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Read the latest news about audiology and hearing aid systems.
Tel Aviv University Discovers 'Hair' microRNAs As a Cause and Potential New Cure for Deafness
June 4, 2009
Despite modern medicine, one in 1,000 American babies are born deaf. The numbers increase markedly with age, with more than 50% of seniors in the United States experiencing some form of hearing loss.... Read More
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New Stem Cell Therapy May Lead to Treatment for Deafness
June 3, 2009
A new study has successfully isolated human auditory stem cells from fetal cochleae - Deafness affects more than 250 million people worldwide. It typically involves the loss of sensory receptors, call... Read More
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AudiologyOnline Takes You Around the Web in 60 Seconds! - Vol. 5, No. 6
June 3, 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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Consumer Reports Covers Hearing Aids & Hearing Protection
June 2, 2009
The July 2009 issue of Consumer Reports (CR) includes an article entitled Hear Well in a Noisy World that covers hearing aids, hearing protection and the process of shopping for hearing aids. The arti... Read More
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Beltone Shows 'Touch' Of Class
June 2, 2009
Beltone's Smallest Power Custom Device Disappears into Most Ear Canals While Delivering Natural Sound Beltone Electronics announces the introduction of Beltone Touch™, their smallest (custom) po... Read More
Industry
ASHA Announces Winners of Viral Video Contest
June 2, 2009
Videos Raise Awareness About Communication Disorders For May, Better Hearing and Speech Month (BHSM) The winners of the first annual "Make Your Own BHSM Video" contest were announced by the American S... Read More
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Human and Mouse Share Hearing Deficit Caused by Mutation in microRNA
June 1, 2009
In parallel studies in human and mouse, two groups of researchers have come to the same conclusion: that a new kind of gene is associated with progressive hearing loss. The new gene - called a microRN... Read More
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Unitron Wins Prestigious Premier's Catalyst Award for Best Innovation
May 31, 2009
Company's Breakthrough Technology Recognized with Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation Award Kitchener, Ontario, Canada - Unitron is honoured to announce that it has been named the Company with... Read More
Industry
Healthy People 2010 Update: Preventing NIHL in Children
May 31, 2009
In October 2008, NIDCD participated in a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services meeting on progress being made toward hearing health objectives set by Healthy People 2010, our national blueprint... Read More
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Starkey Continues Support of Hearing Tax Credit Bill During 2009 Hearing on the Hill
May 30, 2009
Jerry Ruzicka, President of Starkey Laboratories, Inc., and Brandon Sawalich, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, participated in the 2009 Hearing on the Hill in Washington, DC, on May 12 and 13 al... Read More
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Cochlear Implants Offer Kids A Gift Beyond Hearing
May 30, 2009
UT Dallas Study Links Devices With an Overall Improved Quality of Life - For years, hearing scientists have known that cochlear implants improve the communication of children who receive them. What th... Read More
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Siemens Promotes May is Better Hearing and Speech Month on America's Largest Stage
May 29, 2009
Educating the public about hearing loss and the importance of hearing health Siemens Hearing Instruments, Inc. celebrates May is Better Hearing and Speech Month in Times Square from May 11 through 28... Read More
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Good Vibrations - Devices Aid the Deaf by Translating Sound Waves to Vibrations
May 29, 2009
Lip reading is a critical means of communication for many deaf people, but it has a drawback: Certain consonants (for example, p and b) can be nearly impossible to distinguish by sight alone. Tactile... Read More
Research
Unraveling the Roots of Dyslexia
May 28, 2009
By peering into the brains of people with dyslexia compared to normal readers, a study published online on March 12th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, has shed new light on the roots of t... Read More
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House Passes School Modernization Bill with Classroom Acoustics Provisions
May 28, 2009
Provisions allowing school districts to address classroom noise and acoustics in their school buildings remained intact in H.R.2187, the 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act... Read More
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Local Leaders in Speech, Language and Hearing Honoured
May 27, 2009
Canadian leaders in speech, language and hearing are being honoured for contributions to the professions of speech-language pathology and audiology at an awards banquet of the Canadian Association of... Read More
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BrainLine.org Shines Light On Services Provided By SLPs And Audiologists To People With Brain Injury
May 27, 2009
For its May Better Hearing and Speech Month edition, BrainLine News, the electronic newsletter of BrainLine.org, features roles played by speech-language pathologists (SLPs) and audiologists in rehabi... Read More
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Monthly Review - Yellow Pages Going the Way of the Dinosaurs?
May 26, 2009
Marketing is one of the most important activities that a private practitioner may participate in beyond seeing patients. For many years, use of the print Yellow Pages has been considered one of the pr... Read More
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It's Not Just About Hair Cells: New Research Shows Tectorial Membrane Plays a More Active Role in Helping Us Hear
May 26, 2009
When you play a piano, the strings may supply the musical tones, but if it weren't for the wooden hammers striking the strings, you wouldn't hear a note. New research from the National Institute on De... Read More
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NIHL Prevention on the Job: Researcher Develops Computer Program to Help Latino Construction Workers
May 25, 2009
Construction sites can be noisy places. Just think of all the jack hammering, bulldozing, concrete mixing, soil grading, air compressing, steel welding, and more going on for long hours, sometimes all... Read More
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