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Senator Harkin Reintroduces Hearing Aid Tax Credit and Expands Coverage to People of All Ages
June 9, 2009
Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) has reintroduced Hearing Aid Tax Credit legislation in the Senate (S. 1019) that would expand coverage to people with hearing loss of all ages. Hearing Aid Tax Credit legisla... Read More
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Older Americans are in Denial About Their Hearing Loss, New Study Finds
June 9, 2009
A survey commissioned by Siemens Hearing Instruments, Inc. reveals that the average American Baby Boomer believes their hearing is above average, while the majority of their children think their paren... Read More
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Wrightslaw - Special Education Law and Advocacy Training Conference
June 8, 2009
The Children's Hearing Institute, Educational Outreach Program is pleased to announce an upcoming conference, "Wrightslaw - Special Education Law and Advocacy Training Conference" that will take place... Read More
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Childhood Hearing Loss More Prevalent Among Hispanic-American, Low-Income Households
June 7, 2009
New review indicates fractured medical records collection for childhood hearing loss - A new review of medical databases shows that neonatal hearing loss, already one of the most common birth disorder... Read More
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2009 Oticon Focus on People Awards: Call for Nominations of Outstanding Individuals with Hearing Loss
June 6, 2009
National Award Celebrates 12 Years of Honoring People Who Make a Difference In 12 years, the Oticon Focus on People Awards have honored over 180 extraordinary people whose courage, vision and commitme... Read More
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ASHA Sponsors WETA Kids, #1 Most Watched Children's Programming In Washington, DC
June 5, 2009
New Television Ad Points Viewers To Safe Listening Web Site During Better Hearing And Speech Month (BHSM) A new television advertisement encouraging viewers to visit www.ListenToYourBuds.org (LTYB) fo... Read More
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Tel Aviv University Discovers 'Hair' microRNAs As a Cause and Potential New Cure for Deafness
June 4, 2009
Despite modern medicine, one in 1,000 American babies are born deaf. The numbers increase markedly with age, with more than 50% of seniors in the United States experiencing some form of hearing loss.... Read More
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New Stem Cell Therapy May Lead to Treatment for Deafness
June 3, 2009
A new study has successfully isolated human auditory stem cells from fetal cochleae - Deafness affects more than 250 million people worldwide. It typically involves the loss of sensory receptors, call... Read More
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AudiologyOnline Takes You Around the Web in 60 Seconds! - Vol. 5, No. 6
June 3, 2009
AudiologyOnline uses the latest in internet scanning and retrieval technology to find hearing health-related news and web sites from around the world. This information is then compiled and summarized... Read More
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Consumer Reports Covers Hearing Aids & Hearing Protection
June 2, 2009
The July 2009 issue of Consumer Reports (CR) includes an article entitled Hear Well in a Noisy World that covers hearing aids, hearing protection and the process of shopping for hearing aids. The arti... Read More
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Beltone Shows 'Touch' Of Class
June 2, 2009
Beltone's Smallest Power Custom Device Disappears into Most Ear Canals While Delivering Natural Sound Beltone Electronics announces the introduction of Beltone Touch™, their smallest (custom) po... Read More
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ASHA Announces Winners of Viral Video Contest
June 2, 2009
Videos Raise Awareness About Communication Disorders For May, Better Hearing and Speech Month (BHSM) The winners of the first annual "Make Your Own BHSM Video" contest were announced by the American S... Read More
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Human and Mouse Share Hearing Deficit Caused by Mutation in microRNA
June 1, 2009
In parallel studies in human and mouse, two groups of researchers have come to the same conclusion: that a new kind of gene is associated with progressive hearing loss. The new gene - called a microRN... Read More
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Unitron Wins Prestigious Premier's Catalyst Award for Best Innovation
May 31, 2009
Company's Breakthrough Technology Recognized with Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation Award Kitchener, Ontario, Canada - Unitron is honoured to announce that it has been named the Company with... Read More
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Healthy People 2010 Update: Preventing NIHL in Children
May 31, 2009
In October 2008, NIDCD participated in a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services meeting on progress being made toward hearing health objectives set by Healthy People 2010, our national blueprint... Read More
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Starkey Continues Support of Hearing Tax Credit Bill During 2009 Hearing on the Hill
May 30, 2009
Jerry Ruzicka, President of Starkey Laboratories, Inc., and Brandon Sawalich, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, participated in the 2009 Hearing on the Hill in Washington, DC, on May 12 and 13 al... Read More
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Cochlear Implants Offer Kids A Gift Beyond Hearing
May 30, 2009
UT Dallas Study Links Devices With an Overall Improved Quality of Life - For years, hearing scientists have known that cochlear implants improve the communication of children who receive them. What th... Read More
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Siemens Promotes May is Better Hearing and Speech Month on America's Largest Stage
May 29, 2009
Educating the public about hearing loss and the importance of hearing health Siemens Hearing Instruments, Inc. celebrates May is Better Hearing and Speech Month in Times Square from May 11 through 28... Read More
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Good Vibrations - Devices Aid the Deaf by Translating Sound Waves to Vibrations
May 29, 2009
Lip reading is a critical means of communication for many deaf people, but it has a drawback: Certain consonants (for example, p and b) can be nearly impossible to distinguish by sight alone. Tactile... Read More
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House Passes School Modernization Bill with Classroom Acoustics Provisions
May 28, 2009
Provisions allowing school districts to address classroom noise and acoustics in their school buildings remained intact in H.R.2187, the 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act... Read More
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