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New Version of Common Antibiotic Could Eliminate Risk of Hearing Loss, Study Finds
January 16, 2015
A study in mice has found that a commonly used antibiotic can be modified to eliminate the risk that it will cause hearing loss.On Christmas Eve, 2002, Bryce Faber was diagnosed with a deadly cancer c... Read More
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Vitamin Supplement Successfully Prevents Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
January 15, 2015
Loss of hearing is linked to a decrease in a critical cellular protein, and elevating the activity of this protein could prevent noise-induced hearing loss, as well as potentially benefiting a host of... Read More
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Happy New Year 2015! January Update
January 15, 2015
2015 is off to a great start here at AudiologyOnline, and I hope the same is true for you. Here is an overview of the latest happenings! Read More
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Judith Page Begins Term as 2015 ASHA President
January 14, 2015
Rockville, MD - January 5, 2015 - Judith L. Page, PhD, CCC-SLP, associate professor in the Division of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Kentucky, assumed office as the America... Read More
Associations
Capital Ideas! ADA 2015 Convention Call for Course Proposals Now Open
January 13, 2015
The ADA Education Committee is seeking innovative and interactive course ideas that will provide convention attendees with a monumental opportunity to gain insightful information, resources, and takea... Read More
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AG Bell College Scholarship Program
January 12, 2015
About the ProgramThanks to generous donations from individuals over the years, AG Bell is able to offer several scholarships for full-time students who have a pre-lingual bilateral hearing loss in the... Read More
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Bestselling Balance Function Textbook Is Back in Revised
January 11, 2015
San Diego, CA – December 31, 2014 – Plural Publishing has just published the second edition of Balance Function Assessment and Management edited by Drs. Gary Jacobson and Neil Shep... Read More
Industry
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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