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Sonova Appoints Lukas Braunschweiler As New CEO
July 27, 2011
The Board of Directors of Sonova Holding AG today appointed Lukas Braunschweiler as new CEO of the company. The 55 year old Swiss citizen is currently the CEO of the Swiss technology group Ruag, his m... Read More
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William F. Austin Receives 2011 Jefferson Award
July 26, 2011
39th annual "Nobel Prize" for Public Service Awards Presented at Washington, D.C., and New York City Ceremonies Starkey Laboratories, Inc., a global leader in hearing technology, is proud to announce... Read More
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Injection Therapy For Sudden Hearing Loss Disorder May Be Suitable Alternative to Oral Steroids
July 25, 2011
Treating idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss with injections of steroids directly into the ear appears to result in recovery of hearing that is not less than recovery obtained with the standa... Read More
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Siemens Hearing Instruments to Showcase its Range of NHS and Retail Audiology Solutions at BAA 2011
July 24, 2011
Lifestyle enhancing innovations include IMPACT, Aquaris and miniTek Siemens Hearing Instruments will showcase its range of Retail and NHS products at this year's British Academy of Audiology (BAA) Con... Read More
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Saving 521,000 Patient Visits Through Best Practices
July 23, 2011
In our study relating hearing aid user success and best practices we found the number of patient visits to adjust the hearing aid were highly correlated with real-world success. In comparing patients... Read More
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ReSound Develops Dual-Microphone Wind Noise Reduction
July 22, 2011
New wind noise protection feature provides improved listening comfort for hearing aid users. http://www.gnresound.com - ReSound, the technology leader in hearing aid solutions, has developed WindGuard... Read More
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Beltone's Campaign Highlights Inspirational Customer Experiences
July 21, 2011
Featured Stories Shed Light on the Everyday Impact of Hearing Loss At age 38, Dr. John Brein, a respected anesthesiologist from Chesapeake, Virginia, began to notice that he was having difficulty hear... Read More
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Helping Deaf People to Enjoy Music Again
July 20, 2011
Researchers from the University of Southampton are investigating how to help deaf people, who have received a cochlear implant, to get more enjoyment from music. Music professor David Nicholls and Dr... Read More
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Starkey Announces Hearing Innovation Expo 2012 at the New Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
July 19, 2011
Media Mogul Sir Richard Branson One of Several Featured Keynote Speakers Starkey Laboratories, Inc., one of the world's leading hearing technology companies, is proud to announce that it will hold the... Read More
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Researchers Identify Components of Speech Recognition Pathway in Humans
July 18, 2011
Finding suggests speech perception evolved from animals Neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) have defined, for the first time, three different processing stages that a human... Read More
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International Conferences in Lake Como, Italy: NHS 2012 the 2nd International Conference on Adult Hearing
July 17, 2011
On June 2012 two major international scientific meetings on Hearing will be held in Cernobbio (Lake Como), namely the NHS 2012 Conference (Beyond Newborn Hearing Screening. Infant and Childhood Hearin... Read More
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350 Million Adults Have Diabetes After Explosion in Prevalence Spanning Three Decades
July 16, 2011
An estimated 350 million people in the world have diabetes, according to a major new international study published Online First by The Lancet. The study shows that diabetes prevalence has risen (in ma... Read More
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NY City Forces Retirement of Police Officers Wearing Hearing Aids
July 15, 2011
In an article published June 19, 2011, (www.nytimes.com/2011/06/20/nyregion/ny-enforces-ban-on-police-officers-using-hearing-aids.html) the New York Times reported the New York City police department... Read More
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Saliva is Effective in Screening for CMV Infection in Newborns, Says NIH-funded Research
July 14, 2011
Swabbing a newborn's mouth for saliva can be used to quickly and effectively screen for cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection, a leading cause of hearing loss in children, says research in the June 2 issue... Read More
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British Society of Audiology Awards Jos Millar Shield Award to Douglas L. Beck and Ravi Sockalingam
July 13, 2011
The British Society of Audiology (BSA) recently nominated Douglas L. Beck, Au.D., Director of Professional Relations, Oticon Inc., and Ravi Sockalingam, Ph.D., Director of Clinical Research and Profes... Read More
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Researchers Reveal Function of Novel Molecule That Underlies Human Deafness
July 12, 2011
New research from the University of Sheffield has revealed that a novel molecular mechanism that underlies deafness is caused by a mutation of a specific microRNA called miR-96. The discovery could pr... Read More
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Starkey Named to Star Tribune Top Workplaces 2011
July 11, 2011
Starkey Ranked Number 16 on Large Employers List Starkey Laboratories, Inc., one of the world's leading hearing technology companies, is proud to announce it has been named one of the Top 100 Workplac... Read More
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Hearing Impaired Americans Receive ReSound Hearing Aids at Colorado Mission
July 10, 2011
Hearing aid manufacturer, ReSound, provides hearing aids to Americans with limited financial resources via the Help America Hear charity. http://www.gnresound.com - ReSound, the technology leader in h... Read More
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CASLPA Supports Private Members' Bill Seeking to Ensure Fair Access to Disability Tax Credit
July 9, 2011
The Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (CASLPA) is pleased to announce its support for Peter Julian's (MP for New-Westminster Burnaby) private members' bill C-246, t... Read More
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HANSATON USA Announces the Power BTE Hearing Systems
July 8, 2011
Newest high performance hearing devices available for adults and children offer full power in all performance classes HANSATON USA now offers the world's first choice for high performance hearing solu... Read More
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