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Read the latest news about audiology and hearing aid systems.
Widex Wins the European Inventor Award
June 18, 2012
Widex has won the prestigious European Inventor Award 2012. The Danish hearing aid manufacturer came top of a strong field of 15 finalists for its ground-breaking CAMISHA technology - a sophisticated... Read More
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Oticon Medical Website Engages and Educates with More User-Friendly Features and Resources
June 18, 2012
Oticon Medical's newly enhanced website, www.oticonmedical.com, reflects the company's belief that one of the best ways to ensure freedom of choice in bone anchored hearing devices is to create opport... Read More
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Musicians, Music Lovers, Military Maintain Greatest Risk for Tinnitus
June 17, 2012
Neuromonics outlines causes, greater hope with more tinnitus treatments. The prevalence of tinnitus is no secret in today's society, with - according to the American Tinnitus Association - more than 5... Read More
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NOAH System 3 Licenses No Longer Sold After June 30th
June 16, 2012
As mentioned in our earlier newsletter, HIMSA will stop selling NOAH System 3 user licenses to our distributors on June 30th 2012. Noah System 4 has now been on the market for over a year and has prov... Read More
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HIA Sponsors Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation Shoot-Out
June 16, 2012
HIA sponsored the Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation Shoot-out on May 15 and loaned hearing protection devices to more than 50 shooters in the competition which included 30 Representatives and Senat... Read More
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Welcome Steve Wiggs, Sycle.net's New C.T.O.
June 15, 2012
Sycle.net is proud to welcome Steve Wiggs as their new Chief Technology Officer. Steve comes to us from Autodesk, Inc. where he has over 22 years of experience leading and building high performance, d... Read More
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Monthly Review - Free, Invisible Hearing Aids
June 15, 2012
In this month's 20Q with Gus Mueller, our Question Man interviews Sergei Kochkin about Better Hearing Institute's MarkeTrak research. Since the late 1980s, MarkeTrak data has been the go-to reference... Read More
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CCCC Growth Fund Acquires Majority Stake in ESCO
June 14, 2012
ESCO Holdings LLC, the hearing industry's leader in warranty and insurance services, is pleased to announce its partnership with CCCC Growth Fund, LLC. CCCC Growth Fund, based in Pasadena, California,... Read More
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ReSound Announces 'Summer Celebration' Customer Appreciation Contest
June 13, 2012
ReSound is offering weekly giveaways as part of its ongoing mission to demonstrate customer appreciation. www.gnresound.com - ReSound, a technology leader in hearing aid solutions, today announced its... Read More
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Oticon Medical Introduces New Wide Ponto Implant Designed for Improved Stability
June 12, 2012
New Offerings and Broader Range of Options Aim to Support Surgical Advances and Successful Patient Outcomes. In 2009, newly launched Oticon Medical announced the company's intent to grow the market fo... Read More
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8th Biennial International 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome Meeting
June 12, 2012
World-renowned Professionals Connect with Families July 6 - 10th in Orlando to Discuss Cutting-edge Trends & Treatments. - The International 22q11.2 Foundation Inc., an organization dedicated to impro... Read More
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Healthy Hearing Model Changing Athletes' Lives in Jordan
June 11, 2012
Special Olympics and the Hear the World Foundation recently formed a global partnership to increase access to health care and hearing services for people with intellectual disabilities. This partnersh... Read More
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Siemens Hearing Instruments UK Launches New Discreet Hearing Device in UK
June 10, 2012
Fully-customised CIC hearing instrument, Eclipse, delivers greatest possible comfort with technology out of sight. Siemens Hearing Instruments has announced the launch of the new Eclipse™ hearin... Read More
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New Noah Update Available
June 9, 2012
HIMSA has just released a new update, Noah 4.2 Patch 1750. If you have Noah System 4.2, installing the update just takes a few minutes and we highly recommend that you do. Patch 1750 corrects a number... Read More
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Link Between Hearing Loss and Chronic Diseases, Earnings Highlighted by BHI During National Employee Wellness Month
June 9, 2012
During National Employee Wellness Month, the Better Hearing Institute (BHI) is urging employers to make hearing health a key aspect of their workplace wellness initiatives, the institute announced tod... Read More
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Older Americans' Untreated Hearing Loss Can Lead To Depression, Social Isolation
June 8, 2012
Survey: Loved Ones Can Play Major Role by Encouraging Treatment New Campaign Encourages Families to "Speak Up About Hearing Loss". Hearing problems can happen gradually with age, making them easy to i... Read More
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A Middle-Ear Microphone Device Could Make Cochlear Implants More Convenient
June 7, 2012
Cochlear implants have restored basic hearing to some 220,000 deaf people, yet a microphone and related electronics must be worn outside the head, raising reliability issues, preventing patients from... Read More
Research
Forget Charlie's Angels - Hear the World Has an Angelic Trio Of Its Own
June 6, 2012
Bryan Adams photographs a new generation of ambassadors in the pose synonymous with conscious hearing. Young, hip and pretty as a picture: Hear the World is delighted to have recruited three new ambas... Read More
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Starkey Hearing Technologies' Brandon Sawalich Named to International Hearing Foundation Board of Directors
June 5, 2012
Starkey Hearing Technologies, a global leader in hearing technology, is excited to announce that Brandon Sawalich, Senior Vice President, has been named to the International Hearing Foundation's (IHF)... Read More
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Research on Sound, Neural Processing Could Help Deaf People Hear Amidst the Noise
June 5, 2012
A new understanding about how the inner ear processes the temporal structure of sound could some day improve how prosthetic hearing devices are designed to help people with profound hearing loss hear... Read More
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