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Hear the World project: App-based Hearing Screenings for 10'000 Children

January 29, 2018

One of South Africa’s biggest problems is still the huge gap between rich and poor. In order to make hearing care accessible for people on low incomes, the Hear the World Foundation is working c...   Read More

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Fish Use Deafness Gene to Sense Water Motion

January 28, 2018

Researchers explore aquatic model for human hearing.CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY - Fish sense water motion the same way humans sense sound, according to new research out of Case Western Reserve Uni...   Read More

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Nascent Hearing Aid Compatibility Task Force Files First Report with FCC

January 27, 2018

Consumer representatives from the Hearing Loss Association of America, the National Association of the Deaf, and the Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing filed a joint letter with wirel...   Read More

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St. Joseph's/Candler Center for Oto-Neurology Announces 39th Annual Neuro-Audiology Seminar - Register Now!

January 26, 2018

Registration is now open for the St. Joseph's/Candler Center for Oto-Neurology 39th Annual Neuro-Audiology Seminar that will take place in Savannah, GA on April 6 - 7, 2018.   Read More

Alexa and Siri in our Head: Where Voice Recognition Occurs in the Brain

January 26, 2018

Our personal assistant for voice recognition uses a convolution in the right temporal lobe.MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES - We regularly find ourselves in situations in wh...   Read More

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Hear the World Foundation welcomes Prof. Patricia Roush to Advisory Board

January 25, 2018

Hear the World Foundation welcomes Prof. Patricia Roush to Advisory Board.Staefa, Switzerland, January 24, 2018 - Patricia Roush, Professor of Otolaryngology at the University of North Carolina School...   Read More

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New Ida Institute and Action on Hearing Loss Partnership Aims to Strengthen Person Centred Hearing Care

January 24, 2018

Denmark, January 22, 2018 -- The Ida Institute and Action on Hearing Loss have formed a partnership to expand opportunities for people with hearing loss to participate directly in the innovation of au...   Read More

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Cochlear Americas announces the release of the Baha SoundArc

January 23, 2018

The new non-surgical bone conduction wearing option is designed for children who are not yet eligible or ready for an implant but need the first step to hearing.Centennial, Colo. (January 22, 2018) &n...   Read More

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Want to Listen Better? Lend a Right Ear

January 22, 2018

Researchers at Auburn University in Alabama have found that the right ear is the gateway for optimal auditory information processing in both children and adults.ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA - WASHING...   Read More

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Is There a Musical Method for Interpreting Speech?

January 20, 2018

Researchers evaluated whether musicians had an advantage in understanding and reciting degraded speech as compared to nonmusicians.ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA - WASHINGTON, D.C. December 7, 2017 --...   Read More

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Scientists Identify First Brain Cells that Respond to Sound

January 18, 2018

Discovery could enable early diagnosis of autism and other cognitive deficits.UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE - Some expectant parents play classical music for their unborn babies, hoping to...   Read More

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RIT/NTID's Deaf Studies Archive Receives Grant to Digitize Rare Videos About ASL Poetry and Literature

January 17, 2018

Videos capture signed performances of works by poets from Robert Panara to Allen Ginsberg.Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf will digitize and make pub...   Read More

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Oticon Brings Oticon Opn with Telecoil, Power Options and Tinnitus SoundSupport to Veterans Affairs Administration

January 17, 2018

Oticon brings Oticon Opn with telecoil, power options and Tinnitus SoundSupport to Veterans Affairs Administration.   Read More

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Protein Daple Coordinates Single-Cell and Organ-Wide Directionality in the Inner Ear

January 16, 2018

JAX, Rockefeller research team shows mice lacking Daple show developmental defects in hair cells and bundles.JACKSON LABORATORY - Humans inherited the capacity to hear sounds thanks to structures that...   Read More

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Otometrics Leads the Way with Integrated Verification

January 15, 2018

Third major hearing instrument manufacturer can now integrate with Otometrics fitting solution Aurical® to advance integrated verification in hearing instruments for greater efficiency, time-savings...   Read More

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Brain Training Can Improve Our Understanding of Speech in Noisy Places

January 14, 2018

A double-blind placebo-controlled study found that elderly people with hearing loss can triple their understanding of words in noisy situations by training on a custom audiomotor gameCELL PRESS - For...   Read More

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New ConnectClip Turns Oticon Opn™ Hearing Aids into Wireless Headset for Hands-Free Calls from iPhone® and Android™ Smartphones

January 13, 2018

Multipurpose device doubles as remote/partner microphone for improved intelligibility in difficult listening situations.SOMERSET, NJ January 11 – Oticon ConnectClip is the newest addition to th...   Read More

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Pro Soccer Player with Hearing Loss Supports Project Work in Malawi

January 12, 2018

Stäfa (Switzerland), January 10, 2018 – Sonova Holding AG, the world’s leading provider of hearing solutions, has invited German Bundesliga youth team player and Sonova brand ambassador...   Read More

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Ida Institute Calls for Applications for 2018 Ida Research Grants

January 12, 2018

NAERUM, DK January 9 - The Ida Institute Research Committee is now accepting proposals for research projects that investigate outcomes of the use of Ida tools. Research grants of up to $10,000 will b...   Read More

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RIT/NTID Establishes First NSF Deaf College Innovation Bowl

January 11, 2018

Competition will showcase innovations by deaf students from across the country. Deaf and hard-of-hearing college students with innovative product ideas can compete to earn cash and business expertise,...   Read More

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