He should tell Tziporah what his rebbi had said one Purim years ago it still made him hesitate. “Aren’t you Rabbi Dov Briansky, sage know-it-all?” she teased, moving on to shirts. “Yeah, I’m not sure what I’m supposed to say.” “Ouch, that’s rough.” Tziporah frowned, then went back to the three spare socks she was holding. “If she should give up on marrying a long-term learner.” “It’s a girl - or woman - I never know the right term.” He frowned at the screen. “What does this one say?” Tziporah asked, looking up from matching socks. “Got another advice email,” Dov called across the dining room, hoping he was keeping his smugness in check. Often, when we think we’re being humble, that’s when our ego shines brightest.” “The ego is the yetzer hara’s most devoted henchman. And you never tell people the answer - they need to get it themselves. Sometimes you walk away even when you probably should stay. The study – which was carried out before the pandemic – is published in the journal Ear and Hearing and was funded by the National Institute for Health and care Research (NIHR) Research for Patient Benefit Programme, NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, the William Demant Foundation, the Marston Family Foundation, and the Owrid Foundation.Sometimes you need to play nice, and dumb, and keep your insights to yourself. “Not only does this give parents the reassurance their child’s hearing aid is working, but also in instances when the babies are still not hearing despite the hearing aids, it will set in motion the process of cochlear implantation more quickly.” “Now we think it’s likely audiologists will be able to test how well a baby is hearing through their hearing aid during that crucial period from between three and seven months where no testing is currently available. Kevin Munro, professor of audiology at The University of Manchester and Manchester Biomedical Research Centre Hearing Health Theme lead, said: “The ability to treat and diagnose hearing loss from an early age is partly down to the research we carried out at Manchester over the last few decades. Researchers say there is currently no reliable way of testing how well babies are hearing through their hearing aids between the ages of three and seven months. If the follow up test – known as the ABR – shows a hearing loss, the babies are fitted with hearing aids, a process which can take up to three months. In the test, electrodes are placed on the scalp which then record activity in the brain to show whether the baby is perceiving the sound from their hearing aids.Īll newborn babies have a hearing screening test when they are born, but if they fail the screening test, they are given another test by audiologists while they sleep, with electrodes being placed on their scalp. They also showed the benefit of repeat testing to improve its sensitivity. While the cortical test has been used in Australia, the Manchester team in collaboration with the Interacoustics Research Unit (Lyngby, Denmark) developed a new protocol which used different types of sound stimuli. “The project itself means so much to me as hearing loss in our family is hereditary, so this research will help massively not only for the future of infants with hearing loss but my son also.” She added: “They had lots of toys available to entertain Logan too and if I felt he was getting tired we could take a break, they did everything to accommodate us. So having the ladies come to me and work around us was amazing.” “When Logan was only a baby, having to disrupt his routine to attend the hospital was a nightmare. Marsha Johnson, a parent who took part in the study, said: “Having the research van come to our home has been hugely beneficial. “This study would not have been possible without our research van which enabled us to get to parents across the country – a brilliant innovation.” “However, our findings show the Cortical Auditory Evoked Potential test can help reassure parents about how babies are hearing through their hearing aids. “This can leave parents concerned about whether or not their babies are hearing the sounds the hearing aids are providing. “The problem is, it’s not until they are around seven to nine months old at the earliest when we can use traditional tests of hearing. Lead author Anisa Visram, a lecturer at The University of Manchester, said: “One in a 1,000 babies are born with hearing loss and go on to have hearing aids fitted in the first months of life. According to the findings, the test showed a negative result when the baby could not hear the speech.
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