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Read the latest news about audiology and hearing aid systems.
New Tool to Assess Speech Development in Infants, Toddlers with Hearing Impairments
October 12, 2008
The number of hearing impaired infants and toddlers who are successfully aided by technological devices, such as hearing aids and cochlear implants, continues to grow, but there are still unknowns abo... Read More
Research
Sonic Innovations Launches sonicBLU Bluetooth Device
October 11, 2008
Sonic Innovations, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNCI), the only U.S.-based publicly traded manufacturer of digital hearing aids, is introducing sonicBLU, a wireless communication device that will allow users of Soni... Read More
Industry
Starkey's Jason Galster Honored with ASHA Editors' Award
October 10, 2008
Research Focus is Student Benefit of Directional Microphones in Hearing Aids Starkey Laboratories, Inc., one of the world's leading hearing technology companies, would like to congratulate Jason Galst... Read More
Industry
Sharmi Albrechtsen Joins Ida Institute
October 9, 2008
Ida Institute announced today that Sharmi Albrechtsen has joined the non-profit educational institute as a communications specialist. Albrechtsen's responsibilities will include development and oversi... Read More
Associations
Earn Unlimited CEUs on AudiologyOnline for $99 Annual Fee
October 8, 2008
AudiologyOnline Launches CEU Total Access Hearing healthcare professionals can now access hundreds of AudiologyOnline produced self-study courses - authored and presented by the leading experts and ac... Read More
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ASHA Conducting Physician Practice Information Survey for Audiology
October 8, 2008
ASHA and more than 70 other organizations are conducting a comprehensive multi-specialty survey of America's physician and health care professional practices, including audiology practices. Results fr... Read More
Associations
New Website Promotes Assistance for Children in Need
October 7, 2008
Seven million children in the United States between the ages of six and nineteen are hearing impaired, and research has shown that these children are much more likely to have developmental, language,... Read More
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AudiologyOnline Takes You Around the Web in 60 Seconds! - Vol. 4, No. 10
October 7, 2008
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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ADA Releases Position Paper on Practice Ownership
October 6, 2008
Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA) is pleased to announce the release of its position paper, "Ensuring Audiology's Future in Healthcare: Owning the Profession through a Culture of Practice Ownershi... Read More
Associations
New Web Site Valuable For Recruiting Professionals Who Help Special Needs Children
October 5, 2008
Site Aids Search For School-Based Speech-Language Pathologists, Audiologists Among Others Co-chaired by the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA), the National Coalition on Personnel Sho... Read More
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AFA Annual Appeal
October 4, 2008
By now, you've probably received the AFA's recent fall fundraising mailing. As you reflect on your career, and the success you've found as an audiologist, please consider a donation to the AFA in supp... Read More
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Measuring the Auditory Dynamics of Selective Attention
October 3, 2008
Exploring the various performance times needed to pick out specific sounds in a complex scene Call it the cocktail party effect: how an individual can participate in a one-on-one conversation within a... Read More
Research
ASHA Members Needed to Speak at HEA Public Meetings
October 2, 2008
The U.S. Department of Education (ED) has announced its intention to establish negotiated rulemaking committees to implement certain parts of the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) and have annou... Read More
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ASHA Board of Directors Call for Nominations
October 2, 2008
Step Up to the Plate and Nominate! Nominations Open Monday, September 15, 2008 The Committee on Nominations and Elections (CNE) is seeking nominees for the following positions on ASHA's Board of Direc... Read More
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New Study Finds Adults with Mild to Moderate Hearing Loss Prone to Depression, Anxiety and Other Psychological Distress
October 1, 2008
The following is an abstract of a study published in the Italian otorhinolaryngology journal Acta Otorhinolaryngologica Italica (Volume 28, issue 2, April 2008). The full article or a subscription to... Read More
Research
First Ida Institute Seminar Takes a Relationship-Centered Approach to 'Defining Hearing'
September 30, 2008
The Ida Institute will convene its first educational seminar, Defining Hearing, September 25-27 in Skodsborg, Denmark. Distinguished faculty members Dr. Harvey Abrams, Dr. Kristina English, Dr. Christ... Read More
Associations
Illinois Academy of AUdiology Reinforces Convention Theme 'Advocating for our Future'
September 29, 2008
Reprising its role as a premier state meeting in the country, the 2009 Illinois Academy of Audiology 16th Annual Convention will be held at the Drake Hotel Chicago beginning Wednesday, January 28th an... Read More
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New Clinic Tunes Up Brain's Ability To Listen For Kids and Adults
September 28, 2008
Listening might seem like a passive activity, not a skill. You have ears, therefore, you listen. But it's not that simple t any age. A middle-aged woman may start to notice she has trouble deciphering... Read More
Research
U of I gets $9 Million to Study Mild Deafness in Children
September 27, 2008
The University of Iowa has received a $9 million federal grant to study hearing loss in preschool children. The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders awarded the five-year,... Read More
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AFA to Hold Slate of Events at ADA
September 27, 2008
Make plans now to be part of the AFA events at ADA this November. will be held on Friday, November 7, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the Del Mar room of the Green Valley Ranch Resort in Las Vegas. Auction ite... Read More
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