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Forbes Ranks Oticon's Parent Company, William Demant Holding, Among Top 20 of ''The World's Best Small Companies''
January 31, 2001
In its annual review of the world's best small companies, Forbes Global, the international edition of the top business magazine, named William Dement Holding, the parent company of Oticon, Inc., as on... Read More
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Get Online at SHI
January 29, 2001
Siemens invites Hearing Healthcare Professionals to participate in the company's new commercial website, www.siemens-hearing.com/ebusiness. Participants receive an instructional CD, associated softwar... Read More
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CONNEXX 3.4™ Improves Signia Fittings with NAL-NL1 Algorithm
January 25, 2001
According to Siemens Hearing Instruments, CONNEXX™ 3.4, its recently released programming upgrade provides enhanced performance of its premium digital aid, SIGNIA™. Dispensers reporting to... Read More
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Hear This CD Release Parties to Benefit H.E.A.R. Org.
January 23, 2001
Be sure you mark your calendar for the (2) Hear This CD World Wide Record Release Benefit Parties for Hearing Education and Awareness for Rockers * Benefit Show and CD Release Party (Feb 2nd and Feb 3... Read More
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National Hearing Conservation Association Plans Meeting
January 19, 2001
NHCA is holding their 26th Annual Conference February 22-24 at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina. This intense, focused meeting of hearing loss prevention professionals off... Read More
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PCO School of Audiology: An Update
January 18, 2001
This News Release is an ''update'' regardingthe PCO School of Audiology and the status of it's AuDonline.org. distance education program. Audiology Online requested this information from Dr. Osborne t... Read More
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Two New Audiology Doctoral Programs
January 16, 2001
The Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been given final approval for two new doctoral programs: a Doctor of Audiology (Au.D.) and a Ph.D. with em... Read More
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Siemens Announces New Role for Lugara
January 10, 2001
Paul Erickson, President of Siemens Hearing Instruments, Inc., has announced Joseph Lugara will assume the role of Vice President of Sales. In his new role, Lugara will be responsible for all Siemens... Read More
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Sonus Corp. Retains Ernst & Young as New Auditing Firm
January 9, 2001
Portland, OR - Sonus Corp. (AMEX: SSN), the largest audiology-based retailer of hearing instruments in North America with 613 company-owned and franchised hearing centers, today announced that it has... Read More
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Siemens Unveils PRISMA™ Super Power BTE
January 3, 2001
A new high gain and output makes the PRISMA 2 SP+ Siemens strongest digital BTE yet. The new ''super power'' BTE - designed for severe to profound hearing loss - delivers approximately 79 dB peak gain... Read More
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CMU/Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center's First Au.D. Graduates Recognized
January 2, 2001
Working to juggle school, work and family hasn't been easy, but for four Central Michigan University/Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center audiology students the light is dawning at the end of the tunnel.... Read More
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Micro-Tech Introduces Automatic Touchless Telecoil®
December 27, 2000
Plymouth, MN b> Micro-Tech is proud to announce the availablity of the all-new Touchless Telecoil (patent pending) for the 100% digital Dx3 and the analog programmable Nx2. The Touchless Telecoil®... Read More
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OtoEase® Now Available in Single Doses
December 20, 2000
Westone Laboratories' popular super-slippery OtoEase® lubricant is now available in convenient single-dose packets. OtoEase assists in the insertion of any custom-fit product into the ear, and it... Read More
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Audiology Online Acquires The Audiology Journal
December 20, 2000
Audiology Online, the premier Internet provider of content to audiologists and hearing aid dispensers has announced their upcoming purchase of The Audiology Journal. Originally created by Glen Meier a... Read More
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Songbird Hearing Inc. Enhances World's First Disposable Hearing Aid
December 18, 2000
Songbird Hearing Inc., maker of the world¡¦s first disposable hearing aid, today announced the introduction of two new enhancements to its Songbird Disposable Hearing Aid that are intende... Read More
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Lucille B. Beck, Ph.D. Receives Presidential Rank Award
December 15, 2000
On November 28, 2000, Lucille B. Beck, Ph.D., director of Audiology and Speech Pathology Service for the Department of Veterans Affairs received the Presidential Rank Award for Meritorious Executive S... Read More
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Siemens Announces New Posts for Executives
December 13, 2000
Pictured from left to right: David Sawyer, Pam Burton, Cynthia Groetsch, Bill Lesiecki, and Tom Powers. Paul Erickson, President of Siemens Hearing Instruments, Inc., announces new posts for five Siem... Read More
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AFA Begins Scholarship Fund Replenishment Effort
December 11, 2000
West Lafayette, IN - A major effort to establish a $500,000 endowed scholarship fund has begun so that each of 10 annual scholarships will be permanently endowed. At the Academy of Dispensing Audiolog... Read More
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New Head-Shake Test From NeuroCom®
December 4, 2000
NeuroCom has just enhanced the current gold standard for the assessment and management of patients with imbalance and mobility problems through the introduction of an active Head-Shake (HS) protocol t... Read More
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VoiceMic™ Debuts in Half-Shell
December 3, 2000
Siemens Hearing Instruments, Inc. announces the patent-pending VoiceMic™· directional microphone system is now available as an option in half-shell models of MUSIC® and INFINITI™... Read More
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