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Demo the New Verifit2 Fitting System at AudiologyNOW!
February 16, 2015
Visit Audioscan at booth #301 to test drive the industry’s only binaural fitting system.Dorchester, Ontario, February 16, 2015. The new Verifit2 from Audioscan is the only hearing instrument fit... Read More
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Salicylates, a Class of NSAIDs, Stop Growth of Vestibular Schwannomas
February 15, 2015
Findings described online in Translational Research.BOSTON, MASS. (Feb. 5, 2015) - Researchers from Massachusetts Eye and Ear and the Harvard Medical School/ Massachusetts Institute of Technology'... Read More
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Cochlear Implants Give Young Boy with Down Syndrome a New Lease on Life at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford
February 14, 2015
Born profoundly deaf, 5-year-old Joshua Copen can now hear, talk, and “participate in our family,” said mom. -Surgeon advocates that developmentally delayed patients can receive cochlear i... Read More
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Finding "Lost" Languages in the Brain
February 13, 2015
Study has far-reaching implications for unconscious role of infant experiences on adult development.An infant’s mother tongue creates neural patterns that the unconscious brain retains years lat... Read More
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Hot Topics for a Cold Winter
February 12, 2015
Happy February! Here is an overview of our latest content to help you stay up to date and out of the cold. And for those of you in warmer climates, feel free to take the laptop outside and enjoy these... Read More
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Make Plans to Attend CI 2015 DC: An Emerging Issues Symposium
February 11, 2015
Building on the success of our recent Nashville conference with Vanderbilt and our first Emerging Issues Symposium in October 2013 http://www.acialliance.org/?CI2013 we will convene a second symposium... Read More
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Unitron and City University of New York (CUNY) Partner to Help Physicians Better Screen Patients for Hearing Loss
February 10, 2015
PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA--(Marketwired - Feb. 2, 2015) - Unitron, a global innovator of advanced hearing solutions, in partnership with Barbara E. Weinstein, Professor and Founding Executive Officer of the... Read More
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Senators Heller And Klobuchar Reintroduce Hearing Aid Tax Credit
February 9, 2015
Washington, DC, January 29, 2015 — Senators Dean Heller (R-NV) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) today reintroduced the bipartisan Hearing Aid Tax Credit (S. 315) which would provide a $500 credit to peo... Read More
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Advanced Bionics Receives CE Mark Approval of Expanded MRI Compatibility for Cochlear Implants
February 8, 2015
HiRes 90K and HiRes 90K Advantage cochlear implants allow 1.5T MRI scans with the CI magnet in place.VALENCIA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Advanced Bionics (AB), a global leader in cochlear implant techn... Read More
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Breakthroughs in True Wireless and Automated Hearing Transform Listening Experience for Cochlear Nucleus Hybrid Implant Users
February 7, 2015
SmartSound® iQ automatically adjusts to different environments to help make listening easier while helping the majority of recipients hear better in noise.1- True wireless gives users the freedom... Read More
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Logic PD and Starkey Hearing Technologies Honored with GOOD DESIGN Award for Innovative Hearing Aid Accessory
February 6, 2015
SurfLink Mobile is the industry’s most unique and versatile cell phone solution.MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Logic PD, a product innovation and realization company for connected devices, is pro... Read More
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TSRI Researchers Find how Mutant Gene Can Cause Deafness
February 5, 2015
LA JOLLA, CA - November 20, 2014 - Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered how one gene is essential to hearing, uncovering a cause of deafness and suggesting new avenues f... Read More
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Improved Hearing Enhances Quality of Life in Moderate Dementia
February 4, 2015
Preliminary findings suggest enhanced role for hearing healthcare professionals.PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA--(Marketwired - Jan. 29, 2015) - Early findings in a new study by the University of North Texas and... Read More
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Hearing Aids May Improve Balance
February 3, 2015
By Julia Evangelou StraitEnhancing hearing appears to improve balance in older adults with hearing loss, according to new research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Patients... Read More
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The Sound of Status: People Know High-Power Voices when they Hear Them
February 2, 2015
Being in a position of power can fundamentally change the way you speak, altering basic acoustic properties of the voice, and other people are able to pick up on these vocal cues to know who is really... Read More
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New Guide to Assessing Children with Hearing Loss
February 1, 2015
San Diego, CA – January 19, 2015 – Assessing Listening and Spoken Language in Children with Hearing Loss is a comprehensive guide to assessments for professionals who provide intervention... Read More
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Finding Steady Ground: Insight Into the Cause of Severe Balance Disorder Brings Promising Therapeutic Approach
January 31, 2015
By Kirstie Saltsman, Ph.D.Many of us have experienced the feeling of swaying, rocking, or bobbing after stepping off a boat. But for some people, the sensation, commonly called motion sickness, never... Read More
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Worse Lower-, Higher-Frequency Hearing in HIV+ Adults
January 30, 2015
Adults with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV+) had poorer lower- and higher-frequency hearing than adults without HIV infection, according to a report published online by JAMA Otolaryngology-Head... Read More
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Pain and Itch in a Dish
January 28, 2015
Scripps Research Institute Scientists Convert Human Skin Cells into Sensory Neurons.LA JOLLA, CA— A team led by scientists from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has found a simple method to... Read More
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Dogs Hear our Words and How We Say Them
January 27, 2015
When people hear another person talking to them, they respond not only to what is being said--those consonants and vowels strung together into words and sentences--but also to other features of that s... Read More
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