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Sonova Announces Appointment of Group Vice President Phonak
June 9, 2014
Stäfa (Switzerland), 4 June 2014 – Sonova Holding AG, the world’s leading provider of hearing solutions, announces today the appointment of Martin Grieder to the position of Group Vic... Read More
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Dr. Rita Chaiken Receives Salus University Audiology Alumnus of the Year Award
June 8, 2014
Elkins Park, Pa. – Rita R. Chaiken, AuD, FAAA has been recognized as the Salus University Audiology Alumnus of the Year for her “extraordinary service and contributions to the profession o... Read More
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Speech Means Using Both Sides of Our Brain, NYU & NYU Langone Researchers Find
June 7, 2014
We use both sides of our brain for speech, a finding by researchers at New York University and NYU Langone Medical Center that alters previous conceptions about neurological activity. The results, whi... Read More
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Computer Models of Neuronal Sound Processing in the Brain Lead to Cochlear Implant Improvements
June 7, 2014
Children learning to speak depend on functional hearing. So-called cochlear implants allow people with severe hearing loss to hear again by stimulating the auditory nerve directly. Researchers at the... Read More
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Oticon Foundation Awards $94,000 to The CARE Project to Extend EDHI Program Support
June 6, 2014
Copenhagen, DK June 4 – The Oticon Foundation has announced the award of a $94,000 grant to The CARE Project to expand training, direction and implementation of adjustment counseling strategie... Read More
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Researchers Turn Current Sound-Localization Theories 'On Their Ear'
June 5, 2014
Mass. Eye and Ear scientists challenge the two dominant theories of how people localize sounds.BOSTON – The ability to localize the source of sound is important for navigating the world and for... Read More
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Hearing Aids in Children Associated with Improved Speech, Language Abilities
June 4, 2014
Bottom Line: Fitting children with mild to severe hearing loss (HL) with hearing aids (HAs) appears to be associated with better speech and language development.Authors: J. Bruce Tomblin, Ph.D., of th... Read More
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Beltone Announces New Hearing Care Foundation
June 2, 2014
(May 30, 2014) Chicago, IL. – www.beltone.com – Beltone, a leader in hearing aids for over 70 years, has announced the Beltone Hearing Care Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization... Read More
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Dr. Janice Scharre Named Provost at Salus University
June 1, 2014
Elkins Park, PA (May 20, 2014) – Dr. Michael H. Mittelman, president of Salus University, has appointed Janice Scharre, OD, MA, FAAO to the position of Provost and Vice President for Academic A... Read More
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CAA is Calling Investigators to apply for a Clinical-Research Grant
May 31, 2014
The Canadian Academy of Audiology (CAA) Clinical-Research Grant will provides financial and practical support to individuals wanting to investigate a unique research question on hearing and/or balance... Read More
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Listen to This: Research Upends Understanding of How Humans Perceive Sound
May 30, 2014
A key piece of the scientific model used for the past 30 years to help explain how humans perceive sound is wrong, according to a new study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine... Read More
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School Hearing Tests do not Detect Noise Exposure Hearing Loss
May 29, 2014
School hearing tests cannot effectively detect adolescent high-frequency hearing loss, which is typically caused by loud noise exposure, according to researchers at Penn State College of Medicine.The... Read More
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Pre-Term Infants with Severe Retinopathy More Likely to Have Non-Visual Disabilities at Age 5
May 28, 2014
Chicago – In a group of very low-birth-weight infants, severe retinopathy of prematurity was associated with nonvisual disabilities at age 5 years, according to a study in the February 5 issue o... Read More
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EEOC Seeks Public Input on Regulations Requiring Federal Agencies to be ‘Model Employers’ of Individuals with Disabilities
May 28, 2014
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it is inviting public input on potential revisions to the regulations implementing Section 501 of the Re... Read More
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Madsen Alpha OAE+ Screener Now FDA Cleared
May 27, 2014
New OAE screener by Otometrics available through Audiology Systems.Schaumburg, IL - May 2014 – Audiology Systems recently announced that the MADSEN Alpha® OAE+ – the new otoacoustic em... Read More
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Hear the World Foundation Provides $1.6 Million to Help People with Hearing Loss
May 26, 2014
Non-profit foundation looks back on a successful year.The Hear the World Foundation is committed to creating a world in which everyone has the chance to enjoy good hearing. In the 2013/14 financial ye... Read More
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After Family Insurance Denies Cochlear Implant Teen Turns to Affordable Care Act Marketplace to Cover Surgery
May 25, 2014
Cochlear Implant Activation at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago / May 16, 2014WHO: Chicago area college freshman Read More
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RIT/NTID Students Win $5,000 in ‘The Next Big Idea’ Innovation Competition
May 24, 2014
Three students from Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf say their days of oversleeping may soon be a thing of the past after winning this year’s &... Read More
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Australian Researchers Lead the Way for Developing Countries to Have Self-Fitting Hearing Aids
May 23, 2014
May, 2014 - Australian researchers believe a self-fitting hearing aid is a cost-effective way to bring relief to the millions of people suffering hearing loss worldwide.The need to develop a self-fitt... Read More
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AG Bell Honors 2014 Recipients of the AG Bell Volta Award
May 22, 2014
AG Bell presented the 2014 AG Bell Volta Award to Ann Geers, Ph.D., and Jean Sachar Moog, M.S., LSLS Cert. AVEd, at a reception at the Washington University School of Medicine held last Thursday, May... Read More
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