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HLAA Invites You to Sign Letter to President Obama
July 17, 2009
36 million Americans have some form of hearing loss, yet only 20 percent receive the technology and services they need. There are millions of people who need help managing their hearing loss - baby bo... Read More
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Stanford Researchers' Discovery of Ion Channel Turns Ear on its Head
July 16, 2009
Scientists thought they had a good model to explain how the inner ear translates vibrations in the air into sounds heard by the brain. Now, based on new research from the Stanford University School of... Read More
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HLAA Celebrates 30 Years of Hard Work: Highlights from Nashville
July 15, 2009
The HLAA Convention 2009, held in Nashville, marked the 30th Birthday Celebration of that organization. One of the events at the HLAA Convention in Nashville was a night at the Grand Ole Opry —... Read More
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From the Editor - A Summer Montage of Customized Reflections on Marketing the iPhone and Unlimited CEUs
July 15, 2009
Hope everyone is staying cool this summer. Things are moving along as usual here at AudiologyOnline, here is the list of our most recent articles. We have a paper titled, A Montage of Outstanding Ques... Read More
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iPhone as Hearing Aid?
July 14, 2009
A new application for iPhone and iPod Touch called soundAMP claims to be the "first assistive application that turns your iPhone and iPod touch into an interactive hearing device". Its description inc... Read More
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Hearing, Voice Problems Worsen Seniors' Communication Skills
July 14, 2009
Hearing and vocal problems go hand-in-hand among the elderly more frequently than previously thought, according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center. Together, they pack a devastating doub... Read More
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Sonic Innovations Names New Vice President of Marketing
July 13, 2009
Salt Lake City—Sonic Innovations, Inc., one of the largest hearing aid companies in the world, has promoted Kathy Schofield-Landon to Vice President of Products and Marketing. "Kathy is a welcom... Read More
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Siemens Hearing Instruments Introduces Affordable and Flexible Pure 300
July 13, 2009
The discreet and subtle Pure product line has been extended to offer another affordable, but sophisticated option to meet the needs of even more wearers. Siemens Hearing Instruments, Inc., the largest... Read More
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Cell Transplants May Cure Deafness
July 12, 2009
When Uppsala researchers found immature stem cells in the inner ear of humans a few years ago, it caused a global sensation. They have also managed to grow hearing nerves from stem cells and human tis... Read More
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With Funding from Oticon Pediatrics, Sertoma, Inc. Awards $12,000 in Scholarships to Students with Hearing Loss
July 11, 2009
A $12,000 grant from Oticon Pediatrics enabled Sertoma, Inc. to award $1,000 scholarships to 12 outstanding college-bound students with hearing loss. The winning students with mild to profound hearing... Read More
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Noise Induced Hearing Loss 2009 - New Expert Seminar Series from AudiologyOnline
July 10, 2009
AudiologyOnline (www.audiologyonline.com) is excited to announce a new four-part expert seminar series on noise induced hearing loss, coordinated by Guest Editor, Brian Fligor, ScD. NIHL is preventabl... Read More
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Global Network Formed to Improve Hearing Implant Outcomes
July 10, 2009
The Cochlear Implant Program at the London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) working in collaboration with researchers at The University of Western Ontario's National Centre for Audiology, has joined 16 o... Read More
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Estrogen Controls How the Brain Processes Sound
July 9, 2009
Estrogen Found to Work Within Neurons to Facilitate Hearing and Memory Scientists at the University of Rochester have discovered that the hormone estrogen plays a pivotal role in how the brain process... Read More
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Starkey Hearing Foundation Rolls Out Celebrity Red Carpet as Hollywood Comes to Minnesota
July 8, 2009
Public invited to get photos and autographs with celebrities attending Ninth Annual "So the World May Hear" Awards Gala Starkey Hearing Foundation, the global leader in delivering the gift of hearing... Read More
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Starkey Companies Hire Dr. David Fabry as Managing Director of AudioSync
July 8, 2009
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., one of the world's leading hearing technology companies, is excited to announce the addition of Dave Fabry, Ph.D., as the Managing Director of AudioSync, Starkey's newest c... Read More
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ASHA Campaign Honored By ASAE For Third Straight Year
July 7, 2009
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) has received an Award of Excellence from the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) & The Center for Association Leadership for its "... Read More
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Scripps Research Scientists Discover Molecular Defect Involved in Hearing Loss
July 6, 2009
Finding May Lead to Better Understanding of How Body Responds to Mechanical Stimuli Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have elucidated the action of a protein, harmonin, which is involved... Read More
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HearAtLast Combats Hearing Loss Epidemic With Future Sonics Atrio Ear Buds
July 6, 2009
HearAtLast Holdings, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: HRAL) is pleased to announce that it has formed a strategic alliance with VitaSound to distribute Future Sonics MP3 Ear Buds. Future Sonics is the award-winning... Read More
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NIDCD Welcomes Five New Members to Its Advisory Council
July 5, 2009
NIDCD Director James F. Battey, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., welcomed five new members to the National Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Advisory Council during the Council's regular meeting on June 5,... Read More
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Delivering Vaccine Through The Skin Could Be The Future For The Prevention Of Ear Infections
July 3, 2009
An experimental vaccine applied to the surface of the skin appears to protect against certain types of ear infections. Scientists from the Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Colum... Read More
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