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Idiopathic Musical Ear Syndrome in a Young Adult: A Case Report and Therapeutic Response Purpose: Musical ear syndrome (MES), or musical hallucinations, is a rare auditory phenomenon involving the perception of music in the absence of...

An idiopathic occurrence of musical ear syndrome, or musical hallucinations, in a young female with normal hearing is presented in this case report, highlighting the potential efficacy of structured auditory therapy in reducing symptom distress.

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Hearing Recovery in Patients Treated for Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate factors related to hearing recovery in patients treated for idiopathic sudden sensorineural...

Authors of this #AJA study investigate factors related to hearing recovery in patients treated for idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss.

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From Diagnosis to Dialogue: Audiologists' Insights on Communicating the Diagnosis of Permanent Childhood Hearing Loss to Parents Purpose: The current study explored audiologists' experiences and related insights when communicating the audiological findings to parents of chi...

Audiologists' experiences and related insights when communicating the audiological findings to parents of children diagnosed with permanent hearing loss are explored in this #AJA study.

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Accessibility of University Audiology Clinics Purpose: Access to hearing health care remains a major issue for people with hearing and balance disorders across the lifespan. University audiol...

Authors look at the #accessibility of university #audiology clinics in various domains including financial barriers, LGBTQ+-inclusive facilities, physical access, scheduling, transportation, financial assistance, and communication.

https://on.asha.org/4rchLwj #aud2b

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From Spectral Resolution to Speech Perception: A Review of Findings in Postlingually Deafened Adult Cochlear Implant Listeners Purpose: Reduced spectral resolution limits speech recognition in cochlear implant (CI) listeners. Although many studies have examined this assoc...

This narrative review synthesizes findings from studies of postlingually deafened adult cochlear implant listeners, focusing on psychophysical measures of spectral resolution and their strengths and limitations.

https://on.asha.org/4bo8L2q #Audiology #aud2b

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Future Audiologists as Social Entrepreneurs: Creating Value Beyond Audiograms and Hearing Aids Purpose: Shifting reimbursement models, evolving consumer expectations, advances in teleaudiology and cochlear implant care, and the rise of over...

The role of the audiologist is evolving, and this article from Perspectives proposes and demonstrates a curricular model implementing social entrepreneurship, foresight education, and challenge-based learning https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_PERSP-25-00064 #AuDPeeps #AuD2B

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Audiologist Dispersion and Workforce Sufficiency in Texas: A Public Health Investigation Purpose: Limited access to qualified professionals prevents children and adults with hearing loss from receiving timely care needed to mitigate t...

The audiologist workforce in Texas is insufficient to meet the hearing health care needs of the population in 96% of counties, according to new #AJA study.

https://on.asha.org/4qktx7t #audiology #aud2b

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Apple AirPods Pro 2 Live Listen as an Assistive Listening Device Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the benefit of the Apple AirPods Pro 2 Live Listen feature on speech recognition and recall in...

Study finds that the Live Listen feature of the Apple AirPods Pro 2 significantly improved speech-in-noise performance in older adults.

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Outcomes From an Interprofessional Preschool Hearing Health Education Program Purpose: Outcomes from an interprofessional preschool hearing health education curriculum, Love My Ears (LME), are presented. LME was developed b...

Outcomes from an interprofessional preschool hearing health education curriculum, Love My Ears, are presented in this new #AJA research note.

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A Survey of Teachers' Knowledge of Audiology in an Educational Setting Purpose: In the United States, hearing loss has been found in 10%–20% of the pediatric population. Pediatric hearing loss can negatively impact a...

It’s Research Tuesday!

This study reveals a disconnect between teachers and audiologists in schools.

Learn how authors encourage audiologists to advocate for their role in the classroom: https://at.asha.org/SI

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Analyzing the Relationship Between Real-Ear Measures, the Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit, and Hearing Aid Retention Purpose: Hearing loss is one of the most common chronic conditions in adults aged 65 years or older. Despite the variety of hearing devices and s...

Many individuals with hearing loss don't seek hearing aids and when they do, they are sometimes returned. This study from #ASHASIG6 looked objective and subjective measures related to hearing aid retention https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_PERSP-24-00203 #AuDPeeps #AuD2B

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Innovations in Auditory and Vestibular eHealth: Proceedings from the 11th Biennial Conference of the National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research Can't sign in? Forgot your password?

Newly published in AJA: Innovations in Auditory and Vestibular eHealth: Proceedings from the 11th Biennial Conference of the National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research

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Development of Competency Criteria for Real-Ear Measurement: Findings From a Modified E-Delphi Round 1 Background: Hearing aid verification ensures that appropriate audibility and access to the speech signal are provided to the hearing aid user. Be...

Researchers sought to obtain consensus on key competency criteria expected for audiologists performing hearing aid verification across the lifespan to ensure effective real-ear performance evaluation.

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Best Practices With Cart-Based Synchronous Audiology Purpose: The purpose of this clinical focus article is to summarize the processes used at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System (...

Processes used for cart-based synchronous audiology at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System are explored in this clinical focus article.

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Job Performance and Worker Health Implications of Unpaid Health Care Field Training: The Case of the Final-Year Audiology Externship Purpose: In the United States, final-year externs in clinical audiology play an important role in clinical practices, yet many are unpaid for the...

This article argues that fair monetary compensation for the work that externs perform is essential for the well-being of trainees and for the quality of the clinical services they provide.

https://on.asha.org/4o5n1zE #aud2b #audiology

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Audiological Parameters and Musical Perception in Cochlear Implant Users: Traditional Versus Anatomy-Based Fittings of OTOPLAN Purpose: The aim of this prospective study was to compare the results of the traditional cochlear implant fitting method and the anatomy-based fi...

