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Read the latest news about audiology and hearing aid systems.
ZPower® Announces Collaboration With Oticon
June 30, 2017
Oticon now offers a rechargeable hearing aid with ZPower silver-zinc battery technology.Camarillo, Calif. - June 26, 2017 — ZPower, the world’s only developer of rechargeable, silver-zinc... Read More
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What Makes Your Voice Yours?
June 29, 2017
UCLA researchers take steps to characterize and quantify voice quality. Read More
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Figshare Partners With ASHA to Enhance Discoverability and Reuse of Their Research Outputs
June 28, 2017
Research outputs will be showcased in a customised portal: asha.figshare.com/LONDON, UK & BOSTON, USA: 08.00 BST, June 23rd 2017. Figshare, an online digital repository for academic research, toda... Read More
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Got Teens? Oticon Opn™ Gives Teens the Confidence, Connectivity, and Cosmetics They Want
June 26, 2017
SOMERSET, NJ June 19 – Oticon, Inc. is opening a world of sound to teens with the expanded Oticon Opn™ portfolio that incorporates the popular DSL rationale and a new miniRITE-T with telec... Read More
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GN Hearing to Feature the Newly Launched ReSound LiNX 3D™ at IFOS World Congress in Paris
June 26, 2017
Leadership in Smart Hearing Continues with World’s First Comprehensive Remote Fine-Tuning Solution. GN Hearing will demonstrate the pioneering ReSound LiNX 3D™ and full family of smart hearing... Read More
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Program Developed to Provide Free Hearing Aids to Low-Income Adults
June 25, 2017
An intervention at a free clinic that included comprehensive care for hearing was able to provide recycled, donated hearing aids to low-income adults, according to a study published by JAMA Otolaryngo... Read More
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RIT/NTID and UR Host National Meeting of Deaf and Hard-Of-Hearing Scientists
June 24, 2017
June, 2017 - Rochester Institute of Technology’s (RIT) National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) and the University of Rochester Medical Center held the first Rochester Summer Research Tr... Read More
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Phonak Celebrates 70 Years of Changing Lives, Breaking Barriers
June 24, 2017
Staefa, Switzerland – 21 June 2017 – Phonak, the leading global provider of hearing instruments and wireless communication solutions, is celebrating 70 years of life-changing innovations with an O... Read More
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New Sonic SoundDNA Platform Powers the Most Automatic, Adaptive and Flexible Hearing Aid Technology
June 23, 2017
SOMERSET, NJ June 19 -- Sonic introduces the revolutionary new SoundDNA platform, powering Sonic’s most automatic, adaptive and flexible hearing aid technology to date. Read More
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Phonak AG: Jerome Boateng is Just One of the Top Bundesliga Soccer Stars Who Support a Soccer Camp for Children with Hearing Loss
June 22, 2017
STÄFA, Switzerland, June 19, 2017 -- Jérôme Boateng, the king of Bayern Munich's defense, has joined Leverkusen center-back Jonathan Tah and Borussia Mönchengladbach midfield all-rounder Tobias St... Read More
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NIH Scientists Try to Crack the Brain's Memory Codes
June 22, 2017
Studies of epilepsy patients uncover clues to how the brain remembers.NIH/NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE - In a pair of studies, scientists at the National Institutes of Healt... Read More
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NAS Report on Hearing Technology Emphasizes Importance of Proper Fitting and Training
June 21, 2017
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NAS) released a report on "The Promise of Assistive Technology to Enhance Activity and Work Participation" on May 7 which includes a chapt... Read More
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Oticon Drive Marketing Conference Equips Hearing Care Professionals for Practice and Patient Success in Competitive Hearing Healthcare Arena
June 20, 2017
Somerset, NJ June 19 – More than 125 hearing care professionals from across the US participated in the 2017 Oticon Drive Marketing Conference held June 9 - 11 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Read More
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Few Researchers Consider Hearing Loss in Healthcare Communication: Study
June 20, 2017
Review of literature by NYU-led team points to gap.NEW YORK UNIVERSITY - Doctors believe that communication with their patients is important, but most studies of physician/elderly patient communicatio... Read More
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Study Shows Hearing Tests Miss Common Form of Hearing Loss
June 19, 2017
More challenging tests needed, researchers say. UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO - BUFFALO, N.Y. - Traditional clinical hearing tests often fail to diagnose patients with a common form of inner ear damage that m... Read More
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Cell Phone Use And Distracted Driving Begins in the Mind
June 18, 2017
Researchers pinpoint 'attention disengagement' lag as cause for impaired driving when talking on cell phone.UNIVERSITY OF IOWA - We all know that talking on a cell phone impedes your driving... Read More
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HLAA Reaffirms Support of Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act of 2017 as Congressional Vote Nears
June 17, 2017
BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The comprehensive Food and Drug Administration (FDA) bill that includes the Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act of 2017 will be presented to the full House and Senate for... Read More
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Otometrics/Audiology Systems Celebrates 10 Years of Otosuite Software Integration Innovation
June 16, 2017
Company celebrates 10 years of helping audiologists and professionals streamline their hearing assessment and fitting workflow with Otosuite.Schaumburg, IL | June 15, 2017 – Otometrics/Audiology... Read More
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Oticon Opn Now Offers Rechargeable Hearing Aids with Tinnitus Relief Sounds
June 15, 2017
Award-winning Internet-connected Opn™ hearing aids allow wearers to hear better all day while staying connected, streaming music, listening to TV, checking the weather, and more. Read More
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American Cochlear Implant Alliance Announces Research Funding Opportunity
June 14, 2017
WHO: The American Cochlear Implant Alliance (ACI Alliance), a not-for-profit membership organization, is focused on eliminating barriers to cochlear implantation through research, advocacy and awarene... Read More
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