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Read the latest news about audiology and hearing aid systems.
What's Coming Next? Scientists Identify How the Brain Predicts Speech
July 30, 2017
An international collaboration of neuroscientists has shed light on how the brain helps us to predict what is coming next in speech. Read More
Research
Hearing and Touch Mediate Sensations Via Osseointegrated Prostheses
July 29, 2017
CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY - A new study has found that people with a prosthesis attached directly to their skeleton can hear by means of vibrations in their implant. This sound transmission th... Read More
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U.S. Golfer Kaylin Yost Wins Gold Medal at the 2017
July 28, 2017
Professional golfer and hearing loss advocate Kaylin Yost has won an individual gold medal in Women’s Golf for Team USA at the 2017 Deaflympics Summer Games in Samsun, Turkey. Read More
Industry
No Significant Change Seen in Hearing Loss among U.S. Teens
July 28, 2017
Although there was an increase in the percentage of U.S. youth ages 12 to 19 reporting exposure to loud music through headphones from 1988-2010, researchers did not find significant changes in the pre... Read More
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Are You Listening? Your Pupils Indicate if You Are
July 27, 2017
Dartmouth Study finds pupil dilation patterns synchronize during shared attention.DARTMOUTH COLLEGE - A new Dartmouth study finds that listeners are most likely to tune in when a speaker delivers the... Read More
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Bilateral Tinnitus is Hereditary
July 26, 2017
KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET - Researchers have been able to demonstrate the hereditary nature of certain forms of tinnitus. Bilateral tinnitus - that is, tinnitus in both ears - has been shown to depend on... Read More
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Unitron US Names Kate Handley Vice President of Strategic Accounts and Customer Experience
July 25, 2017
Unitron, a global innovator of advanced hearing solutions, today announced the appointment of Kate Handley as Vice President of Strategic Accounts and Customer Experience, Unitron US. Read More
Industry
THE LANCET: Health Literacy Lessons Help Children Make Sense of Health Claims, Study Finds
July 24, 2017
With unreliable health claims becoming increasingly widespread, improved health literacy could help children and adults make better choices about their health. School lessons can successfully teach pr... Read More
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Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy Associated with Higher Risk of Hearing Loss
July 23, 2017
BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL - Boston, MA -- Hearing loss afflicts approximately 48 million Americans and the number is expected to increase as the population ages. Some previous studies suggested... Read More
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Accepting and Adapting Are Keys to Sustaining a Career After Acquired Hearing Loss
July 22, 2017
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY - CORVALLIS, Ore. - For adults who acquire severe hearing loss, accepting and adapting to the loss play key roles in sustaining a career and thriving in the workplace, new rese... Read More
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This Fly's Incredible Hearing is a Curiosity to Those Developing Better Hearing Aids
July 21, 2017
University of Toronto - Ormia ochracea's sense of directional hearing is second to none in the animal kingdom.But, according to new University of Toronto Scarborough research, what makes its heari... Read More
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NIH Grants $1 Million to RIT Scientists-In-Training Program for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Undergraduates
July 20, 2017
Goal is to increase the number of underrepresented students who enter Ph.D. program in the biomedical and behavioral sciences.The National Institute of General Medical Sciences has awarded a grant to... Read More
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Florida Golf Pro Kaylin Yost to Represent Team USA at the 2017 Deaflympics
July 19, 2017
The Phonak Ambassador will proudly feature a Leo the Lion golf head cover to help inspire children with hearing loss.Warrenville, IL – July 18, 2017 – Professional golfer Kaylin Yost is on... Read More
Industry
Audioscan Introduces its Latest Software Release, Now with Frequency Lowering Guidance Tool and Bone Anchored Hearing Device Verification Capability!
July 19, 2017
Dorchester, Ontario – July 18, 2016 – Hearing professionals often experience these issues when doing real ear or test box verification. Read More
Industry
Archaeologists Put Sound Back into a Previously Silent Past
July 18, 2017
Innovative tool turns ancient spaces into human places.BUFFALO, N.Y. – Many attempts to explain how past people experienced their wider world have focused on sight at the expense of sound, but r... Read More
Research
Aaron C. Jones Named Director of In-clinic Success at Unitron US
July 18, 2017
Plymouth, MN — Unitron today announced the appointment of Aaron C. Jones, Au.D., M.S., as its Director of In-clinic Success. Aaron is responsible for spearheading Unitron’s strategy to sup... Read More
Industry
The Lancet: Healthcare Access and Quality Has Improved Globally, but Inequality Between Countries Has Grown
July 17, 2017
Despite global improvements in healthcare quality and access over 25 years, inequalities between the best and worst-performing countries have grown. Even among countries of similar development levels,... Read More
Research
Oticon, Inc. Partners with Homes for Our Troops to Support Mortgage-Free Homes for Severely Injured Veterans
July 16, 2017
SOMERSET, NJ July 3 – Oticon, Inc. again joins Homes for Our Troops (HFOT) to support the national non-profit organization’s work of building mortgage-free homes for severely injured post... Read More
Industry
Studies of Scientific Bias Targeting the Right Problems
July 15, 2017
The biggest single source of bias across all fields of science comes from so-called small-study effects, Stanford researchers report.In all fields of science, small studies, early studies and highly c... Read More
Research
New Intervention Brings Hope to Patients with Primary Progressive Aphasia
July 14, 2017
BAYCREST CENTRE FOR GERIATRIC CARE - A Baycrest Health Sciences researcher and clinician has developed the first group language intervention that helps individuals losing the ability to speak due to a... Read More
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