AudiologyOnline Takes You Around the Web in 60 Seconds! - Vol. 4, No. 9

AudiologyOnline uses the latest in internet scanning and retrieval technology to find hearing health-related news and web sites from around the world. This information is then compiled and summarized by our President & Editor-in-Chief, Paul Dybala, Ph.D., and Associate Editor, Kristi Albers, M.A., so that you can take a virtual trip around the "hearing health world wide web" in 60 seconds!

This edition of "Around the Web" (ATW) includes: birds sing with accents, mind altering sounds resurface, cockatoo moves to beat of music, meet a gal named "deci-'Belle" and Sedona Vortex helps tinnitus. Read about these and other stories below.

If you have an item to add to this list, please send it to the Editor via the Contact Us section of the web site.

Beatles music more than 'auditory cheesecake', scientists find - 09/08/2008
telegraph.co.uk
Scientists have discovered that even after more than 40 years, people can still vividly recall where they were and what they were doing when they first heard the Fab Four's music.

Ark. audiologist, 92,retires after long career - 09/07/2008
kfsm.com
An audiologist at the age of 92 retires and said if health problems had not forced her too, she would still be working.

Surgery helps Kerrville woman regain sense - 09/06/2008
dailytimes.com
After 30 years of deafness one woman receives a cochlear implant and is anxious to hear the sounds of nature again.

Mother adapts to sight, hearing loss - 09/06/2008
gothenburgtimes.com
A 32 year-old mother of two now suspects she may have Usher Syndrome.

Ex-USC player off court, into halls - 09/06/2008
thestate.com
A former USC guard is sharing with elementary school children his story of overcoming his hearing loss.

Health Tip: Adjusting to a Hearing Aid - 09/03/2008
usnews.com
Wearing a new hearing aid can be difficult, as your ears and brain get used to louder and sharper sounds.

Relearning how to hear - 09/03/2008
post-gazette.com
A course at the UPMC Eye and Ear Institute is designed to help people learn how to use and communicate with their new hearing aids.

Program aims to aid children with hearing loss - 09/03/2008
voicenews.com
A new program in partnership with Siemens is providing free hearing aids to children.

Hearing problems in children on the rise - 09/02/2008
wsbt.com
Experts say when a child suffers from hearing problems, it can affect him or her academically and socially.

Schaffer to return as wife recovers - 09/02/2008
rockymountainnews.com
A Colorado republican candidate's wife underwent surgery for a tumor on her auditory nerve. It is unknown if hearing was preserved at this time.

Walking the Avon Walk for her mom - 09/01/2008
latimes.com
One daughter honors her mother, who was an audiologist, by walking in the Avon breast cancer walk.

Florida's Best-Kept Secret - 09/01/2008
seniortimesmagazine.com
Florida residents a state program may help them stay connected to friends and family — at no cost.

Evolution's Ear - 08/30/2008
sciencenews.org
Recent changes in hearing-related genes may have influenced language development.

A little prevention goes a long way toward protecting your children from permanent hearing loss - 08/29/2008
idahostatesman.com
Nothing could be further from rock 'n' roll cool than wearing ear protection to a concert. But if you want to keep your kids enjoying music until they're as old as the Rolling Stones, you might want to consider it.

Leave That Ear Wax Alone - 08/29/2008
health.usnews.com
When it comes to ear wax, it's best to leave it alone, new national guidelines state.

UW researcher makes hearing loss breakthrough - 08/28/2008
madison.com
A team of scientists has figured out how to transfer special genes to regenerate damaged cells in the inner ear, a technique that researchers say could one day lead to the restoration of hearing for both children born deaf and the elderly who are hard-of-hearing.

Hearing aid chain opens at South Shore Plaza - 08/28/2008
patriotledger.com
A hearing aid store has never developed into a brand-name national chain. Sam Thomasson thinks his startup can be the first.

Hearing problem doesn't hamper Michigan State TE - 08/28/2008
detnews.com
Michigan State's Charlie Gantt admits that a significant loss of hearing "affects my whole life." But it didn't prevent him from earning the starting tight end job for the Spartans' season opener Saturday night at California.

Plainfield man charged with smuggling stolen hearing aid to Colombia - 08/27/2008
mycentraljersey.com
An Oticon employee has been charged with stealing hearing aids from Oticon and smuggling them out of the country to be sold on the black market in Colombia.

