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Read the latest news about audiology and hearing aid systems.
Growth-Factor Gel Shows Promise as Hearing-Loss Treatment
January 6, 2011
A new treatment has been developed for sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL), a condition that causes deafness in 40,000 Americans each year, usually in early middle-age. Researchers writing in the... Read More
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20th Century Medical Education and Training Will Not Work in the 21st Century
January 5, 2011
In a major new report, 20 professional and academic leaders call for major reform in the training of doctors and other healthcare professionals to equip them for the 21st century. This Lancet Commissi... Read More
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ReSound Creates Revolutionary Design in Custom Hearing Aids
January 4, 2011
New, innovative design improves patients' ability to hear sound while decreasing wind noise as well as improving cosmetic appeal and natural directivity. - http://www.gnresound.com - ReSound, the tech... Read More
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Support Announcement - NOAHlink First of the Year Issue
January 3, 2011
HIMSA has received reports of a reoccurring issue with NOAHlinks at the first of the year We wish to remind audiologists of the potential issue after January 1st 2011 where NOAHlink may lose its paire... Read More
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ASHA Members Discuss Research And Its Implications During 2010 ASHA Convention In Philadelphia
January 3, 2011
Research indicates that collegiate musicians are at increased risk for permanent damage to their hearing due to their many hours of instrument playing, attending concerts, and using MP3 players withou... Read More
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High Tech Genetic Sequencing Enables Screening for Hereditary Hearing Loss
January 2, 2011
Using a combination of special techniques to capture specific DNA sequences and high-throughput technology to sequence them, scientists from the Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Cent... Read More
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Hearing Loss Study Reveals Role of Bone Hardness in Tissue Function
December 30, 2010
Scientists are reporting the first direct evidence that a subtle change in the physical properties of a tissue can affect its function. The finding has immediate implications for understanding several... Read More
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Noise and Chemicals: Workers Are Losing Their Hearing
December 29, 2010
A study carried out by Spanish researchers has shown that the presence of chemical contaminants can interact with noise and modify, for good or for bad, the way in which work-related "deafness" - whic... Read More
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University Research Reveals Deaf Adults See Better Than Hearing People
December 28, 2010
Adults born deaf react more quickly to objects at the edge of their visual field than hearing people, according to groundbreaking new research by the University of Sheffield. The study, which was fund... Read More
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Retailers Oppose any FCC In-Store Testing Mandate for Hearing Aid Compatible Phones
December 27, 2010
In response to comments filed with the FCC by HIA and a group of consumer advocate groups including Hearing Loss Assn of America (HLAA) and Alexander Graham Bell Assn for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing... Read More
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New Study Concludes Antibiotics Only Slightly More Effective Than No Treatment for Acute Otitis Media in Children
December 26, 2010
A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA. 2010(19):2161-2169. doi:10.1001/jama.2010.1651) concluded that antibiotics are modestly more effective than no t... Read More
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Ringing Ears: The Neuroscience of Tinnitus
December 24, 2010
A new study published in The Journal of Neuroscience (November 10, 2010, 30(45):14972-14979; doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4028-10.2010) considered evidence for the underlying mechanisms of tinnitus. The a... Read More
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CASLPA Champions Community Integration on International Day of Persons with Disabilities
December 23, 2010
Integration of persons with disabilities in every aspect of life in their communities is critically important. Whether a child stutters, a teenager has difficulties reading, or a senior exhibits signi... Read More
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Phonak Hearing Aid Wins iF Product Design Award 2011
December 22, 2010
Phonak Ambra ranks in the top three Swiss product designs. The new Phonak Ambra microM has won the internationally recognized iF product design award in the category "medicine / health care." The inte... Read More
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Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2010 Passed by Congress
December 22, 2010
The Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2010 (S. 3199) was passed by the House on December 15, 2010. This bill would reauthorize funding for the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention pr... Read More
House Ear Institute Launches National Teen Hearing Loss Prevention Campaign
December 21, 2010
House Ear Institute is launching a national teen hearing loss prevention campaign online for its' educational initiative "It's How You Listen That Counts®". Designed to encourage teens to care abo... Read More
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Held in Chicago
December 21, 2010
Sona Hearing, LLC, a new innovative company of Sonova-, the world's leading provider of hearing systems, today announced the that was developed to understand how to better help both patients with hear... Read More
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Using a Blog to Give Back
December 20, 2010
In November, A.U. Bankaitis, an audiologist and Vice President of Oaktree Products, decided to use her new audiology blog to try and raise money for a cause close to her heart, the American Academy of... Read More
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Monthly Review - CEUs with a Side of Eggnog
December 18, 2010
Hustle, bustle, shopping, wrapping, baking, patients, deadlines, parties and...CEUs! It's that time of year again, and to help you meet your year-end continuing education needs, please check out our f... Read More
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New Study Finds Adolescent Girls of Low Socioeconomic Status Have Increased Incidence of High Frequency Hearing Loss
December 17, 2010
A new study published online by the Journal of Adolescent Health(doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2010.06.014) found increased incidence of high frequency hearing loss, reported tinnitus, personal listening d... Read More
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