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Hearing Loss in Children With Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection in Relation to the Maternal Trimester in Which the Maternal Primary Infection Occurred
January 22, 2009
Hearing Loss in Children A new study in the journal Pediatrics (Vol. 122 No. 6 December 2008, pp. e1123-e1127; doi:10.1542/peds.2008-0770) concluded that hearing loss in infants with congenital cyt... Read More
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Starkey's Zon Wins 2008 GOOD DESIGN Award
January 21, 2009
Award Given by The Chicago Athenaeum Zon,™ the award-winning hearing aid developed by Starkey Laboratories, Inc., has been honored with a 2008 GOOD DESIGN Award. The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of... Read More
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HearUSA Receives URAC Health Network Accreditation
January 20, 2009
HearUSA, Inc. (AMEX: EAR), the recognized leader in hearing care for the nation's top managed care providers through 200 company-owned hearing care centers and a network of over 1,900 affiliated provi... Read More
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HIA Releases Hearing Instrument Sales Statistics for 2008
January 20, 2009
Hearing Industries Association released its annual statistical report of U.S. hearing instrument sales for 2008 with nineteen companies reporting data. Based on this survey of member companies, the co... Read More
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MRI Machines May Damage Cochlear Implants
January 19, 2009
Patients with cochlear implants may want to steer clear of certain magnetic imaging devices, such as 3T MRI machines, because the machines can demagnetize the patient's implant, according to new resea... Read More
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Neuromonics Awarded $1 Million To Conduct Army Tinnitus Study
January 18, 2009
Neuromonics, Inc. recently announced that it has been designated to receive $1 million in funding through the Department of Defense to study the treatment of tinnitus among military servicemembers. Th... Read More
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Beltone New England Announces Winner of the 'Beltone Better Hearing Giveaway'
January 17, 2009
Beltone of New England and Beltone Electronics Corporation of Chicago has chosen the winner of a pair of Beltone's most advanced hearing aids. Caption: Mr. Tuttle with Mr. Michael Andreaozzi of Belton... Read More
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Minnesota Academy of Audiology to Host Annual Winter Conference
January 16, 2009
The Minnesota Academy of Audiology will be holding its Annual Winter Conference on February 27-28th, 2009 at the Sheraton Minneapolis South in Bloomington, MN. This year's theme is "Best Practices" an... Read More
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Federal Benefits to Improve in 2009
January 15, 2009
Program Adds Audiology, AAC Coverage; Clinicians Should Enroll as Providers by Angela Foehl In January 2009 health plans will improve benefits for audiology services and assistive communication dev... Read More
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Audiology Chorus Seeks Singers
January 15, 2009
The Audiology chorus that sang the stirring a cappella version of the national anthem at last year's AAA meeting is seeking singers for the Dallas meeting. No choral experience is needed. Organized by... Read More
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AudiologyOnline Takes You Around the Web in 60 Seconds! - Vol. 5, No. 1
January 14, 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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Time, Surgery Appear to Reduce Episodes of Dizziness in Patients with Ménière's Disease
January 13, 2009
Episodes of dizziness tend to become less frequent over time in patients with Ménière's disease, a condition characterized by vertigo, hearing loss and ringing in the ears, according to... Read More
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be by ReSound Wins the GOOD DESIGN® Award
January 12, 2009
The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and Metropolitan Arts Press Ltd. has awarded be by ReSound the Museum's annual GOOD DESIGN® Award for innovative and cutting-edge design. F... Read More
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The Hearing Journal / AudiologyOnline Annual Survey
January 12, 2009
January 2009 Dear AudiologyOnline Member: The Hearing Journal and AudiologyOnline are conducting our annual survey of hearing healthcare providers in North America who dispense hearing aids as part of... Read More
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Free Hearing Screenings at NAMM Convention for Audio and Music Pros
January 11, 2009
The House Ear Institute (HEI) will provide free hearing screenings to attendees and exhibitors on the show floor of the 2009 NAMM Winter Show at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. T... Read More
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Golf May be Bad for Your Hearing
January 10, 2009
You've heard of swimmer's ear and tennis elbow - how about 'golfer's hearing'?. A new study from England published in BMJ last month (BMJ 2008:a2835) investigated the sound levels of various golf driv... Read More
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Audiologist Listed as a Best Career - Again!
January 9, 2009
What do locksmiths, urban planners, clergy and audiologists have in common? They've all made US News & World Report's list of the 30 best careers for 2009! Audiologist had also been listed as a US New... Read More
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Hearing Aid Tax Credit Supporters Thank Rep. Van Hollen for His Leadership
January 8, 2009
Hearing Aid Tax Credit supporters present a plaque to Rep. Chris Van Hollen to commemorate his visit at the HLAA/AG Bell/HIA supper in Washington, DC. From left to right, Catherine Murphy and Alexande... Read More
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Maastricht University Researchers Produce 'Neural Fingerprint' of Speech Recognition
January 7, 2009
How the brain decodes human voice and speech processes Scientists from Maastricht University have developed a method to look into the brain of a person and read out who has spoken to him or her and wh... Read More
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Dr. Judith S. Gravel - In Memoriam
January 6, 2009
The audiology community mourns the passing of Dr. Judith S. Gravel, Director of the Center for Childhood Communication at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and prominent researcher, author, profess... Read More
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