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Audiology Online Hires New E-Learning Director
November 9, 2005
Audiology Online is proud to announce the promotion of Melissa Alfonso Freund to Director of E-Learning. In this new role, Melissa's responsibilities will include the direction and implementation of A... Read More
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The Help Group Summit 2005 Available In Audio Tapes
November 7, 2005
Both parents and professionals now have access to the more than 20 leading experts that spoke to an audience of 500 professionals and parents at , on Sept. 29 and Oct. 1, via audio CDs at www.thehelpg... Read More
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Therapy Cap Moratorium Included in Senate Finance Committee Budget Bill
November 6, 2005
Originally posted to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Headlines e-mail list on October 26, 2005. A 1-year moratorium on the implementation of the Medicare therapy caps is among severa... Read More
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Cochlear Is Hosting a Free Informational Forum For Audiologists & Speech Language Pathologists On the Nucleus Freedom Cochlear Implant System
November 5, 2005
Sponsored by Cochlear Americas Designed with clinicians and cochlear implant users in mind, Nucleus® Freedom™, the world's first water-resistant cochlear implant system is built on your pati... Read More
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AMI Semiconductor Delivers New Development Tools for DSP Products
November 4, 2005
Evaluation and Development Kit and Communication Accelerator Adaptor Provide Collaborative Development Software and Superior Communication Solutions to Development and Production Teams AMI Semiconduct... Read More
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Dynamic Hearing Signs License Agreement With House Ear Institute To Commercialize Novel Feedback Canceller For Hearing Aids
November 2, 2005
Dynamic Hearing Pty Ltd, a provider of advanced patented digital signal processing solutions for audio devices, today announced the signing of an exclusive multi-year license agreement with the House... Read More
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Greater Use of Evidence-Based Medicine Needed in U.S. Outpatient Care
October 31, 2005
Although the quality of outpatient care in the United States has improved over the last decade, greater use of evidence-based medicine is needed, however, and quality of care is not significantly asso... Read More
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Link Between Newborn Infection and Childhood Hearing Loss?
October 29, 2005
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded a $15 million contract to the University of Alabama School of... Read More
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The Weather Channel Chooses VITAC, Increases Captioned Hours
October 27, 2005
The Weather Channel, long dedicated to deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers, will increase the amount of programming it captions effective October 1 st , 2005. Working with VITAC, the nation's leading clo... Read More
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NHCA Student Travel Award Program
October 24, 2005
The National Hearing Conservation Association (NHCA) Scholarship Foundation is pleased to announce the availability of a limited number of student travel awards for the 2006 NHCA annual conference: .... Read More
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New TV Listening Product Significantly Improves Patients' Satisfaction With Hearing Aids
October 23, 2005
A California hearing professional has found that over 90% of his patients report better hearing aid satisfaction after installing the new Field home loop system from Phonic Ear. William Diles, MA, of... Read More
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Cochlear Americas Informational Forums - November 2005
October 22, 2005
Wednesday, November 30, 2005 6:30 - 9:00 p.m. Chicago Hearing Society 2032 N. Clybourn, 3rd Floor Conference Room Chicago, IL 60614 Sponsored by Cochlear Americas & Chicago Hearing Society a division... Read More
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ASHA Raises Awareness of Communication Disorders on Capitol Hill
October 20, 2005
Originally posted to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Headlines e-mail list on October 4, 2005. In an effort to raise awareness about the effects and prevalence of hearing loss and ot... Read More
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New Compact AVANT REM Speech™ Live Speech Mapping/Real Ear System from MedRx, Inc.
October 19, 2005
MedRx, Inc. is pleased to announce the commercial launch of the first instrument in a new line of super-compact PC/USB-based instrumentation being developed by the company. The new advanced AVANT REM... Read More
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New Starkey Tech Report Explains ELI And Its Evolution
October 18, 2005
A new Tech Report, titled "The Promise of Bluetooth for the Hearing Impaired," is now available from Starkey Laboratories. The report provides an in-depth explanation of the evolution and design of th... Read More
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GN Otometrics Adds to Audiology Staff
October 17, 2005
GN Otometrics, the world leader in hearing and balance diagnostic systems, recently hired Megan Quilter as an audiologist. Quilter focuses on customer support and conducts outside training and beta te... Read More
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State of the States 2005: Legislatures Act Upon Licensure, Insurance, Salary Supplements
October 16, 2005
Diggs, C. (2005, Sept. 6). State of the states 2005: Legislatures act upon licensure, insurance, salary supplements. The ASHA Leader, pp. 1, 24-26. by Charlie Diggs Many dreams of seeing favorable spe... Read More
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Cochlear Offers a Free Informational Forum For Professionals & Consumers On the Nucleus Freedom Cochlear Implant System
October 14, 2005
6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Sponsored by Cochlear Americas and ENT Associates of Greater Dayton Designed with clinicians and cochlear implant users in mind, Nucleus® Freedom™, the world's first water-r... Read More
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New Spanish Language Abridgement of The Consumer Handbook on Hearing Loss & Hearing Aids
October 13, 2005
Oticon, Inc. and Auricle Ink Publishers announce the release of a Spanish language abridged edition of The Consumer Handbook on Hearing Loss & Hearing Aids: A Bridge to Healing (Richard E. Carmen, Au.... Read More
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Hearing and Listening Are An Underlying Foundation For Learning
October 11, 2005
Gail M. Whitelaw, Ph.D. Department of Speech and Hearing Science The Ohio State University Hearing and listening are the underlying foundation for learning. Anything that interferes with these abiliti... Read More
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