Insurance Mergers May Reduce Choice Says AMA
July 29th, 2015Posted in Blog
In a health insurance environment that is in a state of flux with health coverage becoming tougher to get, particularly coverage of hearing care and hearing aids, the American Medical Association raised some important points around the issue of changes that are being driven by insurance mergers. According to AMA President Steven J. Stack, MD,
Read MoreMagnetic Pulses to Brain Bring Relief for Tinnitus Patients
July 22nd, 2015Posted in Blog
In the largest US clinical trial of its kind funded by the Veterans Affairs (VA) Rehabilitation Research and Development Service, the VA Portland Medical Center and Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) reports that researchers have found that transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) significantly improved tinnitus symptoms for more than half of study participants. Their findings
Read MoreVitamin Prevents and Treats Noise-Induced Hearing Loss in Animal Study
July 15th, 2015Posted in Blog
A supplement that scientists describe as the precursor to vitamin B3 may help prevent and treat noise-induced hearing loss, researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College and the Gladstone Institutes have found. In new research published Tuesday in the journal Cell Metabolism, a chemical called nicotinamide riboside (NR) successfully prevented short- and long-term hearing loss in
Read MoreResearchers Develop Hearing Aid that Can “See”
July 8th, 2015Posted in Blog
A next-generation hearing aid which can “see” is being developed at the University of Stirling in Scotland where a research team led by a computer scientist is designing an aid to help users in noisy environments. The new hearing device will use a miniaturized camera that can lip-read, process visual information in real time, and seamlessly fuse
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