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Directed audio pointing the way to a great listening experience – HyperSound Clear<sup>TM</sup>

1 November 2015 | | Audiology - Diagnostic
In this Spotlight on Innovation we explore an innovative ultra-thin speaker system compatible with TVs, which can be programmed by a hearing professional to a listener’s hearing profile and preferences to deliver a directed 3D listening experience. Whether your patients...

Sound localisation after bilateral cochlear implantation

1 October 2018 | | Auditory Implants, Otology | Bilateral, Child, Cochlear implants, Hearing aids, Hearing threshold levels, Localization, Simultaneous, Spatial hearing
Limited information is known about the localisation skills of paediatric cochlear implant patients who were good hearing aid users before their hearing deteriorated. As localisation is a skill often associated with good natural hearing, there is a worry that implants...

Cochlear implants for tinnitus

1 January 2016 |
This study from Belgium is the first to look at the long term reduction in tinnitus for a cohort of 23 patients with unilateral profound hearing loss and incapacitating tinnitus implanted with cochlear implants (CI). The authors were able to...

Experience on the front line

21 January 2021 | | ENT
21st January 2021 Back to basics Yesterday I went right back to where my medical career began. I grew up in Germany, bilingual. A prerequisite to studying medicine in Germany is that applicants have to spend two months working as...

National Acoustics Laboratories and Ear Science Institute Australia join forces

6 May 2024
A partnership between two Australian organisations will bring together the country’s researchers to improve treatments for millions dealing with hearing issues.

Cognition outcomes after cochlear implantation – is there an improvement?

1 January 2019 | | Cochlear implant, Cochlear implantation, Cognition, Cognitive outcome, Older adults, Profound hearing loss, Systematic review
Older adults with a severe to profound hearing loss are more at risk of cognitive decline than adults of a similar age with milder losses or normal hearing. This poses challenges, not only in the assessment process, but also for...

Another use for Tisseel – plugging of the round window

1 January 2017 |
After insertion of a cochlear implant electrode through the round window, there are several methods of sealing the perilymph leak and in my experience fascia (with varying amounts of attached muscle) seems to be most commonly used. Stephen O’Leary’s group...

The use of social media to drive practice growth

8 January 2024 | | Audiology - Adult
Cliff Olson is the most successful user of social media in the hearing care industry as of the date of this publication. His videos have been viewed worldwide, and he has more YouTube followers than all the major hearing aid...

In conversation with Paul Surridge, BIHIMA Chair

8 March 2021 | | Auditory Implants
With the launch of an exciting new toolkit for GPs and global challenges to the hearing instrument market, it seemed a timely opportunity to catch up with Paul Surridge, BIHIMA Chair, for a virtual coffee and chat about the industry....

BIHIMA calls for minimum standard for assistive listening systems in theatres

23 October 2023
Most theatres use assistive listening systems, but according to the British Irish Hearing Instrument Manufacturers Association (BIHIMA), this does not always ensure a good experience for audiences with hearing loss.

Audiology in this issue...Genomics

1 July 2021 |
Priya Carling, AuD, Director and Consultant Audiologist, Kent Hearing Ltd, UK. E: priya@Kenthearing.com As a working clinical audiologist, my focus every day is predominantly diagnostics of hearing loss, closely followed by management of ear pathology and rehabilitation of hearing loss...

Surgeons and swearing

1 July 2017 | | ENT, Head and Neck
We will all know colleagues who have raised the act of swearing to an art form; just as Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It could cut a workmate in half with a well-placed swear word, surgeons can be equally...