Cut out the noise in life to protect your hearing - 08/26/2008
patriotledger.com
Your mother always told you to turn the music down, and she's right. Excessive noise is the No. 1 reason for hearing loss, according to Melody Hartman, an audiologist with Swedish-
American Hospital.

Bats Can Fly Silently to Avoid Jamming Sonar Signals - 08/26/2008
nationalgeographic.com
The way bats hear has always fascinated humans. Now new research shows that bats may fly mute for few milliseconds which could signal active cooperation among the mammals while flying.

Another Reason to Exercise: It's Keeps You Sharp - 08/26/2008
fitsugar.com
Research is showing exercise not only sharpens your waist line, but it sharpens cognitive skills, one being auditory attention.

Amifostine Lowers Risk of Cisplatin-Related Hearing Loss in Children - 08/26/2008
cancerpage.com
A cytoprotective adjuvant used in cancer chemotherapy, amifostine, reduces the likelihood of ototoxicity in children undergoing cisplatin therapy for medulloblastoma, according to a study by U.S. and Australian researchers

Gear for the ear - 08/26/2008
star-telegram.com
As the 78 million baby boomers move into hearing loss territory, marketers have revamped hearing aids to appeal to this major demographic group that not only cares about cutting-edge technology but style.

Sensaphonics introduces dB Check IEM level analyzer - 08/24/2008
broadcastengineering.com
Sensophonics is giving the user the power to monitor what level they are actually listening to with their headphones inserted.

Columnist says UT department provides much-needed service to the community - 08/24/2008
knoxnews.com
Good news! The Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology at the University of Tennessee is saved. You may remember the department was threatened when, just before public announcement with no opportunity for input, Dr. Ilsa Schwarz, chair, was notified that it would be cut from the university.

Brain fitness at library - 08/23/2008
wickedlocal.com
The brain can't do jumping jacks or laps around the track, but science has developed a way to keep the brain fit and healthy — a program has been developed to increase auditory process speed and clear up fuzzy processing for aging persons.

Two Peace Protest Boats Reach Gaza To Deliver Children's Hearing Aids, Balloons - 08/23/2008
allheadlinenews.com
46 international human rights activists reached the Gaza Strip to deliver humanitarian aid. The group had undertaken the mission to break the economic siege imposed by Israel and to deliver a cargo of 200 hearing aids for children at a deaf school along with 5,000 balloons.

Deaf hockey coach fulfills lifelong dream - 08/23/2008
usatoday.com
Growing up in North Dakota, hockey is in this hockey coach's blood. He has overcome his disability to become a hockey coach.

Clarence 6-year-old serves notice at White House: He'll be the first deaf president - 08/22/2008
buffalonews.com
A six year old cochlear implant user pledges to be the first deaf American President. Cute Story!

NIOSH Funds Follow-Up Hearing Study - 08/22/2008
ohsonline.com
15 years ago, the Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation conducted what the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health calls "a landmark study," finding that an educational intervention improved hearing protection use among farm youths. Now, NIOSH has awarded Barbara Marlenga, Ph.D., a $954,000 grant to find and study the same group of individuals to see whether that increase in hearing protection use continued into adulthood and whether the protection helped to preserve hearing.

Rare Syndrome Leads To Progressive Hearing Loss - 08/22/2008
myfoxkc.com
A rare syndrome referred to as Perilymphatic Gusher Syndrome has affected a family in Kansas. The syndrome, which causes progressive hearing loss, is so rare the family has only heard of four other affected families in the US.

Redskins' Doughty tackles hearing loss - 08/22/2008
washingtontimes.com
Washington Redskins, Reed Doughty is bringing awareness to hearing loss and hearing aids to football fans across the country. Doughty recently announced he has hearing loss and now wears hearing aids off the field.

The gift of sound opens up a new world thanks to hearing aids donation - 08/22/2008
bahamaislandsinfo.com
For the second year, The Rotary Club of East Nassau presented financially challenged hearing impaired children throughout the Bahamas with hearing aids.

Sting's lyrics most often misheard - 08/21/2008
upi.com
An informal online poll was conducted by Amplifon and found rock musician Sting's 1979 hit "Message in a Bottle" contains the lyrics most often misheard by respondents.

