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Read the latest news about audiology and hearing aid systems.
Cochlear Implant University Self-Advocacy Skills-Building for Students with Cochlear Implants During the Transition to College
December 11, 2015
The Cochlear Implant University (CIU) is an interactive, self-advocacy skills-building website to support high school and college students with cochlear implants and their parents during the transitio... Read More
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Academy Announces New Editor-in-Chief
December 10, 2015
(Reston, VA–December 9, 2015)—The Board of Directors of the American Academy of Audiology (the "Academy") has selected Dave Fabry, PhD, as their new editor-in-chief, effective Ja... Read More
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ZPower Announces Registration with the FDA
December 9, 2015
Camarillo, CA – December 1, 2015 - ZPower, the world’s only developer of rechargeable, silver-zinc miniature batteries, and the manufacturer of the ZPower Rechargeable System for Hearing A... Read More
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Scientists Identify Proteins Crucial to Loss of Hearing
December 8, 2015
Proteins play key role in genes that help auditory hair cells grow.Baltimore, MD, October 15, 2015 -- Almost 40 million Americans suffer from hearing loss. Right now, there is no way to reverse this c... Read More
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Ponto BHX Implant Sets New Standards for Implant Technology
December 8, 2015
Copenhagen, DK November 30 -- Oticon Medical introduces the Ponto BHX Implant, the first implant with a laser-ablated titanium surface that promotes a faster and stronger bonding to bone and increa... Read More
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ADA 2015 Awards Recognize Outstanding Audiologists
December 8, 2015
Several outstanding audiologists were recognized for their significant contributions to the profession of audiology, during the 2015 ADA Convention. ADA presented Jiovanne Hughart, Au.D., with the Leo... Read More
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UC Davis Researchers Find Success in Tele-Audiology Program
December 7, 2015
California Tele-Audiology Program removes barriers to care, ensuring infants get follow-up hearing tests.SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Researchers at UC Davis have shown that the California Tele-Audiolog... Read More
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Salus University Students and Faculty Volunteer for the Special Olympics
December 6, 2015
Salus University students and faculty members from the optometry, audiology and occupational therapy programs recently volunteered at the Special Olympics Pennsylvania Fall Festival at Villanova Unive... Read More
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Can You Actually Hear 'Inaudible' Sound?
December 5, 2015
PTB has investigated the limits of human hearing (infrasound and ultrasound) within the scope of an international cooperation project.Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) - Are wind farms harmf... Read More
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Penn Medicine Researchers Discover Hidden Brain Pathways Crucial to Communication
December 4, 2015
Using lasers to manipulate brain activity, researchers zero in on mechanisms underlying key hearing phenomena.PHILADELPHIA - Being able to understand speech is essential to our evolution as humans. He... Read More
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RIT/NTID Dyer Arts Center Offers Exhibits on Black Deaf Innovators
December 3, 2015
Deaf missionary Andrew Foster honored; various pieces from Black Deaf artists on display.The Joseph F. and Helen C. Dyer Arts Center at Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Ins... Read More
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Oticon Medical Introduces MIPS - Minimally Invasive Ponto Surgery
December 2, 2015
A Truly New Perspective on Tissue Preservation.Copenhagen, DK November 30 -- Oticon Medical has long recognized the benefits of tissue preservation surgery in bone anchored hearing surgery for reduci... Read More
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Dr. Rita Chaiken Installed as President of Prominent National Audiology Organization
December 2, 2015
Lexington, Ky.—The Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA), is pleased to announce that Rita Chaiken, Au.D., of Atlanta, Georgia has been elected to serve as the ADA President for the 2016 program... Read More
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Advanced Bionics Receives TUV Approval for the Naida CI Q Series of Sound Processors
December 1, 2015
The world’s newest, most advanced family of sound processors for cochlear implant recipients is now approved in Europe.VALENCIA, Calif.-- Advanced Bionics (AB), a global leader in cochlear impla... Read More
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UNC Chapel Hill Students Moore and Obarowski Take Home Grand Prize Honors at ADA Student Business Plan Competition
November 30, 2015
Lexington, Ky.— The Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA) is pleased to announce that University of North Carolina Chapel Hill students Mark Moore and Sarah Obarowski earned first place honors a... Read More
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Found: A Likely New Contributor to Age-Related Hearing Loss
November 29, 2015
New nerve cell connections on sensory cells in mice could be at fault.Johns Hopkins Medicine - Conventional wisdom has long blamed age-related hearing loss almost entirely on the death of sensory hair... Read More
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RIT Offers Math Competition for Deaf or Hard-of-hearing Middle-School Students
November 28, 2015
Deadline to register is Dec. 15 for April competition.Middle-school students who are deaf or hard-of-hearing can participate in Rochester Institute of Technology’s ninth annual Math Competition,... Read More
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Turtle Beach Corporation's Groundbreaking Hearing Healthcare Device - HyperSound Clear - Has Launched and is Available at Participating Hearing Healthcare Providers
November 27, 2015
Company Announces New Partnership with Elite Hearing, LLC – the Largest Network of Independent Hearing Healthcare Providers in the United States, Further Broadening HyperSound Clear's Distri... Read More
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2015 Oticon Pediatrics Conference Focuses on New Research, Audiology and Technology to Improve the Future for Infants and Children with Severe to Profound Hearing Loss
November 26, 2015
SOMERSET, NJ October 16 – The 2015 Oticon Pediatrics Conference provided a 360° view of the newest research, advances, technology and clinical skills that will enable hearing care profess... Read More
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14th International Conference on Cochlear Implants and Other Implantable Technologies (CI2016) Takes Place May 11-14, 2016 in Toronto
November 25, 2015
CHICAGO, IL: The 14th International Conference on Cochlear Implants and Other Implantable Technologies (CI2016) will be held May 11-14, 2016, in Toronto, ON, Canada. The Conference is the premier inte... Read More
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