PATIENT CARE
Issue Stories
Mind the Ports! The Effect of Severe Microphone Inlet Occlusion
Maintaining microphone ports, ensuring they are free from occlusion, is very important to the function of the hearing aid. Severe occlusion of the rear microphone port may produce values of greater than 15 dB of increased output for non-frontally arriving sound that is otherwise attenuated by the directional processing.
Attenuation Values of a Noise-Cancelling Headphone
A study that looks at the attenuation value provided by a popular noise-cancelling headphone in the presence of high-level white noise, and a discussion of what this means in recommendations for hearing conservation.
The Case for Using Multiple Antioxidants in Hearing Disorders
The scientific rationale for using dietary and endogenous antioxidants to prevent and improve hearing disorders.
Staff Standpoint
We Need More Months Like May
Lost in the Fog: Psychological Aspects of Adult Onset Hearing Loss
Secondary trauma relative to hearing loss is not only about one's disability, or the loss of hearing; it's also about the insensitivity of others. In Paul's case, he felt helpless and angry—like he was trapped in a traffic jam with nowhere to go and with others around him going on their merry way. For some, like Paul, they find a way out through a productive outlet that refuels them emotionally.
News Stories
Sonic Innovations Establishes Fund for Armed Forces Foundation
Utah-based company will donate up to $50 for each Velocity hearing aid purchase to benefit US service personnel.
7/2/2008
Country Music Stars Offered Free Hearing Services At CMA Music Festival
Premier Micronutrient Corporation joins The EAR Foundation to advocate hearing protection
6/30/2008
Top Stories
Hearing Loss Is Common in People with Diabetes
Although probably not surprising to dispensing professionals, the results suggest that hearing loss is twice as common in adults with diabetes. Diabetes may lead to hearing loss by damaging the nerves and blood vessels of the inner ear, the researchers suggest, and those with diabetes should consider having their hearing tested.
6/26/2008
Research
Nuisance Noise Silenced by an Acoustic Cloak
Possible future uses of metamaterials--or manmade cellular structures--could include military applications, concert halls, and even noisy neighbors.
6/26/2008
Products and Resources
New Device for Ear Ventilation Tubes in Development
A byproduct of their work was the creation of an anatomically exact model of the ear canal, which was developed to test the tool.
6/26/2008
Reuters Health Stories
Older chemotherapy regimens of little benefit for mesothelioma
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Two different chemotherapy regimens failed to prolong survival or improve quality of life in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), according to results of the MS01 trial reported in the May 17 issue of The Lancet.
5/15/2008 6:30:23 PM
Interleukin 12/23 monoclonal antibody useful for psoriasis
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Ustekinumab, a human monoclonal antibody directed against interleukin 12 and 23, is an effective treatment for moderate-to-severe psoriasis, according to the results of the PHOENIX 1 and 2 trials appearing in the May 17th issue of The Lancet.
5/15/2008 6:30:15 PM
Amyloid beta plasma levels fail to predict Alzheimer's disease
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Plasma levels of two amyloid beta proteins -- Abeta1-40 and Abeta1-42, both of which are important components of senile plaque -- do not appear to be useful biomarkers for development of Alzheimer's disease (AD), according to research published in the May 6th issue of Neurology.
5/15/2008 3:21:14 PM
Intervention curbs pediatric ICU bloodstream infections
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A systematic series of measures produced a significant reduction in rates of central line-associated bloodstream infections in a pediatric cardiac intensive care unit, according to researchers.
5/15/2008 3:13:14 PM
Nerve block useful for hot flushes and sleep trouble in breast cancer survivors
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A stellate-ganglion block can safely reduce hot flushes and improve nighttime sleep in survivors of breast cancer, according to results of a small pilot study reported in the May 15th online issue of The Lancet Oncology.
5/14/2008 6:30:07 PM
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