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Direct-to-consumer hearing devices: a need to combine cosmetic appeal with device capabilities

1 July 2019 | | Audiology - Adult
How safe and desirable are direct-to-consumer amplification devices? A team has put a range of devices through their paces and compared them to a standard NHS hearing device. Why do most individuals who would benefit from hearing aids not try...

Audiology in this issue...The Weird World of Science

1 January 2020 |
Gareth Smith, Consultant Clinical Scientist (Audiology), Southend University Hospital, UK. E: Gareth.Smith@southend.nhs.uk Twitter: @garethlsmith In this edition, I’ve taken rather an editor’s privilege in exploring outside of our mainstays in audiology and widened the field to consider acoustics more widely...

How good ideas become great products: in conversation with three medical innovators

2 November 2020 | | ENT
Ever had a great idea for an innovation that would significantly improve your practice, but wondered how to go about developing it? Lucy Dalton interviewed three consultant ENT surgeons-come-successful innovators (one international, one novice and one experienced) who explain what...

Hearing, tinnitus and hyperacusis in the arts

1 July 2018 | | Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric, Audiology - Adult
Hearing loss, tinnitus and hyperacusis are discussed by David Baguley from the unique perspective of their depictions in literature, music, film and paintings. This article provides unusual and invaluable reflective opportunities for the patient-centred clinician! Audiologists and otologists understand hearing...

The preventative audiologist

5 July 2022 | | Audiology - Adult
Rob Shepheard has been championing the role of ‘the preventative audiologist’ for many years. In this article, he explores how that can be achieved.

In conversation with Paul Lamb

1 July 2018 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric
Paul Lamb recently joined a team undertaking a hearing care mission to Armenia with the Starkey Hearing Foundation. Paul took time to discuss the aims and achievements of these missions through his personal experiences with the foundation. Paul Lamb. The...

User perspectives of online audiological rehabilitation programmes

1 March 2017 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric
Recent research shows that online audiological rehabilitation programmes have the potential to improve the quality of life of hearing aid users. However, there are still areas that need need improvement. Elisabet Thorén discusses some of the problems people face when...

Screening for hearing aid fittings – an approach for primary care

14 June 2017 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic
Introduction The communication difficulties related to hearing loss can lead to ‘depression, social withdrawal and problems with employment and access to information sources’ [1]. Furthermore, unmanaged hearing loss is associated with dementia, a poorer quality of life, depression, anxiety and...

In conversation with Dr Peter Belafsky

1 March 2015 | | ENT, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Dr Peter Belafsky. Peter – tell us about your background I was born in Philadelphia and went on to study at Vassar College which is a small liberal arts school in upstate New York. I then attended Medical School in...

The role of significant others in hearing aid adoption

1 July 2015 | | Audiology - Adult
Presbycusis, or age-related hearing loss, is one of the most common conditions affecting older adults and its prevalence is found to increase with age. Over the years, amplification technology has advanced significantly from analogue to digital signal processing. Despite this,...

AUDIOLOGY - In conversation with Hans Henrik Philipsen

1 July 2015 | | Audiology - Adult
So your background is in social research, how did you develop an interest in this area? I have always had an immense curiosity when it comes to understanding other people and other cultures. My early experience as a teenager in...

Adult hearing screening: consideration for a holistic model

14 June 2017 | | Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Adult
Background Adult-onset hearing impairment is a highly prevalent and undertreated chronic problem that poses a significant burden of disease worldwide [1]. It is usually gradual and diagnosed and managed approximately 10 years after adults have first experienced hearing difficulties [2]....