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Siemens Joins the Hearing Industries Association on Capitol Hill to Promote the Hearing Aid Tax Credit Act
May 13, 2009
Siemens meets with members of Congress in support of the 31.5 million Americans with hearing loss Siemens Hearing Instruments, Inc. will be on Capitol Hill this week promoting the Hearing Aid Tax Cred... Read More
Industry
Silicone Ear Looks Just Like the Real Thing
May 12, 2009
Surgery at Loyola Makes it Possible to Attach Prosthesis with Magnets - To look at Matthew Houdek, you could never tell he was born with virtually no left ear. A surgery at Loyola University Health Sy... Read More
Research
Can You Hear Me Now? Hearing Loss Not Well Documented in Electronic Medical Records
May 11, 2009
A study looking at the electronic medical records of 100 consecutive people who came to the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary for hearing tests that revealed substantial hearing loss in both ears fo... Read More
Research
Six Students Bring Home $50,000 Vanier Scholarships
May 10, 2009
Six students from The University of Western Ontario have been selected to receive one of the newest and most prestigious scholarships in Canada - the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship. The scholarshi... Read More
Associations
Callier Audiologist Honored for Distinguished Career
May 10, 2009
For the past 37 years, Dr. Ross Roeser, executive director emeritus of the UT Dallas Callier Center for Communication Disorders, has had an extraordinary influence on the field of audiology. As a resu... Read More
Associations
Oticon Pediatrics Announces New Initiative to Support Pediatric-Focused Research
May 9, 2009
Oticon Pediatrics today announced a new initiative to promote and support pediatric-focused clinical research. The Oticon Pediatrics Research Initiative will provide support for US-based audiologists... Read More
Industry
FDA Issues PSAP Guidance
May 8, 2009
As FDA Clinical Deputy Director, Dr. Eric Mann advised HIA at its February Annual Meeting, the Agency has issued "Guidance for Industry and FDA Staff: Regulatory Requirements for Hearing Aid Devices a... Read More
Associations
ASHS Bestows Annual AFA Endowed Scholarship
May 8, 2009
A.T. Still University's Arizona School of Health Sciences (ASHS) recently awarded its annual Audiology Foundation of America (AFA) Endowed Student Excellence Award to two of its most outstanding resid... Read More
Associations
Third Phonak Virtual Audiology Conference
May 7, 2009
The 3rd Virtual Phonak Audiology Conference will take place shortly. Here is the latest information on the conference. May 12th, 2009 - Frequency Compression - what have we learned so far May 13th, 20... Read More
Industry
Latest ASHA Podcast Focuses On Noise-Induced Hearing Loss And The Young
May 7, 2009
Latest ASHA Podcast Focuses On Noise-Induced Hearing Loss And The Young Podcast Features Dr. James F. Battey Jr., Director Of National Institute On Deafness And Other Communication Disorders The risk... Read More
Associations
Classroom Acoustics Included in School Modernization Bill
May 6, 2009
Representative Ben Chandler (D-KY) has introduced H.R. 2187, the 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facility Act, which includes a provision that would allow federal grants to be used to... Read More
Associations
A Phonak for Every Child: Complete Product Portfolio for all Ages and Degrees of Hearing Loss
May 6, 2009
Greatest choice of Phonak models to support children in realizing their full potential - Phonak offers a complete junior product portfolio that enables children of all ages and with all degrees of hea... Read More
Industry
Heavy Weight Champion Smokin' Joe Frazier says Oticon Dual is a Knock-out
May 5, 2009
Joe Frazier, Olympic and former World Heavy Weight Champion, isn't about to let any thing slow him down - including hearing loss. The 65-year-old boxing icon recently upgraded his hearing solutions to... Read More
Industry
Hearing Loss Association of America's Convention 2009 in Nashville this June Welcomes Veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)
May 4, 2009
The Hearing Loss Association of America will hold Convention 2009, June 18 - 21, 2009, at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville. Thirty years of the organization's accomplishmen... Read More
Associations
Tune A Fish Records Becomes Latest To Collaborate On ASHA's Safe Listening Public Education Campaign
May 3, 2009
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) has added Tune A Fish Records, LLC, to its growing list of sponsors for the Listen To Your Buds component of ASHA's America: Tuned In Today ...... Read More
Associations
2009 SPARC & AARC Awards Program Reminder
May 3, 2009
2009 SPARC and AARC Awards The competitions for the Students Preparing for Academic & Research Careers (SPARC) and Advancing Academic-Research Careers (AARC) are now open. These awards are offered as... Read More
Associations
Sonic Innovations Donates Hearing Aids and Treatment to Ohio Children
May 2, 2009
Donation Estimated to Value $12,980 —Sonic Innovations, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNCI), has donated $12,980 in hearing aid product to two Ohio children who suffer from hearing loss. Luebbe Hearing Service,... Read More
Industry
Children Speak Up: A Parent's Hearing Loss Hinders Relationships
May 2, 2009
From denial to missing important details: A new survey reveals that boomers' relationships with their adult children can suffer when a parent has a hearing impairment - In conjunction with Better Hear... Read More
Industry
avio5 Premium Class Hearing System Delivers Excellence in Performance and Style
May 1, 2009
Interton unveiled avio5, a new premium product line designed to deliver excellence in performance and style, at the AudiologyNOW! convention in Dallas, TX on April 1 - 4, 2009. avio5 provides multiple... Read More
Industry
Monthly Review - Advantages of Prosthetic Legs
May 1, 2009
There is an annual conference called TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design), where some of the brightest minds in literally everything, come together once a year to share ideas and provide inspiratio... Read More
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