After comparing the results of the traditional cochlear implant fitting method and the anatomy-based method, authors find that cochlear implant users performed better with anatomy-based fitting.

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Assessing the Interplay Between Basic Auditory Processing and Cognitive Abilities Across Development Purpose: This study examined maturational differences in basic auditory processing between children and young adults using the Portable Automated...

Findings suggest that core auditory processing abilities, particularly those related to fine temporal cues and spatial hearing, continue to mature into adolescence.

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Video Head Impulse Test Can Reveal Silent Vestibular Dysfunction in Normal-Hearing Individuals With Tinnitus Purpose: Tinnitus may be an early indication of cochleovestibular pathology in individuals with normal hearing. The present study characterizes t...

The Head Impulse Paradigm and the Suppression Head Impulse Paradigm are characterized in this study among normal-hearing individuals with tinnitus.

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Test–Retest Reliability and Variability Over Time for Repeated Audiometric Assessment in Individuals With Down Syndrome Purpose: High rates of hearing loss are observed for individuals with Down syndrome, and regular hearing assessment is recommended for children a...

This study evaluated variability of pure-tone thresholds measured within and across test sessions for individuals with Down syndrome.

https://on.asha.org/3Kh3Qo8 #AJA #aud2b

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Impact of Short-Term Hearing Aid Use on Cognitive Performance, Noise Acceptance, and Self-Perceived Benefit Purpose: Given emerging evidence suggesting a correlation between hearing and cognitive performance, hearing loss may be a modifiable risk factor...

In a study by Schafer et al., older adults achieved significantly improved cognitive performance, self-reported hearing difficulties, and noise acceptance after 2 and 4 months of hearing aid use.

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Clinical Adaptation of the Minimum Speech Test Battery–Version 3 Purpose: The Minimum Speech Test Battery–Version 3 for adults (MSTB-3) was released in 2024 as an evidence-based, streamlined test battery for pr...

Authors find that the Minimum Speech Test Battery–Version 3 (MSTB-3) has facilitated greater consistency in CI evaluation and follow-up care, addressing historical variability in clinical practices.

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Same Potential, Different Muscle: Masseter Acoustic/Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials Can Also Be Recorded From Temporalis Muscle Purpose: The masseter acoustic/vestibular evoked myogenic potential (mVEMP) is a recently developed electrophysiological tool used to assess otol...

Newly published in #AJA: Same Potential, Different Muscle: Masseter Acoustic/Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials Can Also Be Recorded From Temporalis Muscle

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The Effect of an Apparent Hearing Device and Hearing Loss Degree on Social Appearance Anxiety and Self-Esteem Purpose: Individuals with health loss may refrain from using medical products due to concerns about their appearance. This study aimed to examine...

Individuals with health loss may refrain from using medical products due to concerns about their appearance. This study aimed to examine the impact of hearing loss or the use of a hearing device on social appearance anxiety and self-esteem.

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Normative Performance Functions for the Modified Connected Speech Test Purpose: The Connected Speech Test (CST) assesses an individual's ability to understand everyday contextualized running speech amidst competing b...

The aim of this study was to collect normative data, characterizing performance on the updated Connected Speech Test.

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Remote Cochlear Implant Services to Improve Veteran Outcomes Purpose: Cochlear implants (CIs) are an effective strategy for managing patients with hearing loss who derive limited benefit from other treatmen...

Researchers describe various models of care and provide solutions that are replicable throughout the Veterans Health Administration for meeting the needs of our most severely hard of hearing Veterans.

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Characterization of Shared Patient Factors in Children Who Have Undergone Sedated Auditory Brainstem Response Evaluation Purpose: This study aims to characterize patient characteristics of children undergoing sedated auditory brainstem response (ABR) at a tertiary-l...

This study aims to characterize patient characteristics of children undergoing sedated auditory brainstem response at a tertiary-level medical center.

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Tracking of Noise Tolerance Test Outcomes With the International Speech Test Signal Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess whether using the International Speech Test Signal (ISTS) as a nonmeaningful target signal chang...

New #AJA study assess whether using the International Speech Test Signal as a nonmeaningful target signal changes listener outcomes on the Tracking of Noise Tolerance test.

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Advance Contextual Clues Alleviate Listening Effort During Sentence Repair in Listeners With Hearing Aids Purpose: When words are misperceived, listeners can rely on later context to repair an auditory perception, at the cost of increased effort. The ...

New #JSLHR study by Gianakas et al. examines how advance contextual information can alleviate the effort required to repair misperceptions in adults who use #hearing aids. on.asha.org/3XJccsK

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Acute Comparison of Mild-Gain Hearing Aid Approaches in an Adult With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Long-Term Effects of Mild-Gain Amplification on Speech Perception in Noise and Self-Reported Hearing-Related Disability, Hyperacusis, and Quality of Life Objective: This report documents the effects of hearing treatment in an adult with a history of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and normal per...

#AJA study results add to the growing evidence supporting the benefits of mild-gain hearing aids for adults w/ mTBI & self-reported speech-in-noise deficits despite normal hearing acuity. on.asha.org/3EWleMv

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Acute Comparison of Mild-Gain Hearing Aid Approaches in an Adult With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Long-Term Effects of Mild-Gain Amplification on Speech Perception in Noise and Self-Reported Hearing-Related Disability, Hyperacusis, and Quality of Life Objective: This report documents the effects of hearing treatment in an adult with a history of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and normal per...

#AJA study results add to the growing evidence supporting the benefits of mild-gain hearing aids for adults w/ mTBI & self-reported speech-in-noise deficits despite normal hearing acuity. on.asha.org/3EWleMv

@SIGPerspectives @CSDisseminate #AUDPeeps #aud2b

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