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Who Helps You to Speak Well...Hear Well...Live Well?
May 13, 2011
May is Speech and Hearing Awareness Month. Many of us take our abilities to communicate for granted. Yet the quality of our capacity to speak, hear and be heard is so much more vital to our lives than... Read More
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Florida Gun Legislation Would Hinder Pediatricians' Efforts to Protect Children
May 12, 2011
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) joins the Florida Pediatric Society and other physicians and medical professionals in expressing deep concern over the advancement of Florida Senate Bill 432 a... Read More
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Support ReSound's Campaign to Help America Hear
May 11, 2011
This Better Hearing & Speech Month (May), ReSound is donating a pair of hearing aids for every additional 10 people to "like" them on Facebook. The donated hearing aids will go to Help America Hear, a... Read More
Industry
Senators Harkin & Snowe Reintroduce Hearing Aid Tax Credit With Support From 8 Senators
May 10, 2011
Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) today reintroduced the bipartisan Hearing Aid Tax Credit (S. 905) with 8 original co-sponsors. The bill is unchanged from legislation in the 111th C... Read More
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Emergency Communications Survey-Summary Report, April 2011
May 9, 2011
A summary of the findings from the Wireless RERC's survey on emergency communications and people with disabilities conducted October 2010-January 2011. The survey focused on 2 aspects of emergency com... Read More
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New Video Otoscope from Interacoustics
May 8, 2011
Interacoustics releases their new VIOT™ video otoscope for endoscopy and medical documentation. The LED illumination optical system and electronics are combined in a very compact, practical inst... Read More
Industry
National Hearing Conservation Association Advocates Review of OSHA Interpretation of Feasibility of Occupational Noise Controls
May 7, 2011
In support of its efforts in hearing loss prevention, the National Hearing Conservation Association (NHCA) sent a letter to the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) advoc... Read More
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Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Introduces Visual Paging Services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Customers
May 6, 2011
Travelers at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) now have access to visual as well as audio paging services. Here's how it works. When an audio page is made from the airport's Information... Read More
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Siemens Announces Expert Series of eSeminars
May 5, 2011
Leading independent researchers discuss best practices in hearing aid fittings in a series of free, online seminars Siemens Hearing Instruments, Inc. (www.usa.siemens.com/hearing) announces a series o... Read More
Industry
House Ear Institute Changes Name to House Research Institute
May 5, 2011
House Ear Institute Board of Trustees announced today the nonprofit has changed its name to House Research Institute. The change to Research in the name more accurately reflects the institute's expand... Read More
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'Empowering People' Wins Top Award for Oticon at 2011 AudiologyNOW!
May 4, 2011
Hearing Care Professionals Contribute $10,000 Worth of Pedal Power for a Worthy Cause Hearing care professionals attending the 2011 AudiologyNOW! conference in Chicago voted Oticon, Inc.'s "Empowering... Read More
Industry
Study: Abuse Rates Higher Among Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children Compared with Hearing Youth
May 3, 2011
Depression, post-traumatic stress also more prevalent than among hearing youths A new study at Rochester Institute of Technology indicates that the incidence of maltreatment, including neglect and phy... Read More
Research
Monthly Review - We Laud You!?
May 3, 2011
Laud means to 'extol or praise', but exactly how do I use this word in a sentence to thank you for being a part of AudiologyOnline? Speaking of laud, earlier this month we heard from many of you about... Read More
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Oticon Medical Symposium Presents Clinical Data on Benefits of Ponto Bone Anchored Hearing Solutions at OSSEO 2011
May 2, 2011
Oticon Medical recently sponsored a symposium on the newest clinical data on bone anchored hearing solutions at the Third International Symposium on Bone Conduction Hearing - Craniofacial Osseointegra... Read More
Industry
FCC Acts to Ensure That Deaf-Blind Individuals Have Access to 21st Century Communications Technologies
May 2, 2011
Today, the Commission established a National Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution Program (NDBEDP) to enable low-income individuals who are deaf-blind to access 21st Century communications services. The... Read More
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ReSound Combats Feedback Squeal with Unique DFS Ultra Technology
May 1, 2011
ReSound takes a significant leap forward in feedback cancellation with the development of DFS Ultra technology - feedback-free amplification with uncompromised sound quality. www.gnresound.com - ReSou... Read More
Industry
New Software Release for the Video Frenzel
April 30, 2011
Interacoustics' latest software release (V. 1.1) for the VF405 Video Frenzel system has a series of new features, enhancing the user experience. The software is fully Windows® 7 compatible and has... Read More
Industry
hearinghealthmatters.org 'Hear Well, Live Well'
April 29, 2011
A new blog for all who believe that hearing health matters Eight prominent hearing professionals have launched a unique new blog, hearinghealthmatters.org. "Our mission," says Holly Hosford-Dunn, PhD,... Read More
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Starkey Awards Scholarship Donations to Trivia Challenge Winners
April 28, 2011
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and Gallaudet University Take Top Honors Starkey Laboratories, Inc., one of the world's leading hearing technology companies, is proud to announce the winners of th... Read More
Industry
Audiology Organizations Dispute Claims Made by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
April 28, 2011
The Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA) and the American Academy of Audiology (AAA) today joined forces to correct claims made recently by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) wit... Read More
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