The Hearing Review recently had the opportunity to meet C. Jason Brown, vice president of sales and marketing for Decos Audiology USA, and ask him a few questions about the Decos audiometer. Amongst other things, Brown explained the history of the software company, the unique features of the Decos audiometer and the many advantages it offers its users.

A US study regarding hearing and attitudes towards noise among young Americans is published in the latest issue of the International Journal of Audiology. The purpose of the study was to investigate possible associations between college students' attitudes, risk-taking behaviour related to noisy activities, and hearing problems such as threshold shifts or self-experienced hearing symptoms.

In the latest issue of the International Journal of Audiology an interesting article is published about a Dutch study regarding music venues and hearing loss. The study explores the opportunities for and barriers to improving environmental conditions in order to reduce the risk for music-induced hearing loss in people who attend music venues. 

The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement is seeking participants and host organisations for the HOPE (HOspitals in EuroPE) Exchange Programme to encourage learning and the sharing of best practice. The programme is open to managers and clinicians as well as NHS trusts that would like to host participants from Europe.