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California Tele-audiology Program Improves Access to Audiologists
Researchers at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) have shown that the California Tele-Audiology Program (CTP), which provides follow-up diagnostic evaluations for infants who did not pass...
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FDA Approves OTIPRIO for the Treatment of Children Undergoing Tympanostomy...
Otonomy Inc (Nasdaq: OTIC), San Diego, announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved OTIPRIO™ (ciprofloxacin otic suspension) for the treatment of pediatric patients with...
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NIDCD Survey Shows 1 in 20 US Children Have Balance Issues
Investigators at the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), have found that more than 1 in 20 US children have...
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Cochlear Debuts Online Resource for Parents of Kids with Hearing Loss
Cochlear’s new online resource, IWantYoutoHear.com, provides parents with answers to their questions about childhood hearing loss and treatment options. According to Cochlear Limited, one to six in...
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New York Times Reports on Decrease in Ear Infections
In an April 2016 blog post for The New York Times titled “Where Have All the Ear Infections Gone?” health writer Perri Klass, MD, draws attention to the fact that prevalence of ear infections (otitis...
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USC Program Helps Develop Literacy for Deaf Children from Bilingual Homes
Deaf and hard-of-hearing children enrolled in the “Come Read with Me” literacy program developed by USC. “Come read with me.” Those can be some of the most powerful words in the development of any...
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Special Hearing Care Project in Bali Seeks Volunteers
A very special hearing healthcare project in Bali was established through the efforts of engineer Nick Liem, who in his retirement, returned to his native country to “give back to the land of his...
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Intervention Improves Follow-up for Newborns with Hearing Loss
Researchers at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center have found that for newborns who fail initial hearing screenings at birth hospitals, targeted intervention helps improve follow-up rates by...
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Phonak Supports Soccer Training Camp for Kids
Phonak, a manufacturer of hearing instruments and wireless communications solutions, has joined Bundesliga youth team player Simon Ollert in inviting children with hearing loss from six countries to a...
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Book on Children with Cochlear Implants Released in 2nd Edition
Plural Publishing has released the second edition of Clinical Management of Children with Cochlear Implants, a comprehensive volume written by leading researchers, clinicians, and educators in the...
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Auditory Processing Disorders Diagnosed via Combined Tests
In concert with Hearing Awareness Week, August 21-27, HEARing CRC announces that a new combination of tests help health professionals working with children with listening difficulties more accurately...
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Automated Screening Could Help Identify Speech-Language Disorders
Researchers at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital’s Institute of Health Professions say that for children with speech and language...
View ArticleKids with Tourette Have Sound-processing Language Advantage
Children with Tourette syndrome (TS) may process aspects of language faster than other children, a new study shows. Researchers from Newcastle University in the United Kingdom, and Northwestern, Johns...
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Otonomy Enrolls Patients for Phase 2 Trial of OTO-104 for Prevention of...
Otonomy Inc, San Diego, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative therapeutics for diseases and disorders of the ear, has announced the enrollment of...
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Letter: CAPD and the Need for Early Intervention in Children Younger than Age 7
Dear Editor: I write this letter on behalf of my colleagues and fellow audiologists who conduct auditory processing evaluations on children. It has become a matter of great importance to those of us...
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15th Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children to Be Held in July
The CI2017 Pediatric Symposium will be held July 26-29, 2017 at San Francisco Hilton, Union Square. Co-organized by the American Cochlear Implant Alliance (ACIA), the Stanford University School of...
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Ear Infections Over the Ages
EXPERT ROUNDTABLE: Music & Hearing | February 2017 Hearing Review OME remains the most common infection for which antibiotics are prescribed. By Kenneth Einhorn, MD Whenever the topic of hearing,...
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Auditory Brainstem Development Problems Linked to Nicotine Exposure
Abnormal development of the auditory brainstem in children and subsequent hearing problems can be the result of nicotine exposure, both before and after birth, according to a mouse model study...
View ArticleDegree of Hearing Loss for Children with EVA May Be Predictable
It may be possible to predict the severity of hearing loss for children diagnosed with enlarged vestibular aqueduct, according to a new study published in JAMA-Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery....
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Gene Related to Waardenburg Syndrome 2A Identified
Researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health, have identified the genetic underpinnings of a rare disorder that causes children to be born with deafness,...
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