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Anthem Launches Medicare Special Needs Plan in St. Louis Area
November 18, 2014
Plan Offers Enhanced Benefits for People Eligible for Both Medicaid and Medicare.ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Anthem is launching a Dual-Eligible Special Needs Medicare Plan, known as a DSNP, in the St... Read More
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Stars Strike a Pose to Promote Good Hearing for the 2015 Hear the World Calendar
November 17, 2014
Striking photographs for a good cause.Staefa, 13.11.2014 - What does photography and good hearing have to do with each other? Quite a lot in fact, as the 2015 Hear the World Calendar demonstrates to g... Read More
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David and Carol Myers Foundation Endorses H.R. 5304
November 16, 2014
The Academy of Doctors of Audiology is pleased to announce that the David and Carol Myers Foundation has formally endorsed H.R. 5304, the Audiology Patient Choice Act so that older Americans will have... Read More
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National Math Competition for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students
November 15, 2014
RIT has hosted popular contest for middle school students for eight years.Middle school students can participate in Rochester Institute of Technology’s eighth annual Math Competition for Student... Read More
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Oticon Hearing Foundation Supports 2014 Project Amazon Audiologists on Humanitarian Mission to Benefit Brazil’s Most Impoverished Communities
November 14, 2014
SOMERSET, NJ October 29 – The Oticon Hearing Foundation will again underwrite the costs for Project Amazon, a unique humanitarian mission that will provide much-needed audiological care and hear... Read More
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AudiologyOnline Contributing Editor, Dr. Kim Cavitt, Elected to Lead Transcendent National Audiology Organization
November 14, 2014
(Lexington, Ky.)—The Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA), is pleased to announce that Kim Cavitt, Au.D., has been elected to serve as its President for the 2014-2015 program year.“Dr. Ca... Read More
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ReSound ENZO Recognized for its Innovation Capabilities - Named 2015 CES Innovation Award Honoree
November 13, 2014
Bloomington, MN, November 14, 2014 - http://www.gnresound.com - ReSound, a technology leader in hearing aid solutions, announced that the company has been named a 2015 CES Innovation Awards Honoree in... Read More
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November Highlights: Infant Assessment ABR Protocols with Dr. Jace Wolfe, New Career Center Features, and More!
November 13, 2014
Happy November! This month, our hot content includes a new 20Q from Dr. Jace Wolfe on a deeper dive into infant hearing assessment, new Career Center features, and new recorded courses from the Nation... Read More
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Unitron Named One of the 50 Best Small & Medium Employers in Canada for the Fifth Year
November 12, 2014
Company highly ranked by employees for outstanding leadership and workplace culture.November 6, 2014 - Kitchener, Canada – Unitron, a global innovator of technologically advanced hearing solutio... Read More
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RIT/NTID Receives Grant to Study Effects of Negative Stereotypes on Deaf Students
November 12, 2014
If members of a social group are aware that people have negative opinions about their ability to succeed in a certain discipline, can that awareness cause them to perform poorly?That’s what rese... Read More
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Programming Cochlear Implants is Back in a Revised Second Edition
November 11, 2014
For Immediate Release (San Diego, CA – October 31, 2014) – Plural Publishing has just published the second edition of Programming Cochlear Implants by Dr. Jace Wolfe and Dr. Erin Schafer.... Read More
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Family Needs Assessment Highlights Challenges for Families
November 10, 2014
The AG Bell Family Needs Assessment study sheds new light on the perceptions of families with children who are deaf and hard of hearing about the quality and availability of services received througho... Read More
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Starkey Hearing Technologies' Brandon Sawalich Named 2014 Emerging Leader in Health Care
November 9, 2014
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 3, 2014 – Brandon Sawalich, senior vice president at Starkey Hearing Technologies, was named the winner of the Emerging Leader Award at the 2014 Leaders in Health Care ceremony... Read More
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Siemens to Sell Hearing Aid Business to EQT and Strungmann Family
November 8, 2014
· Sale to EQT with Wallenberg family as anchor investor and to Strüngmannfamily as co-investor for €2.15 billion plus earn-out component· Read More
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2014 OtiCongress Provides Global Perspective on Hearing Health and Healthy Aging
November 8, 2014
SOMERSET, NJ October 27 – More than 300 US hearing care professionals gathered in Spain for the 2014 OtiCongress and an opportunity to gain a global perspective on the newest research on brain... Read More
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Oticon Medical Applauds Success of Collective Efforts to Maintain CMS Coverage of Bone Anchored Hearing Implants
November 7, 2014
Encourages Continuation of Awareness-Building among Key Groups and General Public.SOMERSET, NJ November 5 –On October 31, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced via fina... Read More
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Beltone is Named Collaboration Award Winner of 13th Annual Chicago Innovation Awards
November 7, 2014
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Beltone, one of the world’s most recognized names in hearing, has been named the Collaboration Award winner of the 13th annual Chicago Innovation Awards for its Beltone... Read More
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Oklahoma to Launch Redesigned Licensing System for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Providers
November 6, 2014
Licensure application and renewal system receives an aesthetically appealing design and a new user-friendly Interface.OKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Oklahoma Board of Examiners for Speech-Languag... Read More
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Hey1 and Hey2 Ensure Inner Ear 'Hair Cells' are Made at the Right Time, in the Right Place
November 5, 2014
Two Johns Hopkins neuroscientists have discovered the "molecular brakes" that time the generation of important cells in the inner ear cochleas of mice. These "hair cells" translate... Read More
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COS and NTID Receive Nearly $400,000 to Produce Supplemental Online Learning Tools
November 5, 2014
Visual aids will be created to help deaf and hard-of-hearing students learn statistics.The National Science Foundation has awarded a $399,986, three-year grant to RIT’s College of Science and Na... Read More
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