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National Hearing Conservation Association Receives Award in Class Action Suit
December 20, 2013
Westminster, CO ― The National Hearing Conservation Association (NHCA) was the recipient of a cy pres award as a part of the settlement of a class action suit against Motorola and other Bluetoot... Read More
Associations
2013 Project Amazon Audiologists Team with Oticon Clinic to Provide Life-Changing Care for Impoverished Communities
December 20, 2013
Julia Shih, AuD, Director of Audiology for Love Hearing Services in Pasadena, CA, and Gallaudet University AuD student Cynthia Frey, recently traveled to the Oticon Clinic in Parintins, Brazil as pa... Read More
Industry
Phonak Awards Inaugural Sound Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient - Patricia Stelmachowicz Honored for 40 Years of Outstanding Contribution
December 19, 2013
Phonak awarded its first Phonak Lifetime Achievement Award to Patricia Stelmachowicz, Ph.D., CCC-A, for more than 40 years of exceptional contribution to pediatric audiology at its 6th International Read More
Industry
Oticon Medical Receives FDA Clearance to Market New Ponto Plus Family of Bone Anchored Sound Processors in Regular and Power Versions
December 19, 2013
Proprietary OptiFit™ and OptiGrip™ implant design concepts cleared for newest tissue-preserving surgical techniques.SOMERSET, NJ December 16 -- Oticon Medical announced today that it has... Read More
Industry
Identifying a Mystery Channel Crucial for Hearing
December 18, 2013
Our ability to hear relies on hair cells, sensory receptors that mechanically amplify low-level sound that enters the inner ear through a transduction channel. Although the transduction channel was ch... Read More
Research
Fiber-optic Pen Helps See Inside Brains of Children with Learning Disabilities
December 18, 2013
For less than $100, University of Washington researchers have designed a computer-interfaced drawing pad that helps scientists see inside the brains of children with learning disabilities while they r... Read More
Research
Sight & Hearing Association Releases Annual Noisy Toys List
December 17, 2013
7 out of 18 toys tested increase the risk of hearing loss in less than 15 minutes.Saint Paul, MN – “Push my buttons and you won’t want to stop”, pleads the packaging on a cute... Read More
Associations
Sound Preconditioning Prevents Ototoxic Drug-Induced Hearing Loss in Mice
December 16, 2013
The death of sensory hair cells in the ear results in irreversible hearing loss. Several classes of drugs, including aminoglycoside antibiotics and chemotherapy drugs are known to kill hair cells; how... Read More
Research
With 20,000 Zebrafish, Texas A&M Researcher Tackles Deafness
December 15, 2013
COLLEGE STATION -- A cure for human deafness just might be swimming alongside the thousands of zebrafish in muggy rooms across the hall from Texas A&M University biologist Bruce Riley's office... Read More
Research
The Green Bay Packers to Honor One of Their Own with the HearStrong Foundation
December 14, 2013
On December 9th, former Packer Blaise Winter will be honored as a HearStrong Champion in the Lambeau Field Atrium. Syracuse, NY (December 4, 2013) — A franchise used to celebrating championship... Read More
Associations
American Academy of Audiology Opposes Expansion of VA Hearing Health Benefits by Hearing Instrument Specialists
December 14, 2013
(Washington, DC–December 13, 2013)—The American Academy of Audiology appreciates the important and effective hearing health care provided by audiologists to our nation’s veterans thr... Read More
Associations
Hearing Impairment and Dual Sensory Impairment are Associated with Increased Mortality in Older Men
December 13, 2013
Researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), working with researchers in Iceland, have found that hearing impairment and dual sens... Read More
Research
World-first Device Offers New Insight into Life with a Cochlear Implant
December 11, 2013
A new imaging device was launched on Macquarie University’s campus today, helping researchers in the ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders (CCD) and HEARing Cooperative Researc... Read More
Research
HANSATON USA Announces New Advanced ITE Hearing Instruments
December 11, 2013
Custom ITE, HANSATON’s latest innovation in hearing instruments, boasts revolutionary new XearA technology packaged in our new, state-of-the-art custom shell lab. XearA technology is available i... Read More
Industry
GN Otometrics Strengthens Audiology Team to Drive Customer Care
December 10, 2013
Company Hires Kathleen Hill as Audiology Education Manager.Schaumburg, IL. | December 4, 2013 – GN Otometrics, the world leader in hearing and balance diagnostic systems, announced today that it... Read More
Industry
What You Hear Could Depend on What Your Hands are Doing
December 9, 2013
A new finding could lead to strategies for treating speech loss after a stroke and helping children with dyslexia; interestingly, it might also explain one reason people perceive a presidential candid... Read More
Research
AudiologyOnline Top 10!
December 9, 2013
Each December on AudiologyOnline, we highlight the top articles and recorded courses from the year. We had the best year ever, and thus had a very difficult time keeping this list to only 10. Here g... Read More
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Hearing Industry Research Consortium Announces New Grant Recipients
December 8, 2013
Winners Receive $150,000 Each to Advance the Understanding of Dynamic Spatial Listening Scenarios.MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 3, 2013 – The Hearing Industry Research Consortium (IRC) is excited to announc... Read More
Research
Cochlear Announces the FDA Clearance of the Baha® 4 Attract System, the First Magnetic Baha Bone Conduction Hearing Device
December 7, 2013
Centennial, Colo., (December 3, 2013) – Cochlear Limited (ASX: COH), the global leader in implantable hearing solutions, announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the Coch... Read More
Industry
New Strategy Lets Cochlear Implant Users Hear Music
December 6, 2013
For many, music is a universal language that unites people when words cannot. But for those who use cochlear implants – technology that allows deaf and hard of hearing people to comprehend speec... Read More
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