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Read the latest news about audiology and hearing aid systems.
Ability to Listen to Two Things at Once Is Largely Inherited, Says Twin Study
August 11, 2007
Your ability to listen to a phone message in one ear while a friend is talking into your other ear—and comprehend what both are saying—is an important communication skill that's heavily in... Read More
Research
Coach Don Shula to Appear in All HearUSA Company-Owned Hearing Care Centers
August 10, 2007
Being in two places at once is a challenge for most people. Thanks to the imagination of HearUSA, Coach Don Shula will be able to have a presence at each of its 165 company-owned stores. So how is the... Read More
Industry
Winners of Oticon $100,000 Office Makeover Contest See a Patient-Centric Future
August 9, 2007
Oticon, Inc. today announced the winners of the company's $100,000 Office Makeover Contest. Grand prize winner David Illich, AuD, FAAA of Professional Hearing Associates in Oceanside, California and r... Read More
Industry
Children's Hearing Center at House Ear Institute Welcomes Audiologist to Energizer Battery's Traineeship Program
August 9, 2007
Energizer® Battery, Inc., a leading provider of batteries for hearing aids and devices as well as consumer electronics, announces that it has awarded a full scholarship to University of Texas - Da... Read More
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Sound Partnership - Program Update
August 8, 2007
Program Update helping clinics help patients Sound Partnership™ was developed by Cochlear™ to bring the miracle of sound to more people with hearing loss — A true par tnership and co... Read More
Industry
Final Sale of GN Resound to Sonova (Previously Phonak) Now Tentative
August 8, 2007
Earlier today, the appeal court (Oberlandesgericht) in Dusseldorf, Germany, rendered its decision on the application for injunctive relief to close the sale of GN ReSound to Sonova (previously Phonak)... Read More
Industry
DisabilityInfo.Gov Introduces New State and Local Resources Map to Assist Visitors in Locating Disability-Related Information Close to Home
August 8, 2007
The federal government's one-stop Web site for disability-related information and resources — DisabilityInfo.gov — today unveiled a new feature, a state and local resources map, designed t... Read More
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Recent Graduates Increase Au.D. Percentage
August 7, 2007
The recent addition of 392 residential program graduates and 487 distance education graduates (as of May 2007) has brought the total number of Au.D.s to 4,773. This means that over 30 percent of audio... Read More
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Phonak Holding AG is Renamed to Sonova Holding AG
August 6, 2007
Sonova is the leading provider of hearing healthcare solutions - Sonova, the globally active group of companies, is one of the world's top three manufacturers of hearing systems, the market leader in... Read More
Industry
Sonus Offers Support to Audiologists at All Career Stages
August 5, 2007
Sonus Invests Millions in Network Members to Help Them Succeed from School to Retirement - Sonus, the largest professional hearing-care network in North America, has boosted its network member benefit... Read More
Industry
AuDNet's 'Audiology Stories' Contest Winners Reflect the True Value of Audiology Care
August 5, 2007
Audiologists and the outstanding education they possess DOES make a difference! This spring, AuDNet invited audiologists from across the country to share their unique stories about how audiology has m... Read More
Industry
Phonak Hearing Systems, Inc. Makes Major Gift to the AAA Foundation to Support the American Board of Audiology's Pediatric Audiology Specialty Certification Program
August 4, 2007
Cathy Jones, President and CEO of Phonak Hearing Systems, Inc., announced that Phonak will make a gift in the amount of $50,000 to the American Academy of Audiology Foundation to support the American... Read More
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Hearing Devices to Carry HAC Info: Consumers to Benefit
August 3, 2007
The Hearing Industries Association (HIA) notified the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that its members would voluntarily include information about hearing aid compatibility with digital cellular... Read More
Industry
U of Iowa's 15th Annual Conference on Management of the Tinnitus Patient to be held September 20-22, 2007.
August 2, 2007
View PDF Brochure The 15th Annual Conference on Management of the Tinnitus Patient, sponsored by the University of Iowa's Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery and the Department of Spe... Read More
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Questionnaire Module 2.0 on its Way
August 1, 2007
Support for several new languages NOAH Questionnaire module version 2.0 is currently in final quality testing. The NOAH Questionnaire Module allows NOAH 3 users to complete, store and retrieve the COS... Read More
Industry
Donate To This Year's AFA Auction
July 31, 2007
The Audiology Foundation of America is also currently accepting donations for "Everything's Ducky: AFA Charity Auction 2007." Donations should be treats or rewards people could purchase for themselves... Read More
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Reconstructing the Biology of Extinct Species: A New Approach
July 30, 2007
Credit: Alan Walker lab, Penn State A computer reconstruction of an adult female baboon skull from high-resolution x-ray computed tomography (CT) slices. The skull is rendered transparent to show the... Read More
Research
With Funding from Oticon, Inc., Sertoma International Awards $12,000 in Scholarships to Students with Hearing Loss
July 29, 2007
A $12,000 grant from Oticon, Inc. has enabled Sertoma International to award $1,000 college scholarships to students with hearing loss. The twelve winning students with mild to profound hearing loss w... Read More
Industry
Copenhagen Jazz Festival Teams Up With
July 28, 2007
Wonderful Copenhagen has hosted the Copenhagen Jazz Festival since 1979. Every summer, on the first Friday in July, 250,000 people open their ears to the enormous variety of music defining itself unde... Read More
Industry
ADA Restoration Action Center
July 27, 2007
After years of being weakened in the courts, Congress is coming to the rescue of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the bipartisan civil rights protections signed into law in 1990. Majority Le... Read More
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