Here are the references for the Spring 2025 issue of Hearing Health.
World Health Organization (WHO). “New WHO and ITU standard aims to prevent hearing loss among gamers.” Feb. 28, 2025.
WHO. “Video gamers worldwide may be risking irreversible hearing loss and/or tinnitus.” Jan. 17, 2024.
“From Lymphoma Survivor to Hyperacusis Fighter,” page 16:
“Audacious With Chion Wolf” (NPR). “Sensitive sounds and sweaty skin: Unraveling hyperacusis and hyperhidrosis.” June 2, 2023.
Hyperacusis Research. “Dave Vance’s story: I had cancer. I have Hyperacusis. Hyperacusis is worse.” Nov. 3, 2022.
“A Push for Hearing Devices That Are ‘ADA-Access-Ready,’” page 20:
Center for Hearing Access resources:
Unequivocally Advocating for Changes to Access ADA Assistive Listening Systems.
Overview of Declaration. Changes Needed to Access ADA Assistive Listening Systems/
Declaration for the United States. Specific actions in five areas: Hearing instrument manufacturers; audiologists and hearing instrument providers; professional organizations for audiologists and other hearing instrument providers; assistive listening system manufacturers; and assistive listening system installers.
What is needed for Auracast streamed ALS to be available and usable. Bullet points describing what is needed, some expectations and considerations.
15 years of international declarations produced by several organizations are available on the Center for Hearing Access Declaration webpage, including the European Federation of Hard of Hearing People (EFHOH) Position Statement on Auracast and Telecoils (October 2024).
Sterkens, Juliëtte; Whyman, Wynne. Helping People Hear Anywhere with Telecoils and Auracast, Canadian Audiologist. Canadian Audiologist, 2025.
“The Formula for Hearing Better in Noisy Places,” page 24:
SoundPrint. Research.
“Those Sour Notes May Be Your Hearing Aids,” page 28:
Allsop, Matthew. “Optimizing Hearing Aids for Music: A Practical Guide.” HearingTracker, May 23, 2023.
Kleinman, Zoe. “Digital hearing aids ‘distort recorded music.’” BBC News, Oct. 28, 2014.
Musicians’ Clinics of Canada. The Problem With Frequency Compression and Music.
Powers, By Thomas A.; Heuermann, Heike; Hannemann, Ronny. “10 Questions About Frequency Compression.” The Hearing Review, Oct. 11, 2013.University of Iowa. “Tips for Listening to Music with Hearing Aids (HAs).” Jan. 11, 2022.
“Recent Research by Hearing Health Foundation Scientists, Explained,” page 38:
Dietlmeier, Julia, et al. “Towards Investigating Residual Hearing Loss: Quantification of Fibrosis in a Novel Cochlear OCT Dataset.” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Feb. 3, 2025.
Kim, Eric K., et al. “Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing (TDABC) in Otolaryngology: A Scoping Review.” Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Dec. 22, 2024.
Kizeev, Gabrielle; Witteveen, Isabelle; Balmer, Timothy. “Balance Performance in Aged Mice is Dependent on Unipolar Brush Cells.” The Cerebellum, Dec. 19, 2024.
Mo, J.T., et al. “Machine-Learning Predictions of Cochlear Implant Functional Outcomes: A Systematic Review,” Ear and Hearing, January 2025.
Seist, R.; Copeland, J.S.; Tao, Litao; Groves, A.K. “Rational design of a Lfng-enhancer AAV construct drives specific and efficient gene expression in inner ear supporting cells.” Hearing Research, March 2025.
Witteveen, Isabelle; Balmer, Timothy. “Comparative Analysis of Six Adeno-Associated Viral Vector Serotypes in Mouse Inferior Colliculus and Cerebellum.” eNeuro, Oct. 28, 2024.
