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RIT/NTID Receives Motorola Solutions Foundation Innovation Generation Grant
July 16, 2016
Grant makes it possible for deaf middle-school students to explore technology.Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf has received a grant for $30,000 as pa... Read More
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MED-EL's COMBI 40+ Cochlear Implant Receives FDA Approval for 1.5T MRI with the Internal Magnet in Place
July 15, 2016
Approval Provides Historic Access to MRI for Cochlear Implant Recipients; July 14, 2016 – (DURHAM, NC) – Global hearing implant manufacturer MED-EL announced today the FDA approval of its COMBI 40... Read More
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Audiology Systems and Otometrics Announce New Dates for Hands-on Training Series 2016
July 14, 2016
September and October courses available at 0.7 CEUs.Schaumburg, IL - July 13, 2016 – Audiology Systems, a full-service, U.S. distributor of GN Otometrics products; and other leading audiology an... Read More
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High Performance Golf Club Comes with Annoying Sound
July 13, 2016
Acousticians track down the reason a type of driver creates a loud clang when it strikes the ball.WASHINGTON, D.C., May 24, 2016 -- In 2007, a new type of golf club hit the market. The distribution of... Read More
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Brit Accents Vex US Hearing-Impaired Elderly
July 11, 2016
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH -SALT LAKE CITY- Older Americans with some hearing loss shouldn't feel alone if they have trouble understanding British TV sagas like "Downton Abbey." A small study fr... Read More
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Study Finds Intervention Helps Newborns Get Screened for Hearing Loss
July 10, 2016
Cincinnati Children's partners with WIC to provide follow-up care.CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER - Researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center found that ta... Read More
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Oticon, Inc. President Peer Lauritsen Announces Plans to Retire
July 9, 2016
SOMERSET, NJ July 8 -- Oticon, Inc. today announced that Peer Lauritsen will retire as President of Oticon, Inc. at the end of 2016. Lauritsen will step down from day-to-day responsibilities in Jul... Read More
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RIT/NTID Names Robert Pollard Associate Dean for Research
July 8, 2016
Pollard will head expansion of college’s research enterprise and serve on president’s leadership team.Robert Pollard has been named associate dean for research for the National Technical I... Read More
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Primary Care is Point of Entry for Many Kids with Concussions
July 7, 2016
Many children with concussion initially sought care through primary care and not the emergency department, although younger children and those insured by Medicaid were more likely to go to the ED, acc... Read More
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Mom's Voice Activates Many Different Regions in Children's Brains
July 6, 2016
A far wider swath of brain areas is activated when children hear their mothers than when they hear other voices, and this brain response predicts a child’s social communication ability, a new st... Read More
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Signia Unveils Cellion primax, the World's Most Advanced Lithium-Ion Inductive Rechargeable Hearing Aid
July 5, 2016
Powerful wireless inductive charging technology positions Cellion ahead of the competition Provides up to two days of regular use* with virtually unlimited streaming capabilities - all on a single... Read More
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Cities Try Different Tactics to Regulate Noise
July 5, 2016
A survey of noise ordinances in nearly 500 of the largest communities in the United States shows there's no set standard for preserving peace and quiet.ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA - WASHINGTON,... Read More
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Cisplatin May Cause More Permanent Hearing Loss in People with Cockayne Syndrome
July 3, 2016
Chemotherapy drug cisplatin is used to treat breast, prostate, neuroblastoma, melanoma and many other cancers.UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - The chemotherapy drug cisplatin can kill cancer, but i... Read More
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The New Adaptable Audiometer
July 1, 2016
Eden Prairie, MN – Grason-Stadler, a leader of clinical audiometric systems, is pleased to announce the introduction of the GSI Pello™, a new mid-level audiometer. The GSI Pello is a perfe... Read More
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ASHA Earns Top Workplace Honor from The Washington Post for Third Year in a Row
July 1, 2016
Rockville, MD - June 17, 2016 - In a ceremony held last night in Washington, DC, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) was named a top workplace by The Washington Post. This is the t... Read More
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NIDCD's Amy Donahue receives HLAA's 2016 James B. Snow Award
June 30, 2016
June 28, 2016 - Amy Donahue, Ph.D., deputy director of the NIDCD’s Division of Scientific Programs, received the James B. Snow, Jr., M.D., Award at the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA)... Read More
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Phonak to Launch Next Generation Platform Including the First Mainstream Lithium-Ion Rechargeable Hearing Aid
June 28, 2016
Groundbreaking lithium-ion battery technology paves the way towards empowering people with hearing loss to keep up with their lifestyles.Staefa, Switzerland – 27 June 2016 – Phonak, the le... Read More
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AG Bell 2016 College Scholarship Awards Announced
June 27, 2016
The Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing is pleased to announce the awarding of $100,000 in college scholarships to 20 outstanding applicants. Read More
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Pharmaceutical Industry-Sponsored Meals Associated with Higher Prescribing Rates
June 26, 2016
Accepting a single pharmaceutical industry-sponsored meal was associated with higher rates of prescribing certain drugs to Medicare patients by physicians, with more, and costlier, meals associated wi... Read More
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Cochlear Announces Availability of Cochlear™ Baha® 5 Power and Baha 5 Superpower, Two New Powerful Bone Conduction Sound Processors for Those with Higher Degrees of Hearing Loss
June 25, 2016
The new Baha 5 Power and Baha 5 SuperPower Sound Processors complete the Baha 5 portfolio.CENTENNIAL, Colo., June 23, 2016 -- Cochlear Limited (ASX: COH), the global leader in implantable hearing solu... Read More
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