New technology may protect military working dogs from hearing loss

Nov 2019 Sand Hills Express

New technology has been developed to protect U.S. military working dogs from temporary and permanent hearing loss that can arise from high-decibel noise in training, transport and operations.

An Army small business innovation program provided a grant to Zeteo Tech, Inc., a Maryland-based company, to develop the Canine Auditory Protections System (CAPS) to prevent hearing loss in military working dogs, according to a press release from Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Army Research Laboratory.

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Musical tinnitus: A case of the song that never ends

Nov 2019 Fox News

A few years ago, Susan Root may have been like everyone else who plays hit songs over and over, getting one stuck in her head every so often. But one day, Root started hearing a childhood favourite that wouldn’t stop looping in her head.

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Cochlear Implant in Patients with Single Sided Deafness: Hearing Results and Communicative Benefits

Nov 2019 St Louis Childrens Hospital

Over the past decade, cochlear implantation for adults with single-sided hearing loss has proven effective in helping to restore sound awareness and localisation. Building on that success in the adult patient population, the Washington University department of otolaryngology at St. Louis Children’s Hospital began offering cochlear implants for infants, children and adolescents with unilateral severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss. “Hearing from both ears allows the brain to compare the information it is receiving and determine from where a sound is emanating. Those with unilateral hearing loss are unable to localise sound because the brain has insufficient data,” says Washington University otolaryngologist Craig Buchman, MD. “With only one functioning ear, they need to visually search for the sound source and then connect what they are seeing with what they are hearing to localise a source. Once these children reach school age, research suggests that by the fourth or fifth grade they begin to fall behind their peers.”

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Hearing Loss and Hearing Solutions - A Guide

Here at last is our 2018 revision of the "Hearing Loss and Hearing Solutions - A Guide" that we have published in PDF format for the enjoyment of users. Our original version was reviewed very favourably and attracted a lot of viewers.

You can view/download it from this link:  Hearing Loss and Hearing Resources - A Guide (91 pages, 2.4 MB size). 

We welcome edits, corrections, updates, suggestions etc. Contact the authors via email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Here are some of the professional comments about our new 2018 version.

Overall Reactions to Second Edition:
Monica Bray (Cochlear): I’ve just discovered the wonderful Hearing Guide. It's an awesome resource.
Jade Parr (Advanced Bionics): What a great resource.
Roberta Marino (Fiona Stanley Hospital) with permission:
I really enjoyed reading the guide!  It's brilliant. So comprehensive, easy to read and relatable. I'm really impressed with the level of detail and can only imagine the hours you've spent researching new updates. The guide will positively impact so many people including professionals.  I can see it being so useful for instance, at our hospital when new medicos have a rotation in the Ear, Nose and Throat Department or when we have new Audiology students in our Department who are new to implant devices. Again - well done!  It's fantastic there's people like you who are so pro-active and care enough to put in the hundreds of hours required to develop such a useful and thorough guide.

Overall Reactions to First Edition:
Margaret Anderson: It's going to be a great resource for consumers and all sorts of people. Well done for tackling it!
Marie-Louise Hekel: Congratulations on this most thorough publication. You have done a splendid job. It would be a very valuable resource, not only for hearing impaired people, but professional audiologists in particular.
Roberta Marino: I think you’ve done a brilliant job. You really have a great understanding of how the different devices can be applied. If you don’t mind, when the product is finished, I’d like to pass it on to training ENT’s at the major teaching hospitals here in Perth and also the upcoming Audiology students.
Sarah McCullough (Advanced Bionics): Well done on all your hard work
Linda Ballam-Davies (Cochlear): It looks great and you've done a top job.