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12/12/2006
Audiology Online uses the latest in internet scanning and retrieval technology to find hearing health-related news and web sites from around the world. This information is then compiled and summarized by our President & Editor-in-Chief, Paul Dybala, Ph.D., so that you can take a virtual trip around the “hearing health world wide web" in 60 seconds!
This edition of “Around the Web” (ATW) includes hearing aids as a fashion statement, blogs by cochlear implant users and Au.D. students, noisy toys, hearing loss due to hockey playoffs exposure, weapons of ear destruction and an audiology professor who raps to recruit! Read about these and other stories below.
If you have an item to add to this list, please send it to the Editor via the Contact Us section of the web site.
A sound hybrid solution – 12/11/2006
latimes.com
A patient’s experience with a hybrid hearing aid / cochlear implant.
Hearing aids make fashion statement – 12/9/2006
eastvalleytribune.com
Coverage of the Oticon Delta.
Blogging your way to better hearing – 12/9/2006
bionically.wordpress.com
Allison blogs about hearing loss and her fairly new cochlear implant.
Outdoors: Gunshots - hearing’s not-so-silent enemy – 12/8/2006
postcrescent.com
Audiologist, Dr. Michael Thelen, talks about hearing loss and hunting.
Sports-Arena Noise Can Damage Hearing – 12/8/2006
foxnews.webmd.com
6 Minutes of Sports-Arena Noise = 81 Times Daily Noise Limit. This article was based on the results of an article published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal cmaj.ca - Can hockey playoffs harm your hearing? - William E. Hodgetts and Richard Liu.
Electronic Device Helps Young Boy Hear – 12/5/2006
thebostonchannel.com
Ben was identified with bilateral hearing loss when he was 2 days old and is currently implanted bilaterally.
Londoner honoured for audiology work – 12/5/2006
lfpress.ca
Audiologist, Dr. Marlene Bagatto was honored with one of two Networks of Centres of Excellence Young Innovator Award.
Device flashes when sound levels can cause hearing loss – 12/4/2006
dailypress.com
The Ear3 is a handheld device with a port that can measure surrounding noise or sound from an ear bud. Its red danger signals go from slow flashing at 85-90 decibels to steady red at 90 and rapid-fire flashes at 100.
Tis’ The Season – for Noisy Toys – 12/4/2006
tampabays10.com
Audiologist, Dr. Judith Reese, talks about noisy toys. See the link to the video on the right side of the article.
Cambridge Consultants Launches New Bluetooth Development Tool – 12/4/2006
semiconductoronline.com
Information about some of the technology behind the Sound ID PSS.
Hearing impaired players help lead Mtn. Lakes to Group I final– 12/1/2006
dailyrecord.com
A defensive end, punter and a backup lineman, all with various amounts of hearing loss are impacting this high-school football team.
The Phonito - 12/2006
hightech-store.com
You may have remembered this product from a previous Around The Web, where a man used the wireless capabilities of a hearing aid to cheat in chess. More information on the Phonito is available here.
Life in the clinic – 11/27/2006
noiseyjen.blogspot.com
AuD student, “Jen” from the University of West Virginia blogs about her clinic experiences and various audiology related topics.
Custom fit earbuds save hearing – increase quality – 11/22/2006
www.wfaa.com
Advice from audiologist Clayton Blakeney on how to properly use portable music players.
HearUSA tells of Q3 loss – 11/15/2006
bizjournals.com
Third quarter revenue increased 12.4 percent at HearUSA, but higher operating expenses meant the company still reported a loss where last year it logged a gain.
Hearing loss no limit for teen– 11/15/2006
thedailystar.com
Matt Tracy is a sophomore at Morris Central School.
Q-Tips – Weapons of Ear Destruction? – 11/13/2006
blogs.webmd.com/all-ears/
Dr. Rod Moser explains why, “Q-tips do not harm people; people harm people.”
Implants gave Chesapeake teen hearing, career goal – 11/08/2006
wvec.com
The story of Summer Clemmons who lost her hearing after high-school.
Cochlear implant helps octogenarian hear – 11/03/2006
thefridayflyer.com
Bob and Betty Seebold say the success of Betty's cochlear implant has been a miracle for the whole family.
Audiology professor raps to recruit - 11/2006
media-newswire.com
A song that will surely be featured on earTunes. Dr. Levi Reiter, head of Hofstra University's audiology program and professor of speech-language-hearing sciences, was simply trying promote the audiology profession when he composed a rap song for freshman orientation and for his first day of classes in 2005. This song was also recently featured on earTunes as well.
Pulling your leg – no pulling your ear - 11/2006
ananova.com
Pulling your leg – no pulling your ear - 11/2006
ananova.com
A Chinese man was able to walk on eggs without breaking them. Did we mention that he was pulling a car with one of his ears at the same time? Almost forgot that one.
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