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March 10, 2020
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Maximize Patient Benefits from Advanced Hearing Technology
By Kelly Wolfgang

With greater technological advancements than ever before, audiologists today have the opportunity to improve patients' hearing outcomes in an unprecedented way. But how can audiologists maximize this opportunity to bridge the gap between patient needs and complex technology? Read More.

Hearing Aid Leasing Solves Technology, Cost Challenges
By Robert M. Traynor, EdD, MBA, FNAP

Rapidly advancing hearing technology and the spending habits of baby boomers revive the old hearing aid leasing model as a viable alternative to the current service bundle model. Read More.

Effect of Age-Related Hearing Loss on Neuropsychological Test Performance
By Christina G. Wong, PhD; Lisa J. Rapport, PhD; Brad A. Stach, PhD; and Virginia Ramachandran, AuD, PhD

Patients with hearing loss are at higher risk of being misdiagnosed or inaccurately identified as having cognitive impairment because the assessment methods of many cognitive tests could be unduly affected by the patients' impaired hearing. Read More.

Misophonia: A Neurologic, Psychologic, and Audiologic Complex
By Ali Asghar Danesh, PhD, and Hashir Aazh, PhD

Misophonia may not have been formally categorized and much remains unknown about this condition, but a large body of research that can help audiologists better understand the condition and patients find the appropriate treatment exists in the literature. Read More.

Symptom: Ear Canal Mass
By Hamid Djalilian, MD; Brooke Sarna; and Mehdi Abouzari, MD, PhD

An 84-year-old man presents with pain in his right ear for one month, which is exacerbated by chewing and accompanied by yellow discharge, bleeding, aural pressure, and hearing loss. What's the diagnosis? Read More.


ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: BONUS VIDEOS

WATCH accompanying patient videos online to improve your diagnosis of this month's Clinical Consultation Case.

The Importance of Signed Languages for Deaf Children and Their Families
By Joseph J. Murray, PhD; Wyatt C. Hall, PhD; and Kristin Snoddon, PhD

Early and consistent exposure to signed languages is crucial to the neurocognitive and linguistic development of deaf children and can work in conjunction with spoken language interventions to help these children achieve age-appropriate fluency. Read More.

How Theory Can Influence Hearing Aid Use
By Carly Meyer, PhD, and Susan Michie, PhD

Theories and models of behavior change like the COM-B model and Behavior Change Wheel have considerable potential to help audiologists enable change in behaviors that underpin improved outcomes for adults with hearing loss. Read More.

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