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Oticon Hearing Foundation Supports 2014 Project Amazon Audiologists on Humanitarian Mission to Benefit Brazil’s Most Impoverished Communities
November 14, 2014
SOMERSET, NJ October 29 – The Oticon Hearing Foundation will again underwrite the costs for Project Amazon, a unique humanitarian mission that will provide much-needed audiological care and hear... Read More
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ReSound ENZO Recognized for its Innovation Capabilities - Named 2015 CES Innovation Award Honoree
November 13, 2014
Bloomington, MN, November 14, 2014 - http://www.gnresound.com - ReSound, a technology leader in hearing aid solutions, announced that the company has been named a 2015 CES Innovation Awards Honoree in... Read More
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November Highlights: Infant Assessment ABR Protocols with Dr. Jace Wolfe, New Career Center Features, and More!
November 13, 2014
Happy November! This month, our hot content includes a new 20Q from Dr. Jace Wolfe on a deeper dive into infant hearing assessment, new Career Center features, and new recorded courses from the Nation... Read More
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Unitron Named One of the 50 Best Small & Medium Employers in Canada for the Fifth Year
November 12, 2014
Company highly ranked by employees for outstanding leadership and workplace culture.November 6, 2014 - Kitchener, Canada – Unitron, a global innovator of technologically advanced hearing solutio... Read More
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RIT/NTID Receives Grant to Study Effects of Negative Stereotypes on Deaf Students
November 12, 2014
If members of a social group are aware that people have negative opinions about their ability to succeed in a certain discipline, can that awareness cause them to perform poorly?That’s what rese... Read More
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Programming Cochlear Implants is Back in a Revised Second Edition
November 11, 2014
For Immediate Release (San Diego, CA – October 31, 2014) – Plural Publishing has just published the second edition of Programming Cochlear Implants by Dr. Jace Wolfe and Dr. Erin Schafer.... Read More
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Family Needs Assessment Highlights Challenges for Families
November 10, 2014
The AG Bell Family Needs Assessment study sheds new light on the perceptions of families with children who are deaf and hard of hearing about the quality and availability of services received througho... Read More
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Starkey Hearing Technologies' Brandon Sawalich Named 2014 Emerging Leader in Health Care
November 9, 2014
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 3, 2014 – Brandon Sawalich, senior vice president at Starkey Hearing Technologies, was named the winner of the Emerging Leader Award at the 2014 Leaders in Health Care ceremony... Read More
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Siemens to Sell Hearing Aid Business to EQT and Strungmann Family
November 8, 2014
· Sale to EQT with Wallenberg family as anchor investor and to Strüngmannfamily as co-investor for €2.15 billion plus earn-out component· Read More
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2014 OtiCongress Provides Global Perspective on Hearing Health and Healthy Aging
November 8, 2014
SOMERSET, NJ October 27 – More than 300 US hearing care professionals gathered in Spain for the 2014 OtiCongress and an opportunity to gain a global perspective on the newest research on brain... Read More
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Oticon Medical Applauds Success of Collective Efforts to Maintain CMS Coverage of Bone Anchored Hearing Implants
November 7, 2014
Encourages Continuation of Awareness-Building among Key Groups and General Public.SOMERSET, NJ November 5 –On October 31, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced via fina... Read More
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Beltone is Named Collaboration Award Winner of 13th Annual Chicago Innovation Awards
November 7, 2014
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Beltone, one of the world’s most recognized names in hearing, has been named the Collaboration Award winner of the 13th annual Chicago Innovation Awards for its Beltone... Read More
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Oklahoma to Launch Redesigned Licensing System for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Providers
November 6, 2014
Licensure application and renewal system receives an aesthetically appealing design and a new user-friendly Interface.OKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Oklahoma Board of Examiners for Speech-Languag... Read More
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Hey1 and Hey2 Ensure Inner Ear 'Hair Cells' are Made at the Right Time, in the Right Place
November 5, 2014
Two Johns Hopkins neuroscientists have discovered the "molecular brakes" that time the generation of important cells in the inner ear cochleas of mice. These "hair cells" translate... Read More
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COS and NTID Receive Nearly $400,000 to Produce Supplemental Online Learning Tools
November 5, 2014
Visual aids will be created to help deaf and hard-of-hearing students learn statistics.The National Science Foundation has awarded a $399,986, three-year grant to RIT’s College of Science and Na... Read More
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Poor Hearing Confines Older Adults to their Homes
November 4, 2014
Vision and hearing problems reduce the active participation of older people in various events and activities. This was observed in two studies carried out by the Gerontology Research Center.Impaired v... Read More
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Pennsylvania Hearing Aid Specialist Makes Substantial Donation to Support Efforts to Improve Veterans’ Access to Hearing Healthcare
November 3, 2014
Livonia, Michigan, October 21, 2014 – Owner of Hearing Instruments Inc., Julia Beall- McKelvey, donated a record-breaking $15,000 to the International Hearing Society’s (IHS) advocacy fund... Read More
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Oticon Supports Breast Cancer Awareness & Research with $10,000 Donation
November 2, 2014
More than 100 Employees Make Strides for Breast Cancer at America’s Largest Charity Walk.SOMERSET, NJ October 27 –On October 17, Oticon, Inc. celebrated the success of its seventh annual... Read More
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Sophono, Inc. and Hangzhou Nurotron Biotechnology Co., Ltd. Sign Definitive Cooperation Agreement
November 1, 2014
BOULDER, COLO., July 21, 2014 – Sophono, Inc. – manufacturer of abutment-free, implantable, magnetic bone conduction hearing devices – has entered into a global partnership with Hang... Read More
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Pitt, UPMC Researchers Create New Vestibular Test to Add to Comprehensive Concussion Evaluation
October 31, 2014
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 10, 2014 – Researchers at UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh have created a new, 5- to 10-minute test that could be added to a clinician’s concussion evaluation toolki... Read More
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