Research
THE DEAFENING SNORE
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- Published on 09 June 2023
noise
Nighttime can be the fright time if you’re in bed with a growling partner, but can loud snoring really damage someone’s hearing? A Specsavers survey wakes up the debate.
THE GREAT OUTDOORS - 2023/24 Conferences BSA Scientific Meeting
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- Published on 30 May 2023
Conferences
The British Society of Audiology (BSA) is calling its 2023 annual event a scientific meeting rather than a conference, to highlight the group’s nature as “the learned society in the UK, not a professional body putting on an event”. Watch Audiology Worldnews and our Twitter account (@AudioWorldnews) for info on the key audiology events planned for 2023 in the UK and abroad.
THE GREAT OUTDOORS - 2023/24 Conferences TRI 2023
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- Published on 29 May 2023
Conferences
Each individual gathering offers reasons to be gregarious in the search for knowledge and training opportunities. Be not fearful, be adventurous, and embrace the desire to mingle and find new hearing events. Watch Audiology Worldnews and our Twitter account (@AudioWorldnews) for info on the key audiology events planned for 2023 in the UK and abroad.
Covid-19 sufferers unlikely to be affected by hearing loss, "most thorough" research suggests
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- Published on 26 May 2023
covid
The Covid-19 pandemic was shadowed from its outset by an infodemic that flooded society with scare stories and misleading data, in some cases related to hearing health.
2023 IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal awarded to MED-EL's Ingeborg and Erwin Hochmair
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- Published on 12 May 2023
technology
Austrian cochlear implant pioneers, Dr. Ingeborg Hochmair and Prof. Erwin Hochmair have been granted the 2023 IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal for their outstanding contribution to communication and engineering.
Is this the future: "MY HEARING AlD TOLD ME I HAD PARKINSON'S"
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- Published on 03 May 2023
The move by hearing aid marketeers into the terrain of health and well-being is significant, and manufacturers know their future devices could form part of the future of precision medicine, perhaps flagging up a wearer's illnesses.
DEMENTIA - THE WIN-WIN RESEARCH FOR AUDIOLOGY
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- Published on 27 April 2023
dementia and hearing loss
Audiology News UK interviews psychiatrist Dr. Sergi Costafreda, one of the academics aiming to harvest a more certain understanding on the link between hearing loss and cognitive decline.
Single exposure hearing loss test wins research grant for Utah prof
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- Published on 19 April 2023
hearing protection
We hear a lot about noise-induced hearing loss from repeated exposure to loud sounds, but research into a new hearing test that can diagnose single-exposure hearing loss has now attracted crucial funding.
THE COGNITION,AUDITION, AND AMPLIFICATION CONUNDRUM
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- Published on 14 April 2023
dementia
Leading audiologist Raúl García-Medina provides a sturdy bundle of evidence and thought to underline the need to address hearing loss early and proactively to reduce the risk of cognitive decline.
Tinnitus UK finds a new new CEO from within
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- Published on 29 March 2023
charities
Leading tinnitus charity, Tinnitus UK (formerly the British Tinnitus Association) has filled its problematical key CEO vacancy, appointing from within the organisation.
