Auditory Rehabilitation & Clinical Trials Lab

02/07/2025

📢 Join us in Scottsdale, Arizona for the 2025 Population Hearing Healthcare Conference!

Special recognition to Dr. Michelle Arnold, ARCT Lab Director, who will be chairing the conference, and Dr. Naudy Portalatin Miranda, an ARCT Lab member, who will showcase his work.

🔗 Register now to reserve your spot! 
https://www.amauditorysoc.org/

See you in Scottsdale for two days of learning, networking, and advancing hearing healthcare! 🌟

12/30/2024

The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to HEAR. Our Special Olympics athlete received a hearing evaluation and new hearing aids just in time for Christmas. USF Health shares our gratitude to all donors involved in providing the gift of hearing to the Special Olympics athletes. We give special thanks to Special Olympics Healthy Hearing, StarkeyCares, Deshler Diagnostics and the Student Academy of Audiology student volunteers. We wish you all a Happy New Y(Ear).

12/19/2024

Congratulation’s to doctoral student Naudy A. Portalatin-Miranda, AUD on his presentation at ASHA convention! Click the link below to learn more! https://t.co/IxB4jHP6l4

12/16/2024

Congrats to ARCT Lab Authors!

Check out the new ACHIEVE Study Publication! In this secondary analysis, hearing intervention had no association with physical and mental health-related quality-of-life over 3 years among older adults with hearing loss. The outcome evaluated was the the RAND-36 Health Survey which is a psychometrically validated questionnaire consisting of 36 questions that can be grouped to 8 domains of health: physical functioning, role limitations due to physical problems, role limitations due to emotional problems, energy or fatigue, emotional well-being, social functioning, pain, and general health. Although the assessment did not show a difference between treatment groups, make sure to take a deeper look into the some of the sub domains. The domains of social functioning and energy and fatigue trended towards improvement with hearing intervention and these are domains that are often improved with better auditory wellness and are often leading factors that motivate patients to seek hearing healthcare.

Congrats to co-authors from ARCT Lab investigators, Dr. Michelle Arnold, Dr. Victoria Sanchez, and Dr. Terry Chisolm on this new publication!

[Secondary Analysis of a Hearing Intervention and Health-Related Quality of Life in Older Adults]


https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/article-abstract/2826555

12/09/2024

From Audiologists, to Audiologists.  Our ACHIEVE Audiologists enjoyed writing this blog about providing the hearing intervention in the ACHIEVE Study.   There are some quick clinical recommendations, and we also reference many of the recently released ACHIEVE results.

Check it out here! https://audiologyblog.phonakpro.com/achieving-optimal-outcomes-insights-from-the-achieve-study-audiologists-on-treating-hearing-loss-in-older-adults/

11/22/2024

https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0034456
 
Publication Alert!  Check out the new publication from ARCT Lab team members, Dr. Suz Boyle and Dr. Vicky Sanchez.  Along with colleagues at Arizona State University and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, our ARCT Lab team at the University of South Florida investigated the erroneous air-bone gaps often observed in audiology clinics putting patients at risk with inaccurate diagnostic measurements and false indications of middle-ear disease.  The authors hope the research findings will alert both international and American standard committees to make appropriate adjustments so calibrations practices can improve and more accurate thresholds can be obtained in clinics around the world.

10/26/2024

10/17/2024

Interested in participating in innovative cochlear implant (CI) research? Contact us today to find out what opportunities may be available to you!

09/16/2024

Congrats to our ARCT Lab authors, Dr. Michelle Arnold , Dr. Haley Calloway, Dr. Theresa Chisolm, and Dr. Sanchez !  Along with co-authors across eight institutions, they report additional results from the ACHIEVE Study. This publication reports significant improved communication function with hearing intervention that was sustained through 3 years! The authors encourage older adults to be more aware of their hearing and treat hearing loss; and, encourages healthcare providers to routinely check on hearing status and promote hearing intervention given the potential benefit on communication and other health outcomes.
https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/showCitFormats?doi=10.1111%2Fjgs.19185

08/26/2024

The Morsani College of Medicine Department of Otolaryngology at USF is now accepting Audiology Externship applications for the 2024-2025 school year. Applications are due 10/6/2023. Contact Dr. Suzannah Boyle (suzannahb@usf.edu) for any further inquiries.

Here is the link to apply:https://hearcareers.audiology.org/jobs/20455100

08/20/2024

08/19/2024

Click the link to read more about hearing health and it’s importance! 🦻

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23312165241273342