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Phonak CROS II: The Smart Solution for Single-sided Deafness
April 7, 2015
Compatible with the Venture platform, the latest generation of Phonak CROS delivers better speech understanding and is easier to fit.San Antonio, Texas / Staefa, Switzerland (March 25, 2015) – T... Read More
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Oticon, Inc. Appoints Thomas Lawrence as National Sales Manager
April 7, 2015
SOMERSET, NJ March 31 – Oticon, Inc. announces the appointment of Thomas Lawrence to the company’s newly created National Sales Manager position. Lawrence will be responsible for develop... Read More
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Medicare SGR Bill Leaves Beneficiary Access Issue Behind
April 6, 2015
Permanent Repeal of Therapy Cap Excluded in New Legislation Addressing Flawed Provider Reimbursement Under Medicare: More than One Million Medicare Beneficiaries at Risk.Rockville, MD - March 24, 2015... Read More
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Call for Applications: 2015 Alpaca Audiology Student Scholarship
April 5, 2015
Springfield, Missouri (March 20, 2015) - Alpaca Audiology is pleased to announce a call for applications for its second annual Alpaca Audiology Student Scholarship awarded to a student currently enrol... Read More
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EYF: Career Exploration Summer Camp
April 4, 2015
The Explore Your Future (EYF) program at Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf in Rochester, N.Y., offers deaf and hard-of-hearing college-bound high scho... Read More
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Teaching Amplification: University of Pittsburgh Teaching Conference June 11 - 13, Registration Now Open!
April 3, 2015
PITTSBURGH, April 2, 2015—Educators and clinical instructors will gather on June 11 – 13, 2015 for the sixth biennial CSD Teaching Conference at the University of Pittsburgh. This year&rsq... Read More
Rayovac Presents the New Standard of Hearing Aid Battery Innovation
April 3, 2015
Debut of Newest Generation Batteries At AudiologyNow! 2015 Convention.MIDDLETON, Wisconsin - (March 31, 2015) – The world’s leading hearing aid battery manufacturer, Rayovac®, a divisi... Read More
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Starkey Hearing Technologies' Brandon Sawalich Named 40 Under 40 Honoree
April 2, 2015
MINNEAPOLIS, March 31, 2015 – Brandon Sawalich, senior vice president at Starkey Hearing Technologies, was named one of Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 honorees at the... Read More
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Phonak Bolero V: A New Level of Performance and Reliability
April 2, 2015
The smallest IP67 rated Phonak BTE offers reliable speech understanding in every listening situation – Venture technology ensures seamless adaptation to changing soundscapesSan Antonio, Texas /... Read More
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Oticon Mourns the Passing of Ken Saiki, M.A.
April 2, 2015
SOMERSET, NJ April 2 - It is with profound sorrow that Oticon, Inc.announces the sudden passing of our colleague and friend Ken Saiki on Wednesday, April 1. A valued member of the Oticon family fo... Read More
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New Standard Audiogram to Take Effect January 1, 2016
April 1, 2015
San Antonio, TX, April 1, 2015. At the recent meeting of the American Academy of Audiology, working group K-BCO97.3 of ANSI S3.21 held a joint meeting to discuss the release of a new standard audiogra... Read More
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Sivantos and audibene Enter Strategic Partnership and Investment Agreement
March 31, 2015
Erlangen, Germany - March 26, 2015. Sivantos, global leading hearing aid company, enters into a strategic partnership and investment agreement with the largest internet portal for hearing care case ma... Read More
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AudiologyNOW! 2015: Unitron Unveils New North Platform with Industry-First Technologies to Advance In-Clinic Success
March 31, 2015
Company forges ahead with a strong focus on building trust, increasing patient confidence and fostering long-term loyalty between patients and hearing healthcare providers.March 25, 2015 – Kitch... Read More
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Oticon's National Knowledge-Sharing Event Focuses on Technologies, Concepts and Research that Revolutionize the Experience of Sound
March 30, 2015
SOMERSET, NJ March 9 – More than 1100 U.S. hearing care professionals participated in A Revolution for the Senses, Oticon’s three-day knowledge-sharing event held in Orlando, February 27... Read More
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Medtronic Completes Acquisition of Sophono, Inc., Bone Conduction Hearing Implant Technology
March 30, 2015
DUBLIN - March 26, 2015 -Medtronic plc (NYSE: MDT) announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Sophono, Inc. Read More
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New Insights into Underlying Cellular Mechanisms of Information Processing in the Brain
March 29, 2015
Researchers at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience and the Pasteur Institute have uncovered a key factor in regulating information transmittal during the early stages of auditory process... Read More
Research
1.1 Billion People at Risk of Hearing Loss
March 28, 2015
WHO highlights serious threat posed by exposure to recreational noise27 FEBRUARY 2015 | GENEVA - Some 1.1 billion teenagers and young adults are at risk of hearing loss due to the unsafe use of person... Read More
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Aberrant PI3K/AKT/mTOR Pathway Found in Vestibular Schwanommas May Be Therapeutic Target
March 27, 2015
Charlottesville, VA (September, 2014) - Researchers from the University of Toronto, directed by Drs. Gelareh Zadeh and Boris Krischek, investigated gene expression in normal vestibular nerves and vest... Read More
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Sivantos Extends binax Family of Siemens Binaural Hearing Aids
March 26, 2015
Sivantos extends binax family of Siemens binaural hearing aids binax platform extended to Insio and Motion product families Binaural OneMic directionality offers true directionality down to Read More
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Oticon Gives AudiologyNOW! Participants Two Ways to Make a Positive Difference: Free River Cruises to Benefit AAAF Scholarships and Project Amazon Humanitarian Mission
March 26, 2015
SOMERSET, NJ March 17 – At AudiologyNOW! 2015, Oticon, Inc. will offer audiologists and students an attractive way to enjoy a short break from conference activities and at the same time, benefi... Read More
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