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NIDCD Observes Better Hearing and Speech Month
May 5, 2013
May 1, 2013 - The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), observes Better Hearing and Speech Month this May.Sponsored... Read More
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Research Quest Aims to Cure Hearing Loss at its Root
May 4, 2013
The ultimate cause of hearing loss is usually found in the tiny hair cells that play the crucial role of converting sound waves into nerve impulses for delivery to the brain."Whether hearing loss... Read More
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ASHA Offers Tips for Educators to Recognize Better Hearing and Speech Month in Schools
May 3, 2013
(Rockville, MD - April 23, 2013) The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) is offering tips for educators to promote Better Hearing and Speech Month this May. More than half of ASHA memb... Read More
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Educational Summer Camp Offered for Deaf and Hard-of-hearing Students
May 2, 2013
Hundreds of students from across the country attend each year.Summer is just around the corner, and it’s not too late to enroll in Explore Your Future, a six-day career awareness program for col... Read More
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2013 Oticon Focus on People Awards Honor Twelve Remarkable People Who Are Changing Perceptions and Inspiring Action
May 2, 2013
SOMERSET, NJ April 25 – Oticon, Inc. today announced the 2013 recipients of the Oticon Focus on People Awards, twelve outstanding individuals who prove that hearing loss does not limit a person... Read More
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AG Bell Academy Appoints Lee Rech to its Board of Directors
May 1, 2013
Washington, D.C. – April 24, 2013 – The AG Bell Academy for Listening and Spoken Language announces the appointment of Lee Rech, Esq., to its board of directors for the 2013-2015 term.Rech... Read More
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ASI Expands Sales Team Across Country
April 30, 2013
Continued Growth Fuels Expansion.Schaumburg, ILL., April 25, 2013 – Audiology Systems Inc., a national partnership of industry professionals, audiologists and local audiology and vestibular inst... Read More
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Ida Institute’s Ideas Worth Hearing Aims to Inspire Individual and Group Initiatives to Raise Awareness of Hearing Loss
April 29, 2013
Ida Institute has launched Ideas Worth Hearing, an Ideas Catalog featuring some of the best ideas from among the more than 400 ideas generated by the Ideas, Speak up - Action and Awareness for Hearing... Read More
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AO Monthly Review: The Lowdown on Frequency Lowering
April 29, 2013
Have you noticed that most every major manufacturer now offers some type of frequency lowering technology? Linear frequency compression, nonlinear frequency compression, frequency transposition, spect... Read More
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Oticon Medical Scientific Meeting Focuses on Newest Research and Advances in Bone Anchored Surgery to Improve Patient-Centered Outcomes
April 28, 2013
Copenhagen, DK April 24 – Leading surgeons from North America, Europe, Israel and Turkey recently gathered in Copenhagen for Oticon Medical’s Scientific Meeting on tissue preservation su... Read More
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CSUN's Phone App for Deaf Wins International Software Competition
April 27, 2013
A team of Cal State Northridge computer hotshots licked top universities throughout the region at a software competition last weekend by designing a winning phone app alert system for the deaf.The CSU... Read More
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Starkey Hearing Technologies Becomes a Corporate Champion Sponsor of American Tinnitus Association
April 26, 2013
Facebook Contest in May Offers Chance to Win Xino Tinnitus Devices.MINNEAPOLIS, April 24, 2013 – Starkey Hearing Technologies, one of the world’s leading hearing technology companies, is e... Read More
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Douglas Beck, Au.D. Receives R.S. McCrea Medal
April 25, 2013
Douglas Beck, Au.D., Director of Professional Relations for Oticon, Inc., has been awarded the R.S. McCrea Medal 2012 by the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children. Beck is honored for his presenta... Read More
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Noise – an Everyday Cause of Illness
April 24, 2013
Stäfa / Zug, Switzerland (April 22, 2013) – The 18th International Noise Awareness Day is taking place on April 24. The Hear the World Foundation is using the global day of action to inform... Read More
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Discovering the Missing "LINC" to Deafness
April 23, 2013
Mutation in a genetic protein prevents hearing, reports a TAU researcher.Because half of all instances of hearing loss are linked to genetic mutations, advanced gene research is an invaluable tool for... Read More
Research
Researchers Discover a Biological Marker of Dyslexia
April 22, 2013
Ability to consistently encode sound undergirds the reading process.EVANSTON, Ill. --- Though learning to read proceeds smoothly for most children, as many as one in 10 is estimated to suffer from dys... Read More
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Researchers Identify Gene Linked to Progressive Hearing Loss from Noise and Aging
April 21, 2013
An international team of researchers led by the Miller School’s Xue Zhong Liu, M.D., Ph.D., has identified the first gene to be associated with both noise-reduced and age-related hearing loss. T... Read More
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HLAA Announces a $50,000 Matching Challenge
April 20, 2013
The Most Powerful Contribution You May Ever Make − Respond Today, Double Your Impact!An anonymous long-time HLAA supporter − who shares your passion for our mission, to open the world of c... Read More
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Siemens Hearing Instruments UK Announces A Trio of New Appointments Across England and Wales
April 19, 2013
Siemens Hearing Instuments has announced a trio of new appointments across England and Wales. These have been made to further build upon Siemens’ excellent service offering and to provide deeper... Read More
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UW Researchers Split Hairs
April 18, 2013
Left: This confocal micrograph shows the whole utricle (balance organ) from an adult mouse. This organ has spontaneously regenerated a small number of its hair cells (red) after ablation of the vast... Read More
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