CI Candidacy: Disparity, Access among Medicare Beneficiary By Sarah Sydlowski, AuD, PhD Increased access to cochlear implants for Medicare beneficiaries must come from not only expanded candidacy criteria but also reimbursement commensurate with the cost of providing the service and realigning service delivery to maximize efficiency. Read More. SPECIAL SECTION: UPDATES IN COCHLEAR IMPLANT CANDIDACY CI for SSD: Translating New Indications into Better Patient Outcomes By Sarah Sydlowski, AuD, PhD Cochlear implants have been shown to confer hearing, quality of life, and educational benefits on adult and pediatric users with single-sided deafness, but barriers to embracing its application and extending its access remain. Read More. By the Numbers: Medicare and Cochlear Implant Coverage By Ian M. Windmill, PhD Payments from Medicare for audiologic billing codes associated with cochlear implant services have seen a steady increase over the past few years for non-facility providers, and this trend is likely to continue as demand for CIs grows. Read more. Economics of Cochlear Implant Utilization By Mark E. Votruba, PhD, and Sarah Sydlowski, AuD, PhD Lack of up-to-date cost-effectiveness evidence may be an important barrier to CI utilization since provider, payer, and patient focus will continue to be directed toward the increased cost of CI over a hearing aid, an incomplete and inaccurate view. Read More. Genetic Susceptibility to Hearing Loss from Noise Exposure By Patricia M. White, PhD Understanding genetic variants associated with noise-induced hearing loss can reveal the cellular basis for noise susceptibility and can in turn enable characterization of individual susceptibilities and prevent this condition. Read More. Sex Differences in Sound Processing By Nina Kraus, PhD Dr. Kraus and her team at Brainvolts looked into the biological sex differences in auditory function in 600 preschoolers, adolescents, and adults. They found that sex differences are not fixed from birth, significantly contributing to our understanding of why males seem more vulnerable to language disorders than females. Read More. Does Evidence Support Audiological Internet-based Interventions? By Eldré Beukes, PhD, and Vinaya Manchaiah, PhD Hearing care providers play a central role in advocating for the inclusion of internet-based interventions, which have been shown to improve treatment and quality of life outcomes and promote self-management among those with hearing loss. Read More. Diagnose This Clinical Case Study By Hamid R. Djalilian, MD An 87-year-old man whose left cochlear implant sounds too low in frequency and is more "treble than base" presents with arrhythmia and valvular heart disease. What's the diagnosis? ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: BONUS VIDEOS WATCH accompanying patient videos online to improve your diagnosis of this month's Clinical Consultation Case. DON'T MISS THIS TOP ARTICLE! Are You Compensated Fairly? Salary Survey Results Revealed By Gordon Glantz The Hearing Journal's salary survey looks into current trends and pressing issues affecting the career satisfaction and advancement of today's audiology professionals, including gender pay gap, mentorship, among others. Read More.