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WaterWear for OPUS 2 and SONNET Receives FDA Approval
June 1, 2016
Completely submergible behind-the-ear audio processor covers available late summer 2016.May 31, 2016 – (Durham, NC) – MED-EL announced today the FDA approval of the WaterWear accessory for... Read More
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Socially Meaningful Sounds Can Change Ear, Improve Hearing, Study Finds
May 31, 2016
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY - ATLANTA--Hearing socially meaningful sounds can change the ear and enable it to better detect those sounds, according to researchers at Georgia State University who studied... Read More
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Read My Lips: New Technology Spells Out What's Said When Audio Fails
May 30, 2016
University of East Anglia - New lip-reading technology developed at the University of East Anglia (UEA) could help in solving crimes and provide communication assistance for people with hearing and sp... Read More
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Middle-Aged Adults with Hearing Loss Have Substantially Higher Health Care Costs
May 28, 2016
In a study published online by JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Annie N. Simpson, Ph.D., of the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, and colleagues compared the costs of healt... Read More
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FCC Adopts Real-Time Text Proposed Rulemaking
May 27, 2016
Commission Moves Forward on Accessibility Proposal to Modernize Wireless Phone Compatibility with Advanced Text Communications.WASHINGTON, April 28, 2016 – The Federal Communications Commission... Read More
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Hearing Loss Association of America to Host Awards Ceremony at Their Annual Convention in Washington, D.C. this June; Sony, Yahoo, and Ernst & Young Among the Recipients
May 26, 2016
Bethesda, MD: The Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) will be holding their annual awards ceremony at the HLAA Convention 2016, being held June 23-26 at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washingto... Read More
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Oticon Hearing Foundation and American Academy of Audiology Foundation Invite Audiologists and AuD Students to Apply for Project Amazon 2016
May 25, 2016
SOMERSET, NJ May 24 – The Oticon Hearing Foundation in partnership with the American Academy of Audiology Foundation (AAAF) is calling for applications for Project Amazon 2016. Read More
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Health Experts Concerned Tech Habits May Threaten Speech, Language & Hearing as Communication 'Time Bomb' Looms
May 25, 2016
New Polling Finds Informing Parents and Teens of Risks Associated With Tech Overuse Prompts Willingness to Engage in Safer Usage.Rockville, MD - May 3, 2016 - Recent studies have underscored the overu... Read More
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Serotonin Regulates the Sensitivity of Brain Cells Involved in Hearing
May 24, 2016
April 2016 - You may have heard of serotonin, a chemical found throughout the brain that regulates a host of mental states such as mood, appetite and alertness. When we have enough of it, we have an o... Read More
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RIT/NTID Associate Professor Earns Service Award from Visions Global Empowerment
May 23, 2016
Catherine Clark recognized for volunteering with deaf, hard-of-hearing population in Ethiopia.Catherine Clark, associate professor, National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Rochester Institute of Te... Read More
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British Academy of Audiology 13th Annual Conference
May 22, 2016
10th – 11th November 2016, SECC GlasgowOrganised by the British Academy of Audiology, we are delighted to announce that the 13th annual conference and exhibition will take place on the 10th and... Read More
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Hear the World Foundation Provides 1.8 Million Swiss Francs in Support for People with Hearing Loss
May 21, 2016
Stäfa, May 19, 2016 - A world in which everyone has the chance to enjoy good hearing – this is the ambitious goal pursued by the Hear the World Foundation. Sonova established this non-profi... Read More
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American Cochlear Implant Alliance Announces New Board Members
May 21, 2016
WHAT:The American Cochlear Implant Alliance (ACI Alliance), a not-for-profit membership organization created with the purpose of eliminating barriers to cochlear implantation, announced the election o... Read More
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Beltone Legend™ Selected as Stevie® Award Winner in 2016 American Business Awards
May 20, 2016
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Beltone, a leader in hearing healthcare for over 75 years, announced today that Beltone Legend™ has been named the winner of a 2016 Stevie Award in the health and pharm... Read More
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A New Opera Based on Deafness -- and a New Version of a Classic Book
May 19, 2016
Beverly Biderman, the author of Wired for Sound: A Journey into Hearing is pleased to announce the birth of an opera based on her memoir of learning to hear with a cochlear implant. Read More
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Vanderbilt Hearing Aid Hands-On Workshop, September 15-17, 2016
May 18, 2016
The Vanderbilt Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences will host its 21st annual Hearing Aid Hands-On Workshop September 15-17th, 2016 at the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center in Nashville, TN. Read More
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HLAA Joins M-Enabling Summit
May 18, 2016
Tue, 05/10/2016 - The Fifth annual M-Enabling Summit, the only program exclusively dedicated to promoting mobile accessible technology and assistive applications and services for users of all abilitie... Read More
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RIT/NTID Student Team Making Strides with Wavio Wireless Sound Recognition System
May 17, 2016
The student team of Hz Innovations is confident that they have developed a product that deaf and hard-of-hearing homeowners can’t possibly live without. A working prototype of their Wavio wirele... Read More
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Born Deaf, 11 Year-Old Will Participate in the National Spelling Bee
May 17, 2016
AG Bell Will Host National Spelling Bee Participant Neil Maes for Media Interviews on May 24.WHATThe Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (AG Bell) will host deaf Scripps... Read More
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GN ReSound Has Signed a Supply Agreement with Audigy Group and Entered into a Contingent Agreement to Acquire the Company
May 16, 2016
Today, GN ReSound has signed a long-term supply agreement with Audigy Group (hereafter “Audigy”). GN ReSound has also entered into a contingent agreement to acquire the company.The supply... Read More
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