Culturally responsive hearing care: Simple actions that make a real difference
New research identifies the most important things hearing care professionals can do to better serve clients from diverse ethnic communities.
Clinical Practice
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A nod and a smile are not understanding: Why teach-back matters in audiology
Even the most well-intentioned explanations can be misunderstood. The teach-back technique helps ensure that every patient leaves the clinic truly understanding their hearing care.
Practicing patient conversations with Virtual Personas
This simulated-based learning tool from NAL uses AI-powered Virtual Personas to give audiologists a realistic way to practice patient conversations, building confidence, empathy, and communication skills.
Putting people at the heart of hearing care: Updated BSA guiding principles for person-centered practice
True person-centered care recognizes that hearing loss affects more than one person and that everyone is impacted differently and so needs personalized care.
Human in the Loop: Keeping clinicians central to AI in hearing care
How empathy and clinical expertise ensure technology enhances, not replaces, client care.
Loud sound is everywhere, and so hearing protection should be too
Healthy hearing depends on prevention. Learn why Serenity Choice™ Music earned HearAdvisor’s 2025 award for delivering safe, natural sound at concerts.
COSI™ 2.0: An AI-driven makeover for a classic tool
This new version of COSI™ is an AI-powered tool that guides patients to define meaningful goals before their appointment, making it easier for hearing care professionals to understand their patients’ top listening needs and for patients to recognize the benefits over time.
Hearing and mental health: Practical guidance for audiologists
Audiologist and Senior Lecturer Dr. Emma Laird explains why emotional well-being matters and how audiologists can respond with clarity, confidence and compassion.
Supporting brain health during World Alzheimer’s Month
World Alzheimer’s Month is a time to increase awareness and reduce stigma around dementia. This article highlights the role hearing care professionals can play in supporting clients and families.
Exploring the link between hearing intervention and fall risk in older adults
A secondary analysis from the ACHIEVE study suggests that best practice hearing interventions may help reduce the rate of falls in older adults, offering promising implications for long-term health and mobility.
Social benefits of hearing interventions for older adults: Insights from the ACHIEVE Study
The ACHIEVE team recently published findings from their large, long-term clinical trial suggesting that hearing interventions may support social well-being in older adults by helping preserve social connections and may also reduce perceptions of loneliness.
Is hearing loss a laughing matter?
We often observe hearing loss being treated with humor. Is this a positive thing? The answer is more complex, as we learned from our recent research.