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Over 10K Letters Flood the Hill - Sen. Dodd, Sen. Snowe, and 3 New Reps Add to Co-Sponsor Totals
July 12, 2008
In just over two months since the launch of www.hearingaidtaxcredit.org over 10,000 letters have been sent to the Hill in support of the hearing aid tax credit. This initiative is having a dramatic im... Read More
Associations
Sonic Chairman of Board Raguskus Cedes Duties to Westover
July 11, 2008
On Tuesday (May 13), the Board of Directors of Sonic Innovations announced that Andrew Raguskus has stepped down as Chairman of the Board. Raguskus will continue as a member of the Board of Directors... Read More
Industry
Phonak and Fleishman-Hillard Took Home an Award for Their Campaign in the Category of 'Creativity'
July 11, 2008
For a year and a half Phonak, the leading maker of hearing systems, has been working with Fleishman-Hillard Munich on an initiative to create awareness and sensitivity in the world towards the topic o... Read More
Industry
AAA Draft Ethical Practice Policy on Financial Incentives for Industry - Your Input Needed!
July 10, 2008
The American Academy of Audiology (AAA) has published a new draft policy on ethical practices regarding financial incentives for industry. This draft is an update of the current guidelines issued in 2... Read More
Friends and Colleagues Remember Galen Berry, Ph.D
July 9, 2008
Friends and colleagues of the Minnesota Academy of Audiology fondly remembered Galen Berry, Ph.D, who unexpectedly passed away on June 29th, 2008. Galen Berry, Ph.D was one of the pioneers in the auto... Read More
Associations
Better Hearing & Speech Month Resolutions Introduced in Congress
July 9, 2008
At ASHA's urging, both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate have introduced legislation supporting the goals and recognition of Better Hearing and Speech Month. House Concurrent Resolution (H.... Read More
Associations
A RIC in a Class of Its Own: Micro-Tech Launches Curve™ with BluWave™ Signal Processing
July 8, 2008
Curve is an all new receiver-in-the-canal (RIC) instrument that offers best-in-class features based on extensive research and clinical evidence. Curve with BluWave Signal Processing is a hearing solut... Read More
Industry
Two Siemens Employees Head to Guatemala on a Mission
July 7, 2008
It was a Saturday when they met in a Houston airport, 45 trunks filled with medical supplies in tow, all bound for Guatemala City, Guatemala. The flight was uneventful followed by a 40-minute bus driv... Read More
Industry
Practice Made Perfect! Before & After Oticon's Practice Makeover
July 7, 2008
Lobby/Waiting Area - Before Lobby/Waiting Area - After Oticon has taken the proven expertise it has used for more than 100 years in creating innovative hearing technologies and understanding the proce... Read More
Industry
Non-Profits Team Together to Serve Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Community Canine Companions for Independence Announces Collaboration with The San Francisco SPCA
July 7, 2008
Canine Companions for Independence® (CCI) and The San Francisco SPCA (The SF/SPCA) have formed an alliance to work together on providing Hearing Dogs to those who are deaf or hard of hearing. The... Read More
Associations
AudiologyOnline Takes You Around the Web in 60 Seconds! - Vol.4, No. 7
July 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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Montgomery County Executive Isaiah Leggett Visits Representatives from ASHA and TLC
July 6, 2008
Montgomery County Executive Isaiah Leggett visited with representatives from TLC—The Treatment & Learning Centers and The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) on Wednesday, May 29... Read More
Associations
Beltone Holds Annual Meeting in Monterey
July 6, 2008
Company Honors Distinguished Hearing Care Practitioners Announces World's First-Ever Automatic Smart Beam Steering Hearing Aid Each year hearing care practitioners from around the world gather at Belt... Read More
Industry
AFA/ESCO Award Au.D. Scholarship
July 5, 2008
California audiologist Rima Z. Baumberger has won a 2008 Audiology Foundation of America (AFA) postcard scholarship to pursue Au.D. distance education. ESCO sponsored the postcard and Baumberger's $1,... Read More
Associations
New Children's Book about Cochlear Implants Now Available
July 3, 2008
Abby Gets a Cochlear Implant" Speaks to Children about CI Experience A new children's picture book, "Abby Gets a Cochlear Implant" was released at the American Academy of Audiology's "Audiology NOW!"... Read More
Associations
Sonova Invests 40 Million Swiss Francs in New High-Tech Production Facility
July 2, 2008
Sonova is expanding capacities for the manufacture and engineering of its innovative hearing systems at its headquarters in Stäfa, Switzerland. In doing so, the Group is investing in further grow... Read More
Industry
Ear Infections Linked to Passive Smoking
July 2, 2008
A new report from Perth's Telethon Institute for Child Health Research has found a strong link between childhood ear infections and exposure to tobacco smoke. The results are published in the latest e... Read More
Research
The Consumer Handbook on Tinnitus
July 1, 2008
Auricle Ink Publishers announces release of The Consumer Handbook on Tinnitus (Richard S. Tyler, PhD, Editor) May 1, 2008. Anyone who suffers from persistent ringing or noises in their ears will be in... Read More
Industry
Best in Class(Room) - Oticon Pediatrics Amigo R12 Features Compact Size and Compatibility with Most FM Systems
July 1, 2008
Oticon Pediatrics introduces the Oticon Amigo R12, the first FM solution that operates on a 312 battery to enable small hearing devices, including Oticon Epoq, Vigo Pro and Vigo, to retain their cosme... Read More
Industry
Unitron Hearing Opens Regional Office in Spain
June 30, 2008
Local Office to provide direct sales and customer support Unitron Hearing, a Canadian-based global provider of high-value, innovative hearing solutions, today announced that it has opened a company of... Read More
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