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Read the latest news about audiology and hearing aid systems.
Mom's Voice May Improve the Health of Premature Babies
August 7, 2012
When babies are born prematurely, they are thrust into a hospital environment that while highly successful at saving their lives, is not exactly the same as the mother's womb where ideal development o... Read More
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GN Otometrics Announces New Distribution Strategy
August 6, 2012
Industry Leader Rethinks Approach to Market, Raises Bar on Customer Care. GN Otometrics, the world leader in hearing and balance diagnostic systems, announced today that it is implementing a new distr... Read More
Industry
Oticon's "At the Heart of It" Campaign Benefits the American Heart Association with $10,000 Donation
August 5, 2012
Rasmus Borsting, Executive Director of Oticon, Inc., presents a check for $10,000 to the Lisa Marie Arieno, the American Heart Association's Regional Director of Central New Jersey and Greater Union C... Read More
Industry
Deafening Affects Vocal Nerve Cells Within Hours
August 4, 2012
Portions of a songbird's brain that control how it sings have been shown to decay within 24 hours of the animal losing its hearing. The findings, by researchers at Duke University Medical Center, show... Read More
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US Olympic Volleyball Team Member David Smith Spikes One for People with Hearing Loss
August 3, 2012
David Smith is a team player who is always ready to spike one for people with hearing loss and the positive difference that hearing care and hearing solutions can make. Now in London, competing as #20... Read More
Industry
The Hearing Loss Association of America Names New Hearing Loop Advocate
August 3, 2012
The Hearing Loss Association of America® (HLAA) is delighted to introduce Juliëtte Sterkens, Au.D., the new HLAA hearing loop advocate. Dr. Sterkens is an audiologist in private practice and... Read More
Associations
Meet the 2012 AG Bell Award Recipients
August 1, 2012
AG Bell has a rich, 50-year history of recognizing individuals and organizations that have made the world a better place for children and adults with hearing loss. Meet the distinguished 2012 AG Bell... Read More
Associations
Phonak Announces Popular Adult & FM Clinical Conference
July 31, 2012
Registration is open for Advances in Audiology Meeting Dec. 2-5, 2012 in Las Vegas. Phonak is pleased to announce its clinical conference called "Advances in Audiology: Tomorrow's Solutions for Today'... Read More
Industry
Oticon's Advanced Marketing Boot Camp Equips Hearing Care Professionals for Success in a Competitive Marketplace
July 30, 2012
More than 100 leading hearing care professionals from across the US answered the call to participate in Oticon's 2012 Advanced Marketing Boot Camp, held June 22-24 in San Jose, California. At the thre... Read More
Industry
Salus University Names New President
July 29, 2012
Salus University Board of Trustees Chair Jo Surpin has announced that Rear Admiral Michael H. Mittelman, OD, MPH, will succeed Dr. Thomas L. Lewis as the University's next president. "With 32 years as... Read More
Associations
Ideas Campaign Sparks Creativity, Collaboration and Caring
July 28, 2012
Ideas from Simple and Practical to Innovative and High Tech Aim to Change the World for People with Hearing Loss. More than 200 original ideas have been posted on awarenessforhearingloss.com since Mar... Read More
Associations
UH Students Develop Prototype Device That Translates Sign Language
July 27, 2012
Award-winning MyVoice Combines Vision of Engineering Technology and Industrial Design Students. Too often, communication barriers exist between those who can hear and those who cannot. Sign language h... Read More
Research
Family Physician Pens Memoir About Growing Up Deaf
July 26, 2012
Dr. Justus Peters hopes to inspire readers to achieve their dreams, despite the obstacles and challenges they face, in "A Walk in My Moccasins: Memoirs of a Deaf Physician." Like most, Dr. Justus Pete... Read More
Associations
Phonak Announces Winner of the 2012 Cheryl DeConde Johnson Award
July 25, 2012
Recipient Carrie Spangler, AuD., Ohio Educational Audiologist, Role Model and Mentor. Phonak LLC has awarded the 2012 Cheryl DeConde Johnson award for Outstanding Achievement in Educational and Pediat... Read More
Industry
Oticon Intiga Named Finalist in Danish Design Award 2012
July 24, 2012
Oticon Intiga, the hearing device designed to appeal to first-time users, has earned top marks for its appeal to another discerning group of individuals - the jury of the Danish Design Award 2012. The... Read More
Industry
Beltone Holds Annual Meeting in Las Vegas
July 23, 2012
Company Announces the Rebranding of its BelCare™ Aftercare Program. www.beltone.com - Beltone held its 2012 National Meeting at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, Nev., May 20-22. The annual meeti... Read More
Industry
Sycle.net Offers Patient Financing Option and Gives Away Free iPads to Lucky Customers!
July 22, 2012
Sycle.net, the number one practice management system in the hearing care industry, has partnered with HealthiPlan®, a leading provider of credit services for healthcare practices. This integrated... Read More
Industry
National Network Designates Neuromonics as Tinnitus Treatment Provider
July 21, 2012
Elite Hearing Network to train clinicians on effective tinnitus treatment. Elite Hearing Network has chosen Neuromonics, Inc., as its tinnitus treatment provider of choice. Through the agreement, Neur... Read More
Industry
Rate of Community-Onset MRSA Infections Appears To Be On the Decline
July 20, 2012
In analysis that included more than 9 million Department of Defense nonactive and active duty personnel, the rates of both community-onset and hospital-onset methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureu... Read More
Research
Do You Hear What I Hear?
July 19, 2012
Caltech biologists locate brain's processing point for acoustic signals essential to human communication. In both animals and humans, vocal signals used for communication contain a wide array of diffe... Read More
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