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New Website Video Production Program for Hearing Care Professionals
February 2, 2009
(San Antonio, TX) Healthy Hearing (www.healthyhearing.com), the leading online resource for consumer information on hearing loss and hearing aids, is offering an exciting opportunity for hearing care... Read More
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Maryland Issues New Internet Hearing Aid Sales Regulation
February 2, 2009
The Maryland Board of Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, and Speech-Language Pathologists has established new standards for internet hearing aid sales. The state's new restrictions stem from the pa... Read More
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The New England Hearing Healthcare Conference
February 1, 2009
The New England Hearing Healthcare Conference sponsored by the Massachusetts Hearing Society ("MHS") was held 11/21/08 & 11/22/08 at Foxwoods Resort Casino. The two-day event is held every 18 months.... Read More
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Federal Employee Hearing Aid Insurance Benefits Take Effect January 1
January 31, 2009
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) hearing aid insurance coverage plans went into effect on January 1, 2009 for potentially 8 million federal employees, retirees and their families. FEH... Read More
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ASHA Announces Plans For 'Safe Listening' Concert in Washington, DC
January 30, 2009
Group Aims To Build On Success Of Its Buds Chicago Concert After a tremendously successful debut in Chicago, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) announced today that it will hold,... Read More
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Enjoy the Full Sound Spectrum in a Stylish Way, with Audéo YES
January 29, 2009
The world's smallest completely wireless hearing system uses innovative technology to improve speech comprehension in all hearing situations - Phonak, the world's leading manufacturer of innovative he... Read More
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Congress Overrides Veto on Medicare
January 28, 2009
Law Brings Gains for Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists by Ingrida Lusis Medicare beneficiaries and providers were affirmed resoundingly on July 15 when Congress, in a show of bipartisan su... Read More
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New Issue Focuses on Communication Disorders
January 27, 2009
The Fall 2008 issue of NIH MedlinePlus magazine features a special section, titled "Focus on Communication," which highlights research of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Dis... Read More
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New Jersey Legislature Passes Grace's Law
January 26, 2009
The New Jersey Assembly passed 'Grace's Law' on December 16, 2008, just three weeks after the state Senate did the same. The law, a hearing aid insurance mandate for children age 15 years and younger,... Read More
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Enhanced Discrimination of Low-frequency Sounds for Subjects with High-frequency Dead Regions
January 25, 2009
A study published online in Brain Advance Access (Brain, doi:10.1093/brain/awn308) may provide new insight into cortical plasticity. The abstract is provided here; to access the full article or for... Read More
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Order a NIDCD Noisy Planet Calendar for the New Year
January 24, 2009
Be prepared for the new year by visiting It's a Noisy Planet. Protect Their Hearing. This national public education campaign, sponsored by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Di... Read More
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ASHFoundation Bestows 65 Research Grants, Scholarships, Clinical Awards
January 24, 2009
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation (ASHFoundation) recently awarded $574,000 through 65 research grants, scholarships, clinical achievement awards in support of groundbreaking research in... Read More
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A Business Winner is Given an Award
January 23, 2009
Alina Urdaneta, VP Marketing, Siemens Hearing Instruments Receives Prestigious Recognition Alina Urdaneta, Vice President of Marketing at Siemens Hearing Instruments, Inc., a leading manufacturer of h... Read More
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Hearing Loss in Children With Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection in Relation to the Maternal Trimester in Which the Maternal Primary Infection Occurred
January 22, 2009
Hearing Loss in Children A new study in the journal Pediatrics (Vol. 122 No. 6 December 2008, pp. e1123-e1127; doi:10.1542/peds.2008-0770) concluded that hearing loss in infants with congenital cyt... Read More
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Starkey's Zon Wins 2008 GOOD DESIGN Award
January 21, 2009
Award Given by The Chicago Athenaeum Zon,™ the award-winning hearing aid developed by Starkey Laboratories, Inc., has been honored with a 2008 GOOD DESIGN Award. The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of... Read More
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HearUSA Receives URAC Health Network Accreditation
January 20, 2009
HearUSA, Inc. (AMEX: EAR), the recognized leader in hearing care for the nation's top managed care providers through 200 company-owned hearing care centers and a network of over 1,900 affiliated provi... Read More
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HIA Releases Hearing Instrument Sales Statistics for 2008
January 20, 2009
Hearing Industries Association released its annual statistical report of U.S. hearing instrument sales for 2008 with nineteen companies reporting data. Based on this survey of member companies, the co... Read More
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MRI Machines May Damage Cochlear Implants
January 19, 2009
Patients with cochlear implants may want to steer clear of certain magnetic imaging devices, such as 3T MRI machines, because the machines can demagnetize the patient's implant, according to new resea... Read More
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Neuromonics Awarded $1 Million To Conduct Army Tinnitus Study
January 18, 2009
Neuromonics, Inc. recently announced that it has been designated to receive $1 million in funding through the Department of Defense to study the treatment of tinnitus among military servicemembers. Th... Read More
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Beltone New England Announces Winner of the 'Beltone Better Hearing Giveaway'
January 17, 2009
Beltone of New England and Beltone Electronics Corporation of Chicago has chosen the winner of a pair of Beltone's most advanced hearing aids. Caption: Mr. Tuttle with Mr. Michael Andreaozzi of Belton... Read More
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