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The Center for Hearing and Speech Appoints Kyle Swift as CEO
After an extensive search, The Center for Hearing and Speech—a United Way of Greater Houston agency offering resources for pediatric hearing loss—announced that Kyle Swift has been selected as the...
View ArticleSensorion Receives IND Clearance from FDA on Hearing Loss Drug
Sensorion (ALSEN.PA) (FR0012596468 – ALSEN), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company which specializes in the development of novel therapies to restore, treat, and prevent inner ear diseases such as...
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The University of Miami Hosts 16th Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children
Cochlear implants are changing the lives of children like Kennedy Patlan. Born in Dallas and raised in Miami, Patlan received a cochlear implant more than 20 years ago, and became the first deaf...
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Auditec Releases Spanish Pediatric Picture Identification Test (SPPIT) and...
The Spanish Pediatric Picture Identification Test (SPPIT) Testing the growing population of native Spanish-speaking children seen in audiology clinics can be a challenge to the audiologist without...
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Rick J. Caruso and Idina Menzel Support ‘Let California Kids Hear’ Campaign
Award-winning actress and musician Idina Menzel and Caruso Founder and Chief Executive Officer Rick J. Caruso hosted a press conference on August 12 in support of “Let California Kids Hear,” a...
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University of Warwick Launches Standardized Tool to Assess Cognitive,...
A new paper published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health and co-authored by a University of Warwick researcher provides standardized scores for The Parent Report of Children’s Abilities...
View ArticleUK Charity Issues Warning That Deaf Children Are Being ‘Left Behind’
Deaf children across England are struggling at every stage of their education because of “a lifetime of being left behind,” according to an announcement posted on the UK-based National Deaf Children’s...
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Marvel 2.0 Makes RogerDirect Available in All Phonak Marvel Hearing Aids
Phonak announced the introduction of the Marvel 2.0, described as “the next generation of Marvel technology developed to give hearing aid wearers even more hearing performance, more connectivity, and...
View ArticlePhonak Launches Sky Marvel for Children
Phonak, a hearing aid provider, announced that it is extending the benefits of Marvel hearing aid technology to children and infants with Sky Marvel (M). The Sky M was designed and engineered to...
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Oticon Launches Xceed, Xceed Play, and CROS Hearing Solutions
Oticon announced the arrival of new adult and pediatric power hearing aids as well as a new CROS/BiCROS hearing solution to the Oticon Velox S family of hearing solutions. Oticon Xceed reportedly gives...
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Researchers Develop Storytelling App for Deaf Children who Speak in Sign...
Advances in digital technology including tablets, smartphones, and mobile apps have revolutionized the way people interact, communicate, and learn at home (and in classrooms) around the world. Now, an...
View ArticleAustralian Child’s Hearing Loss Databank Can Help Researchers Worldwide
A unique Victorian databank that profiles children with hearing loss will help researchers globally understand why some children adapt and thrive, while others struggle, according to an announcement on...
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Vanderbilt Receives $3.2 Million NIH Grant to Study Reading Skills in...
By Joan Brasher, Public Affairs Officer Vanderbilt University has been awarded a $3.2 million grant by the National Institutes of Health to better understand how children who are deaf or hard of...
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Pediatric Hearing Loss May Lead to Changes in Brain’s Sound Processing
Deafness in early childhood is known to lead to lasting changes in how sounds are processed in the brain, but new research published in eLife shows that even mild-to-moderate levels of hearing loss in...
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Unilateral Hearing Loss in Children: Current Perspectives
SPECIAL ISSUE: Unilateral Hearing Loss | October 2019 Hearing Review A brief review of the literature about UHL in children and management options By Anne Marie Tharpe, PhD It is now indisputable that...
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Unilateral Hearing Loss: Underappreciated, Undertreated
Staff Standpoint | October 2019 Hearing Review Introduction to Special Issue on Unilateral Hearing Loss By Karl E. Strom, editor Decades of research have proven why binaural hearing provides a wealth...
View ArticleDeaf Infants May Be More Attuned to Parent’s Visual Cues, New Research Shows
By Kim Eckart, Public Information Officer, University of Washington News Eye gaze helps infants communicate. Through everyday interactions, eye gaze establishes a social connection between parent and...
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Phonak Conducted Workshop on Pediatric Autism Spectrum Disorder
From October 7-8, experts in the fields of autism, education, psychology, and hearing and speech sciences convened at Phonak US headquarters in Warrenville, Ill to discuss the assessment and management...
View ArticleBabies’ Cries May Reflect Language Heard in Utero
Dr Kathleen Wermke, head of Würzburg University Clinic’s Center for Pre-Speech Development and Developmental Disorders, has produced a body of research suggesting that babies’ cries are influenced by...
View ArticleGenedrive Pediatric Hearing Screening Test Receives CE Marking
Genedrive plc (LSE: GDR), the near patient molecular diagnostics company, announced that its Antibiotic Induced Hearing Loss test, the Genedrive MT-RNR1 ID kit, has obtained CE marking. The Genedrive...
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