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ASHA's Arlene Pietranton Named Professional Society CEO of the Year by CEO Update
April 25, 2015
Rockville, MD - April 3, 2015 - ASHA represents 182,000 audiologists; speech-language pathologists; speech, language, and hearing scientists; audiology and speech-language pathology support personnel;... Read More
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AG Bell Meets with Rep. Alex Mooney
April 24, 2015
On Tuesday, AG Bell met with Rep. Alex Mooney, who represents West Virginia's 2nd congressional district. The incoming representative took office in January and is the first Hispanic elected to Co... Read More
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Unitron Appoints Global Director of In-clinic Success
April 23, 2015
New role underlines Company’s commitment to supporting customers’ patient experience.April 9, 2015 – Plymouth, USA – Unitron, a global innovator of technologically advanced hea... Read More
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Grammy-Nominated Aloe Blacc Plays Concert for Starkey Hearing Foundation's Video Contest Winners
April 22, 2015
Starkey Hearing Foundation's Listen Carefully Contest Challenged Students to Create a PSA About Noise-Induced Hearing Loss, Which Affects 1 in 6 American teens.Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) April 16, 20... Read More
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Reps Nunes and Thompson Reintroduce Hearing Aid Tax Credit With 36 Original Co-Sponsors
April 21, 2015
WASHINGTON, DC, April 16, 2015 — Representatives Devin Nunes (R-CA) and Mike Thompson (D-CA) today reintroduced the bipartisan Hearing Aid Tax Credit, (H.R.1882) which would provide a $500 credi... Read More
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AudiologyNOW! 2015 Steers Current and Future Audiologists to Success in San Antonio, TX
April 21, 2015
(Reston, VA–April 20, 2015)—More than 5,600 audiologists, students, hearing-health professionals, and industry representatives gathered in lively San Antonio, TX, on March 25–28 to a... Read More
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Turtle Beach Corporation Continues Attracting Top Talent - Three New Industry Experts Join Executive Leadership Team as Company Prepares to Launch Groundbreaking Hypersound Hearing Solutions Product this Summer
April 20, 2015
Dr. Brian Taylor Joins Turtle Beach Corporation’s HyperSound® Team as Senior Director of Clinical Affairs, and Company Appoints Don Rice to Western Regional Vice President and Chris Auty to... Read More
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HLAA Supports HR 1653, the Medicare Hearing Aid Coverage Act of 2015
April 19, 2015
April 8, 2015 - On March 27, Representative Debbie Dingell of Michigan introduced the Medicare Hearing Aid Coverage Act of 2015. Representative Dingell spoke of the need for change.“I have learn... Read More
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Field School in Deaf Geographies to open at RIT's College of Liberal Arts
April 18, 2015
Researchers will study the deaf community of Rochester in 1880.Rochester Institute of Technology’s College of Liberal Arts has announced a new five-week course that will allow undergraduate stud... Read More
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AAO-HNS Applauds Senate for Passage of SGR Repeal
April 18, 2015
ALEXANDRIA, VA —The American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) applauds the U.S. Senate for its passage of H.R. 2. By permanently repealing the flawed Sustainable G... Read More
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Beltone Expands Connectivity with HearPlus App for Apple Watch
April 17, 2015
Personalized Hearing Like Never Before.CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Beltone, a global leader in hearing aids, introduced the next level of hearing customization today with the HearPlus app developed for... Read More
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Unitron Draws Rave Reviews for "Unprecedented Listening Experience" at AudiologyNOW! 2015
April 16, 2015
April 7, 2015 – Plymouth, MN – Four hundred hearing healthcare professionals attending this year’s AudiologyNOW! Conference in San Antonio, TX had a chance to test Unitron’s ne... Read More
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ReSound Develops First Hearing Aid App for Apple Watch
April 16, 2015
Latest Example of Hearing Innovations Driven by ReSound Smart Hearing.COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Today, ReSound introduced the first hearing aid app designed specifically for Apple Watch. Available i... Read More
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Dietary Supplements for Tinnitus, New Product Launch Info, New Standard Audiogram
April 15, 2015
This month on AudiologyOnline, we have a great new 20Q and all the scoop on the latest product releases from the leading manufacturers! Here's an overview. Read More
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AG Bell Member Receives Highest Presidential Honor
April 15, 2015
President Obama named 14 individuals and one organization as the newest recipients of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) last week. This... Read More
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Botox to Improve Smiles in Children with Facial Paralysis
April 14, 2015
Injecting botulinum toxin A (known commercially as Botox) appears to be a safe procedure to improve smiles by restoring lip symmetry in children with facial paralysis, a condition they can be born wit... Read More
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Dr. Satya B. Verma of Salus University New President of the National Academies of Practice
April 13, 2015
Elkins Park, PA - Satya B. Verma, OD, associate professor and assistant director of the Externship Program at Salus University Pennsylvania College of Optometry, has started his two-year term as presi... Read More
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Oticon, Inc. Empowers Audiology Students with $25,000 Gift to American Academy of Audiology Foundation Scholarship Fund
April 12, 2015
SOMERSET, NJ April 8 -- At AudiologyNOW! 2015, Oticon President Peer Lauritsen presented a $25,000 donation to the America Academy of Audiology Foundation’s (AAAF) Empowering People scholarshi... Read More
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Video-on-Demand Children's TV Programming Now Accessible for Thousands of Students with Visual or Hearing Disabilities
April 11, 2015
The U.S. Department of Education announced the availability of free, video-on-demand children’s television programming for thousands of students who are blind, visually impaired, deaf or hard of... Read More
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ReSound Launches New Corporate Websites
April 11, 2015
Enhanced design and expanded support make finding the right hearing aid easier. BLOOMINGTON, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hearing aid manufacturer ReSound is pleased to announce updates to three fully-feat... Read More
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