Spreading the word: Rare, little-known nerve disorder affects young and old alike - 08/21/2008
altoonamirror.com
Friedreich's ataxia, a debilitating, life-shortening, degenerative neuro-muscular disease affects about one in 50,000 people in the United States, according to the Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance. Symptoms include loss of coordination, fatigue, vision and hearing loss, slurred speech, aggressive scoliosis (curvature of the spine), diabetes and an enlarged heart.

NBA & ABA Legends Convening for Reunion Extravaganza - 08/21/2008
marketwatch.com
In partnership with the Starkey Hearing Foundation, the NBRPA will change the lives of 250 hearing impaired and underprivileged Puerto kids by providing them with hearing aids

Benefit concert could be music to the ears of deaf Honduran child - 08/21/2008
startribune.com
A new St. Paul foundation, the Help Me Hear Foundation, is sponsoring a benefit concert to raise money for a cochlear hearing implant for Erikson and other deaf children living in poverty.

Arizona state senator receives partnership award - 08/21/2008
abc15.com
Senator Amanda Aguirre will receive a 30th Anniversary Partnership award from the Arizona Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (ACDHH) for her work with the ACDHH and for championing a 2007 law regarding telecoil technology.

Signing by cell: Can you see me now? - 08/21/2008
uwnews.org
A group at the UW has developed software that for the first time enables deaf and hard-of-hearing Americans to use sign language over a mobile phone. UW engineers got the phones working together this spring, and recently received a National Science Foundation grant for a 20-person field project that will begin next year in Seattle.

Ear infections make fatty food sound good - 08/20/2008
sciencenews.org
Childhood ear infections may not just put hearing at risk. Kids who get them may develop a strong affinity for fatty foods and could be predisposed to obesity. Researchers suspect that infections of the middle ear may alter the sense of taste by damaging a nerve that carries sensations from the tongue to the brain.

Free hearing aids offered to children - 08/20/2008
thetimesherald.com
Siemens has began a pilot program Sound Beginnings, which will provide hearing aids to those diagnosed with hearing loss.

UT working out plan to save academic program - 08/20/2008
knoxnews.com
University of Tennessee Interim Chancellor Jan Simek says the university is trying to save the Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology, a nationally ranked program originally slated for closure because of reductions to UT's state funding.

Something in a Sedona vortex - 08/20/2008
explorernews.com
One man found silence with his tinnitus after visiting a Vortex in Sedona, AZ.

Beating Victim Set To Receive Hearing Implants - 08/19/2008
whiotv.com
A man who lost his hearing after being hit with a baseball bat will receive bilateral CI's.

Logitech to Acquire Ultimate Ears - 08/17/2008
stereophile.com
Logitech purchases Ultimate Ears.

NYC kids build the world's loudest bicycles - 08/15/2008
dvice.com
A group of kids from Queens, NY, dubbed the Stereobike Crew, figured that with a little ingenuity they could put a thumpin' sound rig on their BMX bikes. One of them named their bike "Tinnitus Rex". If he doesn't watch it, he'll be hearing his bike name!

Audiologist Helps Mozambique's Hearing-Impaired - 08/15/2008
utdallas.edu
Malaria, 60 indigenous languages and fundraising are just a few of the obstacles that audiologist Jackie L. Clark faces on her annual humanitarian visits to Mozambique to provide audiology services. The professor at UT Dallas' Callier Center for Communication Disorders is well-equipped to take on the challenges.

Check your ears and meet deci-'Belle' - 08/14/2008
kare11.com
Each ear the Minnesota Academy of Audiology (MAA) coordinates hearing screenings at the Minnesota State Fair. This ear they are adding a new test with the help of "deci-Belle". This beauty will allow to measure the loudness of fair goers personal stereo players.

Patient donates money to help poor hear again - 08/14/2008
masslive.com
A very happy hearing aid user donated money so others who could not afford them would benefit.

Tinnitus sufferers grieve loss of silence - 08/14/2008
canada.com
Tinnitus sufferers grieve loss of silence and often seek counseling.

Cockatoo's extremely rare sense of rhythm may help explain how the brain relates to music - 08/14/2008
signonsandiego.com
Moving rhythmically to a musical beat is a behavior found in every human culture, but it is not commonly seen in other animals...except one rare cockatoo. Meet Snowball.

"Brain Food" For Kids - 08/14/2008
cbsnews.com
Oatmeal for hearing! A recent study at Tuft University found children who ate oatmeal for breakfast did better on auditory attention tasks.

