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Teenagers and Screen Time

Audiologists often ask how their patients with hearing loss spend their leisure time, both to identify critical listening…

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Victimization of Teenagers by Bullying

Do you work with teenagers as part of your clinical practice? If so, you will want to read…

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Hearing Loss on the Rise in Africa

Hearing loss is on the rise in Africa, according to a recent report from the World Health Organization…

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Expanding Genetic Screening to Improve Newborn Hearing Loss Detection

In China, medical practitioners have used concurrent newborn hearing and limited genetic screening for over a decade to…

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Scientists Uncover Auditory ‘Sixth Sense’ in Geckos

Researchers from the University of Maryland recently published a study revealing that geckos use their saccule—a part of…

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Echoes of Risk: Noise-Induced Hearing Loss in Dentistry

For audiologists, it is no surprise that dental professionals remain at risk of developing noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL)….

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