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ReSound "Moments Movement” Awards Grants to Hearing Healthcare Professionals
May 11, 2013
ReSound is collecting patient stories and awarding monthly grants to the Hearing Healthcare Professionals that help make them possible.Bloomington, MN, May 8, 2013 - http://www.gnresound.com - ReSound... Read More
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Beltone Introduces 85DLW Technology to its Beltone Promise™ Product Line-Up
May 10, 2013
New Device Specifically Designed to Meet the Needs of Patients That Require Monitoring When Wearing Their Hearing Aids.(May 7, 2013) Chicago, IL — www.beltone.com — Beltone, a leader in he... Read More
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HIMSA News: End Dates for NOAH 3/XP Support & More
May 9, 2013
May 6, 2013. The following news from HIMSA was compiled from HIMSA’s April 2013 e-newsletter. Access all the latest HIMSA news at www.himsa.comHIMSA Sets End Dates for NOAH 3/XP Supportby Prod... Read More
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AudiologyNOW! in Anaheim, CA, Celebrates Academy’s Past While Looking Toward “Innovating the Future”
May 8, 2013
(Reston, VA – April 25, 2013)—Nearly 6,600 audiologists, students, and hearing health professionals came to sunny Anaheim, CA, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the American Academy of... Read More
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Hansaton USA Announces New Advanced RIC Hearing Instrument
May 7, 2013
X-Mini, HANSATON’s latest innovation in hearing instruments, boasts revolutionary new XearA technology packaged in an elegant, state-of-the-art RIC housing.April 13, 2013 – Minneapolis, MN... Read More
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Sonic Expands into New Headquarters with New Brand Messaging and New Premium Solution
May 6, 2013
SOMERSET, NJ May 2 – Sonic, the growing US-based hearing instrument manufacturer, has opened its new worldwide headquarters in Somerset, New Jersey. Sonic President & Chief Operating Offi... Read More
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Our Primitive Reflexes May be More Sophisticated Than They Appear, Study Shows
May 6, 2013
Supposedly 'primitive' reflexes may involve more sophisticated brain function than previously thought, according to researchers at Imperial College London.The Vestibular-Ocular Reflex (or VOR)... Read More
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NIDCD Observes Better Hearing and Speech Month
May 5, 2013
May 1, 2013 - The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), observes Better Hearing and Speech Month this May.Sponsored... Read More
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Research Quest Aims to Cure Hearing Loss at its Root
May 4, 2013
The ultimate cause of hearing loss is usually found in the tiny hair cells that play the crucial role of converting sound waves into nerve impulses for delivery to the brain."Whether hearing loss... Read More
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ASHA Offers Tips for Educators to Recognize Better Hearing and Speech Month in Schools
May 3, 2013
(Rockville, MD - April 23, 2013) The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) is offering tips for educators to promote Better Hearing and Speech Month this May. More than half of ASHA memb... Read More
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Educational Summer Camp Offered for Deaf and Hard-of-hearing Students
May 2, 2013
Hundreds of students from across the country attend each year.Summer is just around the corner, and it’s not too late to enroll in Explore Your Future, a six-day career awareness program for col... Read More
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2013 Oticon Focus on People Awards Honor Twelve Remarkable People Who Are Changing Perceptions and Inspiring Action
May 2, 2013
SOMERSET, NJ April 25 – Oticon, Inc. today announced the 2013 recipients of the Oticon Focus on People Awards, twelve outstanding individuals who prove that hearing loss does not limit a person... Read More
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AG Bell Academy Appoints Lee Rech to its Board of Directors
May 1, 2013
Washington, D.C. – April 24, 2013 – The AG Bell Academy for Listening and Spoken Language announces the appointment of Lee Rech, Esq., to its board of directors for the 2013-2015 term.Rech... Read More
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ASI Expands Sales Team Across Country
April 30, 2013
Continued Growth Fuels Expansion.Schaumburg, ILL., April 25, 2013 – Audiology Systems Inc., a national partnership of industry professionals, audiologists and local audiology and vestibular inst... Read More
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Ida Institute’s Ideas Worth Hearing Aims to Inspire Individual and Group Initiatives to Raise Awareness of Hearing Loss
April 29, 2013
Ida Institute has launched Ideas Worth Hearing, an Ideas Catalog featuring some of the best ideas from among the more than 400 ideas generated by the Ideas, Speak up - Action and Awareness for Hearing... Read More
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AO Monthly Review: The Lowdown on Frequency Lowering
April 29, 2013
Have you noticed that most every major manufacturer now offers some type of frequency lowering technology? Linear frequency compression, nonlinear frequency compression, frequency transposition, spect... Read More
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Oticon Medical Scientific Meeting Focuses on Newest Research and Advances in Bone Anchored Surgery to Improve Patient-Centered Outcomes
April 28, 2013
Copenhagen, DK April 24 – Leading surgeons from North America, Europe, Israel and Turkey recently gathered in Copenhagen for Oticon Medical’s Scientific Meeting on tissue preservation su... Read More
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CSUN's Phone App for Deaf Wins International Software Competition
April 27, 2013
A team of Cal State Northridge computer hotshots licked top universities throughout the region at a software competition last weekend by designing a winning phone app alert system for the deaf.The CSU... Read More
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Starkey Hearing Technologies Becomes a Corporate Champion Sponsor of American Tinnitus Association
April 26, 2013
Facebook Contest in May Offers Chance to Win Xino Tinnitus Devices.MINNEAPOLIS, April 24, 2013 – Starkey Hearing Technologies, one of the world’s leading hearing technology companies, is e... Read More
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Douglas Beck, Au.D. Receives R.S. McCrea Medal
April 25, 2013
Douglas Beck, Au.D., Director of Professional Relations for Oticon, Inc., has been awarded the R.S. McCrea Medal 2012 by the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children. Beck is honored for his presenta... Read More
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