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New AG Bell College Scholarship STEM Opportunity
December 15, 2015
Through the efforts of members of the College Scholarship Selection Committee and friends of AG Bell, we are able to offer a special opportunity for scholarship applicants who are currently college fr... Read More
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2015 Year in Review
December 15, 2015
2015 has been an outstanding year for AudiologyOnline, thanks to the efforts of remarkable presenters and the enthusiasm of our members! As the year comes to a close, we'd like to highlight a few of o... Read More
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ZPower Named as CES 2016 Awards Honoree
December 14, 2015
Camarillo, Calif. Dec 10, 2015) — ZPower, LLC announced today that it has been named a CES 2016 Innovation Awards Honoree for the ZPower Rechargeable System for Hearing Aids. Products entered i... Read More
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How Sign Language Users Learn Intonation
December 13, 2015
Linguistic Society of America - A spoken language is more than just words and sounds. Speakers use changes in pitch and rhythm, known as prosody, to provide emphasis, show emotion, and otherwise add m... Read More
Brain Plasticity after Vision Loss Has an 'On-Off Switch'
December 13, 2015
KU Leuven biologists have discovered a molecular on-off switch that controls how a mouse brain responds to vision loss. When the switch is on, the loss of sight in one eye will be compensated by the o... Read More
Research
Image Gallery: Study of Inner Ear Development Hints at Way to Restore Hearing and Balance
December 12, 2015
Scientists have identified 2 genes crucial to the production of delicate sensors, called hair cells, in mammals.Rockefeller University - Loud noise, trauma, infections, plain old aging--many things ca... Read More
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Cochlear Implant University Self-Advocacy Skills-Building for Students with Cochlear Implants During the Transition to College
December 11, 2015
The Cochlear Implant University (CIU) is an interactive, self-advocacy skills-building website to support high school and college students with cochlear implants and their parents during the transitio... Read More
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Academy Announces New Editor-in-Chief
December 10, 2015
(Reston, VA–December 9, 2015)—The Board of Directors of the American Academy of Audiology (the "Academy") has selected Dave Fabry, PhD, as their new editor-in-chief, effective Ja... Read More
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ZPower Announces Registration with the FDA
December 9, 2015
Camarillo, CA – December 1, 2015 - ZPower, the world’s only developer of rechargeable, silver-zinc miniature batteries, and the manufacturer of the ZPower Rechargeable System for Hearing A... Read More
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Scientists Identify Proteins Crucial to Loss of Hearing
December 8, 2015
Proteins play key role in genes that help auditory hair cells grow.Baltimore, MD, October 15, 2015 -- Almost 40 million Americans suffer from hearing loss. Right now, there is no way to reverse this c... Read More
Research
Ponto BHX Implant Sets New Standards for Implant Technology
December 8, 2015
Copenhagen, DK November 30 -- Oticon Medical introduces the Ponto BHX Implant, the first implant with a laser-ablated titanium surface that promotes a faster and stronger bonding to bone and increa... Read More
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ADA 2015 Awards Recognize Outstanding Audiologists
December 8, 2015
Several outstanding audiologists were recognized for their significant contributions to the profession of audiology, during the 2015 ADA Convention. ADA presented Jiovanne Hughart, Au.D., with the Leo... Read More
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UC Davis Researchers Find Success in Tele-Audiology Program
December 7, 2015
California Tele-Audiology Program removes barriers to care, ensuring infants get follow-up hearing tests.SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Researchers at UC Davis have shown that the California Tele-Audiolog... Read More
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Salus University Students and Faculty Volunteer for the Special Olympics
December 6, 2015
Salus University students and faculty members from the optometry, audiology and occupational therapy programs recently volunteered at the Special Olympics Pennsylvania Fall Festival at Villanova Unive... Read More
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Can You Actually Hear 'Inaudible' Sound?
December 5, 2015
PTB has investigated the limits of human hearing (infrasound and ultrasound) within the scope of an international cooperation project.Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) - Are wind farms harmf... Read More
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Penn Medicine Researchers Discover Hidden Brain Pathways Crucial to Communication
December 4, 2015
Using lasers to manipulate brain activity, researchers zero in on mechanisms underlying key hearing phenomena.PHILADELPHIA - Being able to understand speech is essential to our evolution as humans. He... Read More
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RIT/NTID Dyer Arts Center Offers Exhibits on Black Deaf Innovators
December 3, 2015
Deaf missionary Andrew Foster honored; various pieces from Black Deaf artists on display.The Joseph F. and Helen C. Dyer Arts Center at Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Ins... Read More
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Oticon Medical Introduces MIPS - Minimally Invasive Ponto Surgery
December 2, 2015
A Truly New Perspective on Tissue Preservation.Copenhagen, DK November 30 -- Oticon Medical has long recognized the benefits of tissue preservation surgery in bone anchored hearing surgery for reduci... Read More
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Dr. Rita Chaiken Installed as President of Prominent National Audiology Organization
December 2, 2015
Lexington, Ky.—The Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA), is pleased to announce that Rita Chaiken, Au.D., of Atlanta, Georgia has been elected to serve as the ADA President for the 2016 program... Read More
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Advanced Bionics Receives TUV Approval for the Naida CI Q Series of Sound Processors
December 1, 2015
The world’s newest, most advanced family of sound processors for cochlear implant recipients is now approved in Europe.VALENCIA, Calif.-- Advanced Bionics (AB), a global leader in cochlear impla... Read More
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