William Demant cuts 2008 outlook, shares fall - 08/14/2008
hemscott.com
William Demant posted half-year operating profits below expectations and cut its full-year earnings and sales outlook, sending its shares sharply lower.

HearUSA reports Q2 revenue up 21% - 08/12/2008
bizjournals.com
HearUSA reports Q2 revenue up 21%.

Hearing helpers - 08/12/2008
presspubs.com
A relatively new foundation focuses its efforts on providing cochlear implants to those who can't afford them on their won.

Cochlear hears good news on profit - 08/12/2008
news.com.au
Cochlear implant company Cochlear has lifted its annual profit by 15 per cent and says it expects to again post double-digit earnings this financial year.

mplant Ends 4 Decades Of Deafness For NYC Woman - 08/12/2008
wcbstv.com
Recently a 72-year-old woman who started losing her hearing 40 years ago got a big part of her life back, thanks to a cochlear implant.

Airport's audio loop sounds good for all - 08/11/2008
stuff.co.nz
A New Zealand airport finds a recently installed loop system successful. It is compatible with both hearing aids and cochlear implants.

New kind of buzz? Mind-altering sounds - 08/11/2008
wtop.com
A new kind of "buzz" has hit the internet - binaural beat music is apparently being used as a "digital drug". Whoever knew the auditory system could be used to get a buzz...

Bionic breakthrough in sight with an Australian first - 08/10/2008
smh.com.au
Using the same cochlear technology that allows the deaf to hear, a new device aims to restore basic vision in patients with degenerative eye diseases.

Music habit saps hearing - 08/10/2008
ljworld.com
A recent study by researchers at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore found hearing loss among American adults is more common than previously thought. A main cause that experts point to is repeated listening to loud music with headphones.

Fashionable hearing aids offered - 08/10/2008
dailypress.com
As the 78 million baby boomers move into hearing loss territory, marketers have revamped hearing aids to appeal to this major demographic group that not only cares about cutting-edge technology but style.

Doctor brings implant surgery closer to home - 08/10/2008
toledoblade.com
About 25,000 Americans have cochlear implants, but residents of northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan had to travel outside of the area until recently.

Fever star courts the best in kids - 08/10/2008
indystar.com
Indiana Fever star Tamika Catchings feels her hearing loss made her a stronger person growing up. She now uses that strength on and off the basketball court to inspire other children through her "Tamika Catchings Catch The Stars Foundation".

FDA Allows Phase 2 Study For Sound Pharmaceuticals' Novel Drug To Prevent Chemotherapy Induced Hearing Loss - 08/09/2008
healthcaretips.org
Sound Pharmaceuticals (SPI) has received FDA notification that it may proceed with its Phase II study to prevent chemotherapy induced hearing loss.

U.S. Facing Hearing-Loss Epidemic - 08/09/2008
epochtimes.com
One of three U.S. adults already suffers from some degree of hearing loss, and the use of personal stereos and an aging population may create a hearing impairment epidemic.

Clinic crucial for region's kids - 08/09/2008
knoxnews.com
A Tennessee neonatologist writes on his support for U of Tennessee's Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology. UT is facing budget cuts and the Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology faces being cut.

Giving confidence to kids with hearing loss - 08/09/2008
nugget.ca
Young children like colorful hearing aids, teens want ones that connect to cellphones.

What did you say? Dodged bullet on that one - 08/09/2008
enewscourier.com
An entertaining story of how one columnist dodged a hearing aid due to wax. And have you ever heard of wax as catfish bait?

Cowboys Cheerleaders Show Campers New Moves - 08/08/2008
utdallas.edu
For 60 hearing-impaired children, it was a chance to dance with some true stars - the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, at UT Dallas' Crystal Charity Ball Cochlear Implant Summer Listening Camp.

New Hearing Aid Blocks Ambient Noise - 08/06/2008
stopagingnow.com
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine recently tested a new hearing aid that may make going out to eat more fun!

Sonic Innovations Announces Results For Second Quarter 2008 - 08/05/2008
sonici.com
Sonic releases second quarter results.

Circumventing tinnitus - 08/04/2008
dailycamera.com
Device helps brain ignore constant sounds.

He helps people hear in a noisy world - 08/04/2008
battlecreekenquirer.com
Audiologist Dennis Trantum sits down with his local newspaper to discuss his career as an Audiologist.

