking to advance discoveries to reverse hearing loss. The resource - gEAR - is encouraging worldwide input to its current stash of over 800 datasets.

Findings published in the journal Science Translational Medicine suggest a common, low-cost high blood pressure medicine can have a preventive role in tackling acoustic neuroma-related hearing and balance problems.

US President Joe Biden signed an executive order this July on anticompetitive issues across a range of industries that include hearing. Will his specific call on over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids finally see sales ringing up?

A video promoting the 65th International EUHA Congress and Exhibition has been released on YouTube by the organisers of the event, which will take place from September 15 to 17.

Amplifon has announced an agreement to acquire the high-growth Australian hearing care retailer, Bay Audio, which runs a network of over 100 points of sale in high-traffic premiere shopping malls.

Researchers behind a canine deafness study focusing on the cuddly Rottweiler breed are hopeful of opening new routes for investigating human hereditary hearing defects.

In any normal year, the EUHA congress would aspire to host close to 9,000 visitors. In 2021, its organisers have responded to calls to return from a digital to an in-person event. In this AWN exclusive interview, EUHA President Beate Gromke explains how expectations are being managed ahead of the September 15-17 event.