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Read the latest news about audiology and hearing aid systems.
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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UNC Chapel Hill Students Moore and Obarowski Take Home Grand Prize Honors at ADA Student Business Plan Competition
November 30, 2015
Lexington, Ky.— The Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA) is pleased to announce that University of North Carolina Chapel Hill students Mark Moore and Sarah Obarowski earned first place honors a... Read More
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Found: A Likely New Contributor to Age-Related Hearing Loss
November 29, 2015
New nerve cell connections on sensory cells in mice could be at fault.Johns Hopkins Medicine - Conventional wisdom has long blamed age-related hearing loss almost entirely on the death of sensory hair... Read More
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RIT Offers Math Competition for Deaf or Hard-of-hearing Middle-School Students
November 28, 2015
Deadline to register is Dec. 15 for April competition.Middle-school students who are deaf or hard-of-hearing can participate in Rochester Institute of Technology’s ninth annual Math Competition,... Read More
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Turtle Beach Corporation's Groundbreaking Hearing Healthcare Device - HyperSound Clear - Has Launched and is Available at Participating Hearing Healthcare Providers
November 27, 2015
Company Announces New Partnership with Elite Hearing, LLC – the Largest Network of Independent Hearing Healthcare Providers in the United States, Further Broadening HyperSound Clear's Distri... Read More
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2015 Oticon Pediatrics Conference Focuses on New Research, Audiology and Technology to Improve the Future for Infants and Children with Severe to Profound Hearing Loss
November 26, 2015
SOMERSET, NJ October 16 – The 2015 Oticon Pediatrics Conference provided a 360° view of the newest research, advances, technology and clinical skills that will enable hearing care profess... Read More
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Ida Institute Appoints Bente Sorensen as Project Manager
November 25, 2015
Naerum, DK November 13 -- Ida Institute, a non-profit independent educational institute, today announced the appointment of Bente Sørensen as Project Manager. In her new role, Sørense... Read More
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14th International Conference on Cochlear Implants and Other Implantable Technologies (CI2016) Takes Place May 11-14, 2016 in Toronto
November 25, 2015
CHICAGO, IL: The 14th International Conference on Cochlear Implants and Other Implantable Technologies (CI2016) will be held May 11-14, 2016, in Toronto, ON, Canada. The Conference is the premier inte... Read More
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Advanced Bionics Launches the Naida CI Q90 Sound Processor in North America
November 24, 2015
The world’s newest, most advanced sound processor for cochlear implant recipients begins distribution in the US and Canada.VALENCIA, Calif., November 16, 2015 – Advanced Bionics (AB), a gl... Read More
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Unitron Talks Strategy and Practice Growth at Asian Customer Summit
November 23, 2015
Hearing healthcare professionals, partners and Unitron executives gather in Vietnam to talk innovation, in-clinic success and business growth Read More
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The Lancet: Listening to Music Improves Recovery after Surgery and Should be Available to Everyone Having an Operation
November 23, 2015
Listening to music before, during, or after a surgical procedure is beneficial to patients and can significantly reduce pain and anxiety, and decrease the need for pain medication, according to the mo... Read More
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Researchers Find Brain Area that Integrates Speech's Rhythms
November 22, 2015
Recordings of speech, cut and reassembled, lead to new discovery.DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke and MIT scientists have discovered an area of the brain that is sensitive to the timing of speech, a crucial eleme... Read More
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Brief Postnatal Blindness Triggers Long-Lasting Reorganization in the Brain
November 21, 2015
Temporary visual deprivation shortly after birth induces permanent auditory responses in the visual area of the brain, highlighting a crossmodal competition for brain territories during the early sens... Read More
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Birth Weight and Poor Growth Linked to Later Hearing and Vision Problems
November 20, 2015
A study of up to 433,390 UK adults, led by The University of Manchester, has linked being under and overweight at birth with poorer hearing, vision and cognition in middle age.Researchers in Mancheste... Read More
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