This Week in Hearing

Dr. Rene Gifford, professor in the hearing and speech science department at Vanderbilt University and MD/PhD student, Ansley Kunneth, join Brian Taylor for a wide-ranging conversation on how auditory regenerative medications could change the way Audiology is practiced.   

They also share the details of a clinical trial involving donepezil, a drug that improves cognitive function in Alzheimer's patients, in adult cochlear implant recipients.

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Last October, the Sound Sensation Music Festival took place in Vienna, Austria, with deaf and hard of hearing musicians from around the world participating in performances and workshops. Roy Smith, a 74-year-old local musician from Chapel Hill, represented the USA in the festival.   In this episode, Shari Eberts sits down with Roy Smith and Johanna Boyer, a musicologist and research associate with MED-EL. Johanna has been with the company since 2012, focusing on music and cochlear implants, and is a leading researcher in the field. As a singer and user of a cochlear implant herself, Johanna brings a unique perspective to her work, and regularly performs and teaches music, as well as conducting work with choirs.   Their conversation explored Roy's experiences with hearing loss and his journey to rediscover his love for music through his cochlear implants, as well as Johanna's research on music perception through CIs and the importance of music for people with hearing loss.  

More information about the festival can be found here: https://hearlife.medel.com/campaigns/sound-sensation

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MIT spinout, Xander, recently unveiled its first product at CES 2023 in Las Vegas. XanderGlasses are powered by Vuzix smart glasses and display real-time captions of in-person conversations to help people with hearing loss. In this augmented reality experience, captions are displayed seamlessly right in the field of view of the wearer.  

In this episode, host Amyn Amlani talks with Xander's Co-Founder and CEO, Alex Westner, and the Founder & CEO of Vuzix, Paul Travers. They discuss the motivation behind the creation of XanderGlasses, how the technology was developed, why they chose to partner with Vuzix and the new and emerging use cases for XanderGlasses.  

Following a successful pre-seed fundraise in January, the company hopes to have two models of XanderGlasses available for purchase in mid-year 2023.  

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VA Audiologist Steve Huart, AuD, sits down with Brian Taylor to talk about the collaborative 5 M’s approach to geriatric care and what it means to age healthily. Dr. Huart describes how audiology is part of a multi-disciplinary approach at the VA and provides background on the Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC).  

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The annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) recently took place in Las Vegas, Nevada, where companies across the globe had the opportunity to showcase a range of new and emerging technologies.   

This week, host Dave Kemp is joined by Andy Bellavia, Founder of AuraFuturity, and Kevin Liebe, AuD, President and CEO of HHTM, to discuss their recent experience at CES, where a number of audio and hearing-related technologies were on display.  They discuss the implications of the latest trends and key takeaways for the hearing health and audio industries.

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The Giants of Audiology is a segment where host Bob Traynor will be joined by some of the profession’s most influential figures. In this week's episode, we are joined by Dr. Frank Musiek - a renowned hearing researcher, scholar, teacher and clinical audiologist. His research career has contributed in a substantial way to our fundamental understanding of the anatomy, physiology and neurophysiology of the human auditory system.   

Dr. Musiek has published over 140 refereed articles and presented more than 220 invited lectures and seminars and nearly 300 papers at national and international conferences, research symposia and other venues around the world. He has developed four clinical audiologic tests, three of which are mainstays of the clinical central auditory test battery. He has published nine books and authored no fewer than 35 book chapters.  

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Over the past two decades, the audiology workforce has not been keeping pace with an aging population that is increasingly in need of hearing and balance services. When compared to the growth rates of other similar allied health professions during that time, audiology's lack of growth is troubling.  

In this episode, host Dave Kemp talks with Dr. Victor Bray about the recently published audiology workforce analysis he co-authored with Dr. Amyn Amlani. The pair also discuss Dr. George Osborne's original vision behind the AuD movement set forth decades ago and the importance for audiologists to obtain limited license practitioner status to ensure a sustainable future for the profession.  

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This week, Tim Schnell, Founder and CEO of Lucid Hearing, sits down with Brian Taylor to discuss Lucid Hearing's wide range of products including both prescription and OTC hearing aids, hearing protection and other devices.

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Nearly one year ago, Drs. Kevin Frank and Carl LeBel were on TWiH to discuss the exciting possibilities of regenerative medicine in hearing and the incredible progress, Frequency Therapeutics, has made on understanding the potential of applying it to clinical practice.   

This week they joined Brian Taylor to update us on two clinical trials and how the results of these two trials could expand the scope of hearing restoration in the future.   

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In November, GN announced that it was expanding the Jabra Enhance hearing offering to include Lively, a leading direct-to-consumer (DTC) hearing aid provider. Lively, which was acquired by GN in 2021, has now rebranded to Jabra Enhance and launched a new website, JabraEnhance.com, as an "online destination for better hearing enabling consumers to explore, purchase and receive hearing care from home". 

In this episode, Dr. Bob Traynor interviews CEO Adam Karp on the decision to rebrand Lively and why he believes the company can accelerate its plans being part of a larger brand like Jabra.

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