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Read the latest news about audiology and hearing aid systems.
Worldwide Hearing Industry Research Consortium Announced
August 12, 2012
$300,000 Grant to be Awarded to Winning Proposal on Interaction of Cognition and Hearing Aids. The hearing industry's largest manufacturers have collaborated to create the Hearing Industry Research Co... Read More
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Studies On Deaf Children May Help Decode Dyslexia
August 11, 2012
Decade-long study of kids born deaf yields surprising clues to dyslexia. Imagine trying to learn to read if this sentence actually looked like this: Ignmiea rtiyng to leanr to rade if this eesnetcen a... Read More
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Discovery of Hair-Cell Roots Suggests the Brain Modulates Sound Sensitivity
August 10, 2012
The hair cells of the inner ear have a previously unknown "root" extension that may allow them to communicate with nerve cells and the brain to regulate sensitivity to sound vibrations and head positi... Read More
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Starkey Hearing Technologies Awards 2012 William F. Austin Scholarships
August 9, 2012
Starkey Hearing Technologies, one of the world's leading hearing technology companies, is pleased to announce this year's recipients of the William F. Austin Scholarship. The six recipients were chose... Read More
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Study: Insomnia Takes Toll on Tinnitus Patients
August 8, 2012
For the more than 36 million people plagued by tinnitus, insomnia can have a negative effect on the condition, worsening the functional and emotional toll of chronic ringing, buzzing, hissing or click... Read More
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Mom's Voice May Improve the Health of Premature Babies
August 7, 2012
When babies are born prematurely, they are thrust into a hospital environment that while highly successful at saving their lives, is not exactly the same as the mother's womb where ideal development o... Read More
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AG Bell Position on the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
August 7, 2012
AG Bell signed on to a letter of support for the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) as part of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Alliance (DHHA)... Read More
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GN Otometrics Announces New Distribution Strategy
August 6, 2012
Industry Leader Rethinks Approach to Market, Raises Bar on Customer Care. GN Otometrics, the world leader in hearing and balance diagnostic systems, announced today that it is implementing a new distr... Read More
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Oticon's "At the Heart of It" Campaign Benefits the American Heart Association with $10,000 Donation
August 5, 2012
Rasmus Borsting, Executive Director of Oticon, Inc., presents a check for $10,000 to the Lisa Marie Arieno, the American Heart Association's Regional Director of Central New Jersey and Greater Union C... Read More
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Deafening Affects Vocal Nerve Cells Within Hours
August 4, 2012
Portions of a songbird's brain that control how it sings have been shown to decay within 24 hours of the animal losing its hearing. The findings, by researchers at Duke University Medical Center, show... Read More
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US Olympic Volleyball Team Member David Smith Spikes One for People with Hearing Loss
August 3, 2012
David Smith is a team player who is always ready to spike one for people with hearing loss and the positive difference that hearing care and hearing solutions can make. Now in London, competing as #20... Read More
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The Hearing Loss Association of America Names New Hearing Loop Advocate
August 3, 2012
The Hearing Loss Association of America® (HLAA) is delighted to introduce Juliëtte Sterkens, Au.D., the new HLAA hearing loop advocate. Dr. Sterkens is an audiologist in private practice and... Read More
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Meet the 2012 AG Bell Award Recipients
August 1, 2012
AG Bell has a rich, 50-year history of recognizing individuals and organizations that have made the world a better place for children and adults with hearing loss. Meet the distinguished 2012 AG Bell... Read More
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Phonak Announces Popular Adult & FM Clinical Conference
July 31, 2012
Registration is open for Advances in Audiology Meeting Dec. 2-5, 2012 in Las Vegas. Phonak is pleased to announce its clinical conference called "Advances in Audiology: Tomorrow's Solutions for Today'... Read More
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Oticon's Advanced Marketing Boot Camp Equips Hearing Care Professionals for Success in a Competitive Marketplace
July 30, 2012
More than 100 leading hearing care professionals from across the US answered the call to participate in Oticon's 2012 Advanced Marketing Boot Camp, held June 22-24 in San Jose, California. At the thre... Read More
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Salus University Names New President
July 29, 2012
Salus University Board of Trustees Chair Jo Surpin has announced that Rear Admiral Michael H. Mittelman, OD, MPH, will succeed Dr. Thomas L. Lewis as the University's next president. "With 32 years as... Read More
Associations
Ideas Campaign Sparks Creativity, Collaboration and Caring
July 28, 2012
Ideas from Simple and Practical to Innovative and High Tech Aim to Change the World for People with Hearing Loss. More than 200 original ideas have been posted on awarenessforhearingloss.com since Mar... Read More
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UH Students Develop Prototype Device That Translates Sign Language
July 27, 2012
Award-winning MyVoice Combines Vision of Engineering Technology and Industrial Design Students. Too often, communication barriers exist between those who can hear and those who cannot. Sign language h... Read More
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Family Physician Pens Memoir About Growing Up Deaf
July 26, 2012
Dr. Justus Peters hopes to inspire readers to achieve their dreams, despite the obstacles and challenges they face, in "A Walk in My Moccasins: Memoirs of a Deaf Physician." Like most, Dr. Justus Pete... Read More
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Phonak Announces Winner of the 2012 Cheryl DeConde Johnson Award
July 25, 2012
Recipient Carrie Spangler, AuD., Ohio Educational Audiologist, Role Model and Mentor. Phonak LLC has awarded the 2012 Cheryl DeConde Johnson award for Outstanding Achievement in Educational and Pediat... Read More
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