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Read the latest news about audiology and hearing aid systems.
Ears and Hearing Effects Continue to Reverberate after Boston Marathon Bombing
January 10, 2015
Study shows continued follow up and care of this patient population is warranted.Boston (Nov. 14, 2014) - After two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013, acute... Read More
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Beltone Announces Hearing Aid Compatibility with Android
January 9, 2015
Beltone Boost nominated for Edison Award in Excellence in New Product Innovation.Chicago, IL — www.beltone.com Beltone announced today that its innovative line of advanced hearing aids, includi... Read More
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Starkey Hearing Technologies Introduces Z Series
January 8, 2015
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 6, 2014– Starkey Hearing Technologies, a global leader in hearing technology, is excited to introduce the all-new Z Series™, Starkey’s newest full family of wireles... Read More
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Siemens Introduces Smart Hearing Aids at the 2015 International CES
January 7, 2015
Smart hearing aids work with both iPhone and Android devicesWearer can control microphone direction via smartphoneIntelligent devices continuously learn and automatically adapt2015 International CES,... Read More
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Resound Announces Resound's Portfolio of Smart Hearing Aids' Compatibility with Android Devices at International CES
January 7, 2015
The World’s Smartest Hearing Aids, Now Accessible to Even More Users in Early February. BLOOMINGTON, MN, USA – ReSound announced today from the International CES in Las Vegas that the wo... Read More
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MED-EL Founders Ingeborg Hochmair, PhD, and Professor Erwin Hochmair Awarded 2015 Russ Prize from the National Academy of Engineering
January 7, 2015
INNSBRUCK, Austria, January 7, 2015. The National Academy of Engineering announced today that bioengineering pioneers and MED-EL Medical Electronics GmbH co-founders Ingeborg Hochmair, PhD, and Profe... Read More
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So, You Think You Can Clap to the Beat?
January 6, 2015
Why beat deaf individuals are unable to keep a beat or tap along with music.Bobbing your head, tapping your heel, or clapping along with the music is a natural response for most people, but what about... Read More
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Lack of Thyroid Hormone Blocks Hearing Development
January 5, 2015
TAU researchers discover that a genetic form of deafness is due to absence of thyroid hormone.Fatigue, weight gain, chills, hair loss, anxiety, excessive perspiration — these symptoms are a few... Read More
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UB Researcher Is Developing An Online Singing Test That Evaluates Accuracy Of Pitch
January 4, 2015
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Most people rarely sing publically outside of a duty-bound rendition of “Happy Birthday.” And since that particular song is usually offered as a group performance, ev... Read More
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IU Researchers Identify Pattern of Cognitive Risks in Some Children with Cochlear Implants
January 3, 2015
Children with profound deafness who receive a cochlear implant had as much as five times the risk of having delays in areas of working memory, controlled attention, planning and conceptual learning as... Read More
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Scientists Create New System That Could be Used to Treat Deafness, Other Genetic Conditions
January 2, 2015
Mass. Eye and Ear, Harvard team describe findings in Oct. 30 Nature Biotechnology.BOSTON, MASS. (Oct. 31, 2014) -- A team of Harvard and Massachusetts Eye and Ear researchers have developed a system t... Read More
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Self-reported Cognitive Difficulties Better for Patients with Tinnitus in Clinical Trial
December 30, 2014
Using the medication D-cycloserine in conjunction with a computer-assisted cognitive training (CT) program to try to improve the bother of tinnitus (persistent ringing in the ears) and its related cog... Read More
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Game Technology Teaches Mice and Men to Hear Better in Noisy Environments
December 29, 2014
Audiogames may provide the hearing impaired with an improved ability to reconnect to the auditory world.Boston (June 9, 2014) – The ability to hear soft speech in a noisy environment is difficul... Read More
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Hearing Loss in One Infant Twin Affects Mother's Speech to Both Babies
December 28, 2014
Acoustics research suggests that hearing loss in one infant twin pair affects a mother's speech to both infants—as if the normal-hearing twin also has the impairment.WASHINGTON, D.C., Octobe... Read More
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Antimicrobial Use in Hospitals Appears to Be Common
December 27, 2014
A one-day prevalence survey of 183 hospitals found that approximately 50 percent of hospitalized patients included in the survey were receiving antimicrobial drugs, and that about half of these patien... Read More
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Bacteria from Bees Possible Alternative to Antibiotics
December 26, 2014
WATCH: Could bacteria from bees replace antibiotics?Raw honey has been used against infections for millennia, before honey - as we now know it - was manufactured and sold in stores. So what is the key... Read More
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Hearing Protein Required to Convert Sound into Brain Signals
December 24, 2014
HEIDELBERG, 17 June 2014 – A specific protein found in the bridge-like structures that make up part of the auditory machinery of the inner ear is essential for hearing. The absence of this prote... Read More
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When Hearing Aid Users Listen to Music, Less is More, says CU-Boulder Study
December 23, 2014
The type of sound processing that modern hearings aids provide to make speech more understandable for wearers may also make music enjoyment more difficult, according to a new study by the University o... Read More
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Penn Medicine Researchers Discover Link Between Fear and Sound Perception
December 22, 2014
PHILADELPHIA - Anyone who's ever heard a Beethoven sonata or a Beatles song knows how powerfully sound can affect our emotions. But it can work the other way as well – our emotions can actua... Read More
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Caffeine Intake Associated with Lower Incidence of Tinnitus
December 21, 2014
Boston, MA – New research from Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) finds that higher caffeine intake is associated with lower rates of tinnitus, often described as a ringing or buzzing soun... Read More
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