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Read the latest news about audiology and hearing aid systems.
Speechreading Test Now on DVD
November 29, 2009
NTID Speechreading: CID Everyday Sentences Test" is now available on DVD to help audiologists and speech pathologists determine lip reading ability. See full-size photo A DVD that allows audiologists... Read More
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European Commission Acts to Limit Health Risks from Exposure to Noise from Personal Music Players
November 28, 2009
European consumers will benefit from new default settings on personal music players set at safe exposure levels, as well clear warnings on the adverse effects of excessive exposure to high sound level... Read More
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Higher Folates, Not Antioxidants, Can Reduce Hearing Loss Risk in Men
November 27, 2009
New research released at world's largest ENT meeting Increased intakes of antioxidant vitamins have no bearing on whether or not a man will develop hearing loss, but higher folate intake can decrease... Read More
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Scientists Show How Tiny Cells Deliver Big Sound In Cochlea
November 26, 2009
Deep in the ear, 95 percent of the cells that shuttle sound to the brain are big, boisterous neurons that, to date, have explained most of what scientists know about how hearing works. Whether a rare,... Read More
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Starkey's Sweep Technology Wins Consumer Electronics Show Innovations 2010 Award
November 25, 2009
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., one of the world's leading hearing technology companies, is proud to announce it has been awarded the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Innovations 2010 Award in the Health a... Read More
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Computer Helps Deaf Children Learn Sign Language
November 24, 2009
A computer which automatically recognises sign language enables children who are deaf or hard of hearing to expand their sign language vocabulary more quickly. Jeroen Lichtenauer will receive his PhD... Read More
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Popular Science Awards Lyric 'Invisible' Hearing Aid 2009 'Best of What's New' Award
November 23, 2009
Popular Science Magazine has named the Lyric "invisible" hearing aid from InSound Medical a winner of its coveted Best of What's New Award in the Health category. Chosen from thousands of entrants, Ly... Read More
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Oaktree Products, Inc. Names New Vice President
November 23, 2009
A.U. Bankaitis, Ph.D. Oaktree Products, Inc. a leading multi-line distributor of audiology and hearing aid supplies, accessories and equipment, is pleased to announce the promotion of A.U. Bankaitis,... Read More
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Tax Credit Could Mean Hearing Aids for More Than Ten Million Americans
November 22, 2009
HearUSA Urges Passage of Legislation Hearing aids for as many as ten million Americans living with untreated hearing loss could soon become a reality if Congress acts, according to Stephen Hansbrough,... Read More
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Winners of Ida Institute's Challenge Use Energy, Engagement and Empathy to Facilitate Understanding and Instill Confidence
November 21, 2009
Ida Institute has selected Paul Peryman, PhD of the Van Asch Deaf Education Center in Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand and Cindy Pichler, AuD, of Resurrection Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois, USA... Read More
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Senate Adopts Proposal that Exempts Hearing Aids from Device Fee
November 20, 2009
The Senate last night unveiled health reform legislation that includes most features of the original Senate Finance Committee's (SFC) medical device tax proposal including an exemption for FDA Class I... Read More
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Non-invasive Imaging Technique Can Help Diagnose Tinnitus
November 20, 2009
Study: The New Buzz on Detecting Tinnitus - It's a ringing, a buzzing, a hissing or a clicking - and the patient is the only one who can hear it. Complicating matters, physicians can rarely pinpoint t... Read More
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Starkey Receives Medical Technology Award at the 2009 Tekne Awards
November 19, 2009
William F. Austin Inducted into Minnesota Science & Technology Hall of Fame The Minnesota High Tech Association (MHTA), in partnership with Enterprise Minnesota and LifeScience Alley, has named Starke... Read More
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Sonic Innovations Named as CES Innovations 2010 Design and Engineering Awards Honoree
November 18, 2009
Sonic's Touch® hearing aid named Best of Innovations Honoree in the Health and Wellness category. Sonic Innovations (www.sonici.com) was named an International CES Innovations 2010 Design and Engi... Read More
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NHS2010 - Beyond Newborn Hearing Screening
November 17, 2009
NHS 2010 - Beyond Newborn Hearing Screening: Infant and Childhood Hearing in Science and Clinical Practice Villa Erba Congress Center, Cernobbio, Italy June 8-10, 2010 We are pleased to announce that... Read More
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An Evaluation of Musician Earplugs with College Music Students
November 16, 2009
A new study published in the International Journal of Audiology (Volume 48, Issue 9, September 2009, pp. 661- 670; DOI: 10.1080/14992020903019320) evaluated many different aspects of musicians' ear... Read More
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From the Editor: Putting You Virtually There
November 15, 2009
Well hello there! I am a pretty excitable guy, but I am really psyched about what we have going on over the next 30 days. I am not sure that there has ever been a time when we have so much to offer, h... Read More
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Discovering How Sprouty Shapes the Inner Ear
November 15, 2009
Deafness Research UK has awarded a new grant to Dr M Albert Basson and Dr Yuichiro Yaguchi of the Department of Crainiofacial Development at King's College London, to study how a gene called Sprouty2... Read More
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Speech Program Benefits Kids with Cochlear Implants
November 14, 2009
For decades, cochlear implants have made it possible for children who are deaf to enter a hearing world. But hearing is just one piece of the communications puzzle. Thanks to speech-therapy programs a... Read More
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Senate Finance Committee Report Adds Habilitative Services to Health Care Insurance Reform Legislation
November 13, 2009
On October 21, the Senate Finance Committee released an accompanying report to its version of health care insurance reform legislation, America's Healthy Future Act of 2009 (S. 1796), defining habilit... Read More
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