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FDA Seeks Input on Over-the-Counter (OTC) Hearing Aids
January 18, 2016
Tue, 01/12/2016 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued two notices related to hearing aids, referencing the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) report t... Read More
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Disclosure Strategies May Improve Communication for Those with Hearing Loss
January 17, 2016
A survey of 337 Mass. Eye and Ear patients revealed 3 distinct strategies for disclosing hearing loss.Boston, Mass. -- Massachusetts Eye and Ear researchers surveyed 337 patients with hearing loss to... Read More
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Salus University Participates in Ambler YMCA Wellness Expo
January 16, 2016
Salus University students and faculty members recently participated in the inaugural Ambler YMCA Wellness Expo, where they provided more than 20 speech-language, hearing and vision screenings to the Y... Read More
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HearUSA Awarded URAC Health Network Accreditation
January 16, 2016
We did it again! We are pleased to announce that HearUSA has been awarded Health Network Standards Accreditation from URAC, a Washington, DC-based health care accrediting organization that establishes... Read More
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Hearing Loss Association of America Announces Departure of Executive Director Anna Gilmore Hall
January 15, 2016
Bethesda, MD The Board of Trustees of the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA), the nation’s leading organization representing people with hearing loss, has announced the departure of Exe... Read More
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Introducing Another Industry First: Software Integration Group Service by Audiology Systems
January 14, 2016
Company launches new integration and information management service for the hearing care practice.Schaumburg, IL | January 2016 – Audiology Systems, a full-service, U.S. distributor of GN Otomet... Read More
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How Cells in the Developing Ear 'Practice' Hearing
January 13, 2016
Johns Hopkins Medicine - Before the fluid of the middle ear drains and sound waves penetrate for the first time, the inner ear cells of newborn rodents practice for their big debut. Researchers at Joh... Read More
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Protein Movement of Hair Bundles in the Inner Ear May Preserve Hearing for Life
January 12, 2016
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine finding holds promise for repairing damaged hearing.Hearing is made possible when hair bundles protruding from the tops of hair cells capture the ene... Read More
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Nerve Cells Warn Brain of Damage to the Inner Ear
January 11, 2016
Some nerve cells in the inner ear can signal tissue damage in a way similar to pain-sensing nerve cells in the body, according to new research from Johns Hopkins. If the finding, discovered in rats, i... Read More
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Beltone Legend Nominated for 2016 Edison Award
January 10, 2016
CHICAGO -- Beltone, a leader in hearing aids for the past 75 years, announced today that Beltone Legend™ has been announced as a 2016 Edison Award nominee. Named after Thomas Edison, The Edison... Read More
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Audiology Systems and Otometrics Announce New Dates for Must-Attend Hands-On Training Series in 2016
January 9, 2016
New hearing and balance care courses available at 0.7 CEUs, registration opened January 4, 2016.Schaumburg, IL | January 2016 – Audiology Systems, a full-service, U.S. distributor of GN Otometri... Read More
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ASHFoundation Awards $526,000 to 77 Individuals
January 8, 2016
(Rockville, MD - December 21, 2015) - The American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation (ASHFoundation) recently awarded $526,000 through research grants, scholarships, and clinical achievement awards t... Read More
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Genetic Modification Shows Promise for Preventing Hereditary Hearing Loss
January 7, 2016
Reducing enzyme activity in mice with mitochondrial dysfunction prevents or delays deafness, according to new research published in the American Journal of Pathology.Philadelphia, PA, November 6, 2015... Read More
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Can We Unconsciously 'Hear' Distance?
January 6, 2016
University of Rochester - Because sound travels much more slowly than light, we can often see distant events before we hear them. That is why we can count the seconds between a lightning flash and its... Read More
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Noise-induced Hearing Loss -- Genetic Cause and Mechanism Discovered
January 5, 2016
Scientists at the Institut Pasteur, Inserm, the Collège de France and Pierre & Marie Curie University, working closely with scientists at the University of Auvergne, have recently discovere... Read More
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Hearing Loss Association of America Hires Valerie Stafford-Mallis as Director of Chapter Development
January 5, 2016
Bethesda, MD (January 4, 2016): The Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA), the nation’s leading organization representing people with hearing loss, is pleased to announce the recent hire of... Read More
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Righting a Wrong? Right Side of Brain Can Compensate for Post-Stroke Loss of Speech
January 3, 2016
WASHINGTON (Nov. 3, 2015) -- After a debate that has lasted more than 130 years, researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center have found that loss of speech from a stroke in the left hemisphere... Read More
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Ancient Human Ear-Orienting System Could Yield Clues to Hearing Deficits in Infants
January 2, 2016
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Vestigial organs, such as the wisdom teeth in humans, are those that have become functionless through the course of evolution. Now, a psychologist at the University of Missouri studyin... Read More
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Sound Deprivation Leads to Irreversible Hearing Loss
January 1, 2016
Researchers show that chronic conductive hearing loss leads to cochlear degeneration.Boston, MA, Nov. 18, 2015. Massachusetts Eye and Ear investigators have shown that sound deprivation in adult mice... Read More
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'Indefatigable Hearing' - a Molecular Clearance Mechanism Enables Synapses to Continuously Release Transmitter
December 30, 2015
Auditory neuroscientists discover bottleneck of information flow in the ear and pave the way for gene therapy of deafness. Publication in ‘EMBO Journal’.Disabling hearing impairment (HI) a... Read More
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