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Siemens Professional Tools Help Hearing Care Professionals Improve Patient Care and Grow Practice
March 27, 2014
Presenting ProSuite—a best-in-class patient care concept that differentiates hearing care professionals from the competitionIntroducing the Physician Outreach Program to build on evolving health... Read More
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Oticon Medical Partners with Prof. Håkansson on Future Bone Conduction Implant Project
March 27, 2014
Initiative confirms Oticon Medical commitment to benefits of direct bone conduction solutions.COPENHAGEN, DK March 25 - Oticon Medical today announced that the company has entered into a partnership w... Read More
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University of the Pacific to Dedicate New San Francisco Campus
March 26, 2014
San Francisco - (Business Wire) -University of the Pacific today will dedicate its new San Francisco campus, expanding its presence in one of the world’s great cities and marking one of the most... Read More
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Sonic Shows “Everyday Sounds Better” with Interactive Sound Survey and Newest Hearing Solutions at 2014 AudiologyNOW!
March 26, 2014
Orlando, FL March 25, 2014 – At this year’s AudiologyNOW! Conference, Sonic aims to show that Sonic hearing solutions not only make “everyday sound better” but consistently s... Read More
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Unitron’s Moxi Kiss Wins 2014 Red Dot Product Design Award
March 25, 2014
Intelligent, refined hearing instrument gains further international recognition for product design excellence.March 24th, 2014 - Kitchener, Canada – Unitron, a global innovator of advanced heari... Read More
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Ear Tubes vs. Watchful Waiting: Tubes Do Not Improve Long-Term Development
March 24, 2014
Watchful waiting or ear tube surgery? It is a decision faced by millions of families of children with recurrent or chronic otitis media with effusion (non-infected fluid in the middle ear) each year.... Read More
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Cochlear Announces the FDA Approval and U.S. Launch of the First of Its Kind Cochlear™ Nucleus® Hybrid Implant System
March 24, 2014
Hybrid hearing is a new way of hearing that combines the benefits of hearing aids and cochlear implants in one device to help give a more complete hearing experience.Centennial, Colo., (March 21, 2014... Read More
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Obesity Associated with Higher Risk of Hearing Loss in Women; Physical Activity Associated with Lower Risk
March 23, 2014
According to the World Health Organization, 360 million people have disabling hearing loss, a condition that is often considered to be an unavoidable side effect of aging. New research from Brigham a... Read More
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WDH President & CEO Niels Jacobsen Honored as Nordic Board Chairman of the Year
March 22, 2014
Niels Jacobsen, President & CEO of William Demant Holding, has been selected as the winner of the prestigious Nordic Chair of the Year 2013 award. Jacobsen was honored for his contributions as Ch... Read More
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Researchers Gain Insight Into "Lazy Ear"
March 22, 2014
Short-term deficits have long-term effects; findings described in Nature Communications.BOSTON (Sept. 30, 2013) -- Short-term hearing loss during childhood may lead to persistent hearing deficits, lon... Read More
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Bluetooth SIG and EHIMA Partner to Advance Hearing Instrument Technology to Improve the Lives of the Hearing Impaired
March 21, 2014
KIRKLAND, Wash. & COPENHAGEN, Denmark--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Following the World Health Organization’s International Ear Care Day, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) and European Hearing... Read More
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World Congress Puts Australia on the Audiology Map
March 20, 2014
Brisbane is the host city for the International Society of Audiology’s (ISA) XXXII World Congress of Audiology – an event that brings together the world’s leading hearing health prof... Read More
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Dr. Susan Oleszewski Named Chief of Staff to President Michael H. Mittelman at Salus University
March 20, 2014
Elkins Park, PA – Dr. Michael H. Mittelman, president of Salus University, has appointed Susan Oleszewski, OD, MA, who has served the University with distinction in a number of leadership capaci... Read More
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Unitron Launches New Websites to Support Hearing Healthcare Professionals and their Patients
March 19, 2014
March 17th, 2014 - Kitchener, ON, Canada – Unitron today announced the launch of new websites for the company’s hearing healthcare professional customers and their patients. The websites r... Read More
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Starkey Hearing Technologies Introduces Halo, A Revolutionary New Hearing Aid
March 18, 2014
Made for iPhone Hearing Aid Brings Personalized Hearing to Millions.MINNEAPOLIS, March 17, 2014 – Starkey Hearing Technologies, one of the world’s leading hearing technology companies, is... Read More
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AAO-HNSF Updated Clinical Practice Guideline: Acute Otitis Externa
March 18, 2014
ALEXANDRIA, VA — With one in every 123 people in the United States affected by Acute Otits Externa or "swimmer's ear" each year, the American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head a... Read More
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ADA 2014 Student Business Plan Competition
March 17, 2014
Attention ADA 3rd and 4th Year Students—Do you have an entrepreneurial spirit and a sense of adventure? Does your future include private practice ownership? If so, it’s time to get down to... Read More
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Call for Abstracts: The 2014 Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children
March 16, 2014
Hosted by the American Cochlear Implant Alliance and Vanderbilt University Medical CenterDecember 11-13, 2014 Nashville, Tennessee Omni Nashville Hotel www.acialliance.orgThe American Cochlear Implant... Read More
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ReSound & Help America Hear Host Mission During AudiologyNOW! Convention
March 15, 2014
ReSound is collaborating with Help America Hear to provide hearing aids to 25 people in need during the annual AudiologyNOW! convention in Orlando, Florida.Bloomington, MN, March 12, 2014 – http... Read More
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Mobile Telemedicine Station Shows Its Unequaled Versatility
March 13, 2014
The GlobalMed Solution in Its Various Forms is Handling Primary Care, Pediatric Care and Now Hearing Care.SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A military veteran checks in with his primary care physici... Read More
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