Soldier's story illustrates risks of hearing loss in war - 08/04/2008
usatoday.com
Army officials had warned that one soldier's hearing was so bad that he should be removed from combat duties. Others in the Army overruled and sent him back to Iraq for his third combat tour. The soldier reports to USA Today on the dangers his hearing loss caused while at war and how he is coping today.

4 Medical Tests That Might Save Your Life - 08/02/2008
redorbit.com
An Audiogram is one of the 4 tests recommended.

Male overcomes noisy environment by tuning in to find female of his dreams from frog chorus - 08/02/2008
news.scotsman.com
The concave-eared torrent frog, which lives by noisy fast-flowing mountain streams is believed to be the only animal that can control sound frequencies to its brain until it hears a female call it likes. The tiny frog possesses a unique ear which it can open and close to adjust its hearing.

Waterproof hearing aids boost paddler's hopes - 08/01/2008
stuff.co.nz
Waterproofing technology in hearing aids has allowed athletes like waka ama paddler Vesna Radonich. Siemens provided hearing aids to the athlete after learning of her issues.

Can You Hear Me Now? Why Men Might Not - 08/01/2008
cbsnews.com
According to a recent study, 29 Million American Adults Have Hearing Loss;White, Mexican-American Men Top List.

Doctors Say Hearing Loss is Increasing Among Americans - 08/01/2008
charlottesvillenewsplex.tv
According to a team of doctors at John Hopkins University hearing loss is rising because of the growing use of personal listening devices.

Say Again, Tower? Hearing Aid Company Comes To AirVenture - 08/01/2008
aero-news.net
Pilots are urged to get their hearing checked as they may benefit from hearing aids.

Bionic ear turns 30 - 08/01/2008
abc.net
The cochlear implant turned 30 in August. Professor Graeme Clark performed the first cochlear implant at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital on August 1,1978.

30 years on, implants still hear - 08/01/2008
news.com
After 30 years, Prof Clark is now working on a new-generation implant, using carbon nanotubes to promote better nerve fibre connections in the inner ear.

New hearing device helps patients enjoy music - 07/31/2008
wral.com
New technology, borrowed from the advances made in digital phones, is making it possible for people with cochlear implants to enjoy music.

Little sound, much fury in safety's play - 07/30/2008
fredericksburg.com
NFL RedSkins player Reed Doughty has hearing loss. Although he wears hearing aids off the field, he finds way to cope without them on the field.

Crisp-munching tops office irritations - 07/30/2008
metro.co.uk
A survey conducted by Amplifon in the UK, found eating chips (called crips in the UK) is the most annoying sound in the office setting. Slurping a drink came in second.

John Muir plays pivotal role in statewide program that screens newborns for hearing loss - 07/29/2008
contracostatimes.com
Newborn infant screening became law in the state of California this year. John Muir Medical Center is playing a pivotal role in the expanded state program. Its hearing coordination center has been awarded the contract to work with parents across Northern California.

Induction loop transmits State Theatre sound - 07/29/2008
gtherald.com
Induction loops in theaters are becoming more common in the US.

IntriCon Partners with Dynamic Hearing - 07/29/2008
marketwatch.com
IntriCon Corporation a designer, developer, manufacturer and distributor of body-worn medical and electronics devices, announced that it has entered into a strategic alliance with Australia-based Dynamic Hearing.

Noisy cyclists will need hearing aids someday - 07/29/2008
greenbaypressgazette.com
A man with hearing loss explains hearing loss is not fun and poses the question to fellow readers "Is your passion for excessive noise worth losing your hearing?"

U.S.-based group plans to challenge Gaza blockade with boats from Cyprus - 07/28/2008
canadianpress.google.com
A US based activist group trying to deliver hearing aids to Gaza was not being let through.

How Bad Are iPods for Your Hearing? - 07/28/2008
time.com
Brian Fligor, ScD from Children's Boston answers questions for TIME magazine regarding the effects of iPods and headphones on hearing.

New treatment, research for "phantom" noise - 07/28/2008
abclocal.go.com
Tinnitus is a growing problem. It's happening more & more with the boom in iPods, and the bomb blasts and rocket fire of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But there is help.

Study: Birds sing with regional accents - 07/28/2008
argusleader.com
A study has shown song birds have dialects and that they stem from the way that baby birds learn to sing - a process that is much like the way human babies learn to talk.