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Read the latest news about audiology and hearing aid systems.
New Balance in Hearing: Gaia Hearing Aids Balance Speech Intelligibility and Listening Comfort
April 24, 2003
Somerset, NJ, April 2 - Oticon, Inc. today introduced Gaia, a fully digital hearing instrument that offers a new balance in hearing by combining speech intelligibility and comfortable sound quality in... Read More
Siemens Welcomes New Members to Sales Team
April 23, 2003
Siemens Hearing Instruments, Inc. announces four new field representatives have joined the Siemens team. With nearly 40 years of combined industry experience, these sales representatives were selected... Read More
Hear Effort Travels to Costa Rica
April 23, 2003
PALO ALTO, CA - April 2003 - HEAR Effort, a newly established charitable organization sponsored by California Ear Institute at Stanford, recently announced that it has expanded its efforts to Costa Ri... Read More
New ''How To'' Guide to HIPAA Compliance Announced
April 22, 2003
SAMC/BLA announce the availability of a 375 page document entitled the HIPAA Privacy and Security Manual: The "How To" Guide to Achieve HIPAA Compliance. The HIPAA manual provides health care professi... Read More
GN Otometrics Introduces PediHear™
April 21, 2003
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. - GN Otometrics, the world leader in hearing and balance diagnostic systems, is introducing PediHear™, at the American Academy of Audiology's annual conference in San Antonio, T... Read More
HIPAA 101: Real World Privacy Compliance Strategies for Audiologists
April 18, 2003
Click here to view the chat transcript of HIPAA 101: Real World Privacy Compliance Strategies for Audiologists -- Brought to you by the Academy of Dispensing Audiologists and Audiology Online Read More
AFA Awards First Practitioner Scholarship
April 18, 2003
Lafayette, IN -Ann Marie Weingart, MS, of Burlington, IA is the first recipient of the AFA's Audiology Professional Organization Practitioner Scholarship. The scholarship was developed to expand the A... Read More
Transcript of Available for Review in Audiology Online Chat Archive
April 17, 2003
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Environmental Noise Threatens Hearing & Health
April 16, 2003
The American Speech-Language- Hearing Association (ASHA) is sending a nationwide wake-up call to the American public about the growing danger of hazardous environmental noise levels. A new multi-media... Read More
Senator Bob Dole Encourages Academy Members to Actively Comment on Medicaid Regulation
April 15, 2003
Released last week and announced at The Academy's Annual Meeting in San Antonio, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a new Medicaid regulation that is important to all audiolog... Read More
Sonus Network Announces Five Key Promotions And One New Addition Within It's Organizational Structure
April 14, 2003
has been promoted to a new position as the . Carrie has served as the Network Northeast Regional Manager for over 4 years. The new Eastern Region includes all states east of the Mississippi River (min... Read More
Ear Service Corporation (ESCO) - Newest Audiology Online Corporate Partner
April 14, 2003
Douglas L. Beck Au.D., President and Editor-In-Chief of Audiology Online, announced today that Ear Service Corporation (ESCO) has become the newest corporate partner of Audiology Online (AO). AO is th... Read More
Industry
Rayovac and Audiology Online Announce Second Annual 2003 Writing Contest
April 11, 2003
Rayovac and Audiology Online are proud to announce the second annual 2003 writing contest. The general topic is "Hearing Aids." Submissions can be on related subjects such as; personal experience, aur... Read More
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Publishes New Qualifications for Audiologists
April 11, 2003
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposal rulemaking in today's Federal Register that mirrors policies advocated by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASH... Read More
Medicaid Audiologist Qualifications
April 10, 2003
Dear Colleague: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is soon to publish a proposed rule on Medicaid provider qualifications for audiologists. We wanted to let you know of ASHA's involv... Read More
Air Force Hospital Brings Cochlear Implants to Military Families
April 9, 2003
First Lt. Jennifer Tay, First Lt. Nicole Cioni Air Force Cochlear Implant Program Wilford Hall Medical Center San Antonio, Texas. Over the past year, surgeons and audiologists at Wilford Hall Medical... Read More
MED-EL to Purchase Symphonix' Assets
April 4, 2003
MED-EL announces the signature of an asset purchase agreement with Symphonix Inc, the Nasdaq listed Silicon Valley based developer of the world's first US-FDA and CE-approved middle ear implant for mo... Read More
Cochlear Americas Partners With SHHH for The National Information and Training Center for Hearing Assistive Technology
April 3, 2003
Cochlear Americas, manufacturer of the Cochlear Nucleus® line of cochlear implants, awarded Self Help for Hard of Hearing People (SHHH) a $15,000 challenge grant in support of the National Informa... Read More
Oakwood Now Performs Cochlear Implants; Teams with Michigan Ear Institute to Restore Hearing
April 2, 2003
Medical Center now offers hope to people with profound hearing loss through its new cochlear implant procedure. Oakwood has teamed with physicians from the renowned Michigan Ear Institute, Eric Sargen... Read More
Dallas' First Freestanding Hearing Clinic Marks 20 Years
March 31, 2003
This week Hearing Professional Center marks 20 years of service, and founder Dr. Deborah Price returns from nine days in Brazil's rainforest where she tested and treated 216 natives living in seven re... Read More
