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Read the latest news about audiology and hearing aid systems.
Tharpe Named Chair of Hearing and Speech Sciences
September 18, 2009
After a national search, Anne Marie Tharpe, Ph.D., has accepted the position of chair of the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences and associate director of the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center, e... Read More
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Starkey Awards 2009 Academic and Clinical Scholarships
September 17, 2009
William F. Austin Scholarship and Outstanding Student Clinician Awards Announced Starkey Laboratories, Inc., one of the world's leading hearing technology companies, is pleased to announce this year's... Read More
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Cochlear Americas Announces FDA Approval of the Nucleus® 5 System, the Newest and Most Advanced Cochlear Implant System
September 17, 2009
Life-Changing Technology Restores Hearing in People with Severe-to-Profound Hearing Loss Cochlear, the global leader in implantable hearing solutions, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Admin... Read More
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Nevada and Wisconsin Reps Show Support for Hearing Aid Tax Credit at Local Events During Congressional Recess
September 16, 2009
Reps. Dina Titus (D-NV) and Ron Kind (D-WI) indicated their support for hearing health issues and the Hearing Aid Tax Credit (H.R. 1646) during events hosted by local Hearing Loss Assn of America (HLA... Read More
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Special Edition Dual Continues Oticon Support of Breast Cancer Research
September 15, 2009
Oticon, Inc. launches its newest campaign "Positively Pink" to introduce Oticon Dual Think Pink, the newest addition to the Dual portfolio of colorful, modern design, high performance hearing solution... Read More
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From the Editor - A Basic Audiology Communication Diet of Cochlear Implants
September 15, 2009
I am going to show how much of an audiology geek I am by bragging about one of our feature articles this month, Acoustic Reflex Threshold (ART) Patterns: An Interpretation Guide for Students and Super... Read More
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Research Aims to Significantly Improve Cochlear Implant Technology
September 12, 2009
Having two ears is not just a matter of doubling the amount of sound you would hear with one ear. And yet you might not know that from the way today's cochlear implants for the deaf and severely heari... Read More
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AFA Professional Leadership Awards Bestowed at A.T. Still University's Arizona School of Health Sciences
September 11, 2009
During its August graduation ceremony, the Arizona School of Health Sciences (ASHS) presented Audiology Foundation of America (AFA) Professional Leadership Awards to four of its newly graduated Au.D.... Read More
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Spotlight on Hearing Care - Your Vote Needed Today!
September 10, 2009
Professional Hearing Services, Dr. Gyl Kasewurm's audiology private practice located in St. Joseph, MI, has been nominated for NBC television's and American Express' , which is conducting a search for... Read More
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Research Shows Possibility of Vaccine for Ear Infections
September 10, 2009
Children could be protected from disease with a vaccine that does not require a needle - Otitis media, more commonly known as an ear infection, is the most frequently diagnosed illness in children les... Read More
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AudiologyOnline Takes You Around the Web in 60 Seconds! - Vol. 5, No. 9
September 9, 2009
AudiologyOnline uses the latest in internet scanning and retrieval technology to find hearing health-related news and web sites from around the world. This information is then compiled and summarized... Read More
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AG Bell Academy for Listening and Spoken Language Announces New President-Elect and New Board Members
September 9, 2009
The Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (AG Bell) Academy for Listening and Spoken Language today announced Cheryl L. Dickson, M.Ed., LSLS Cert. AVT, as its president-el... Read More
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Two UF Communication Science Departments Move Forward as One
September 8, 2009
Two University of Florida communication science departments have joined to form the largest academic program of its kind in Florida. The merger of the department of communication sciences and disorder... Read More
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Pirate Hearing Care - Best Practice Guidelines
September 8, 2009
Cannon fire #1 cause of hearing loss in pirates Avast there, Matey! This Saturday, September 19 is International Talk Like a Pirate Day, a day dedicated to jabberin' about in piratese and celebratin'... Read More
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Noise Levels Associated With New York City's Mass Transit Systems
September 7, 2009
A new study that will be published in American Journal of Public Health (August 2009, Volume 99, No. 8, pp. 1393 - 1399; DOI: 10.2105) measured noise levels associated with New York City mass trans... Read More
Research
A Genetic Hunt Turns Up Deafness-Causing Mutation In a Gene Associated with Cancer
September 5, 2009
In genetics, as in life, surprising things can turn up in unexpected places. That was certainly the case when an international group of researchers found three mutations responsible for a form of here... Read More
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Paul Pessis, Au.D., Alan Freint, M.D., and Gyl Kasewurm, Au.D., Share Their Knowledge at Starkey in August
September 4, 2009
Maximizing Practice Profitability Presented by Starkey Audiology Series - Starkey played host to Paul Pessis, Au.D., Alan Freint, M.D., and Gyl Kasewurm, Au.D., in mid-August for Maximizing Practice P... Read More
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Use of Modulation-based Digital Noise Reduction in Hearing Protection Devices
September 3, 2009
A new study published in the journal Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society concluded that modulation-based digital noise reduction may potentially enhance the performa... Read More
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Transtympanic Electrically-Evoked ABR & ECochG - Audiology Lecture Announced
September 2, 2009
is pleased to announce an audiology lecture on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at Beth Israel Medical Center, NY, NY. The lecture features special guest speaker Paul R. Kileny, Ph.D., presenting the topic... Read More
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Sycle Announces a Double-money Back Guarantee Through the End of 2009
September 2, 2009
Sycle, the hearing industry's number one practice management system, announces a double-money back guarantee through the end of 2009. In a recent interview with Audiology Online, Sycle.net's Peter Ada... Read More
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