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Read the latest news about audiology and hearing aid systems.
Ziga and Azure: New and Improved from ReSound
April 28, 2008
ReSound announces the release of two notable additions to its growing product portfolio. New: ReSound Ziga™ offers outstanding technology features in a value-priced product family. Improved: ReS... Read More
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Zebrafish Provide Useful Screening Tool for Genes, Drugs That Protect Against Hearing Loss
April 28, 2008
A small striped fish is helping scientists understand what makes people susceptible to a common form of hearing loss, although, in this case, it's not the fish's ears that are of interest. In a study... Read More
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Phonak Launches New Receivers with Dynamic FM Technology
April 27, 2008
At the 2008 AudiologyNOW! Conference in Charlotte, NC, Phonak will be unveiling the ML9i and ML11i Dynamic FM receivers. Together with the recently launched inspiro transmitter, the ML9i and ML11i rec... Read More
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AFA Helps Student Attend NHCA Convention
April 27, 2008
Money provided to the Audiology Foundation of America (AFA) by industrial audiologist Nancy N. Green, Au.D., for a specially targeted initiative allowed a student interested in the specialty to attend... Read More
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Annual Better Hearing and Speech Month (BHSM) Observance to be Promoted on NPR Programs
April 26, 2008
Spots on Nations Top Radio Shows and Free Resources Highlight Association's Campaign For the second consecutive year, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) has become a sponsor of Na... Read More
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'Female Sex Hormone' Protects Against Hearing Loss in Females and Males
April 26, 2008
The "female sex hormone" estradiol is present in both men and women, and is generated from testosterone in men by the protein aromatase. Estradiol plays various roles in addition to its gender-specifi... Read More
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CASLPA Responds to Government Tabling of a Product Safety Legislative Package
April 25, 2008
CASLPA Calls On Prime Minister for Action on Noisy Toys, Association Comments on New Product Safety Legislation In light of the Prime Minister's announcement today news.gc.ca on new product safety leg... Read More
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Audiologists and Hearing Care Professionals from Across the US Raise the Walls on Oticon-Sponsored Habitat for Humanity Home
April 25, 2008
Hundreds of audiologists and hearing care professionals from across the country gave new meaning to the term "noisy environment" as they hammered, sawed and drilled the framework for a Habitat for Hum... Read More
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University Hospital of Navarra Operates on Youngest Patient Worldwide to Have Auditory Implant in the Brain Stem
April 24, 2008
A team of ear, nose and throat specialists and neurosurgeons at the University Hospital of Navarra, led by doctors Manuel Manrique Rodríguez, specialist in ear, nose and throat surgery and Bart... Read More
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ASHA Advocacy Triggers Major Policy Shift for Federal Employees and Families
April 24, 2008
OPM Call Letter To Carriers: Cover Hearing Aids and SGDs - Advocacy by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) has been reflected in the annual "call letter" that the U.S. Office of Pe... Read More
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VNG Goggle Conversion Kit
April 23, 2008
The 2007 redesign of our VNG goggles introduced disposable foam pads. Held by Velcro, the foam pads are easy to replace and give greater stability to the goggles. They also ensure total light occlusio... Read More
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MED-EL's OPUS 2 Speech Processor Receives FDA Approval
April 23, 2008
First Switch-Free Speech Processor Available in the World MED-EL Corporation announced today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the new OPUS 2 cochlear implant speech processor. T... Read More
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Natus Medical to Acquire SonaMed
April 22, 2008
Expects Acquisition to be Immediately Accretive to Earnings Natus Medical Incorporated (Nasdaq:BABY) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately held SonaMed C... Read More
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Cochlear Implant Recipients Experience Improvement in Quality of Life
April 22, 2008
New research from Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery Cochlear implant recipients experience a significant improvement in their quality of life, and have improved speech recognition, according to... Read More
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US News and World Report Releases List of Top Audiology Graduate Programs
April 21, 2008
US News and World Report recently released their list of "America's Best Graduate Schools 2009". For this year's rankings data was collected from more than 12,000 graduate programs. Vanderbilt Univers... Read More
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ReSound Announces 2008 Audiology Student Outreach Scholarships
April 21, 2008
ReSound is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2008 Audiology Student Outreach Scholarship Program. At the AAA AudiologyNOW! 2008 Convention, ReSound continued its commitment to the advancement... Read More
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Researchers Find a Genetic Cause for Hearing Loss That's Inherited from Mother
April 20, 2008
NIDCD scientists have demonstrated that a specific mutation in mitochondrial DNA is a cause of deafness. While most DNA is found in the cell nucleus, DNA can also be found in the mitochondria, the ene... Read More
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Phonak iCube: the Natural Choice for Wireless, Tangle-Free Fitting
April 20, 2008
Phonak fulfills a longstanding dream of hearing care professionals around the globe - fitting without programming cables! As the first company to offer the ultimate in fitting freedom, Phonak introduc... Read More
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Local Leaders in Speech-Language and Hearing Honoured
April 19, 2008
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 S... Read More
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Art Meets Science with Introduction of Starkey's Zōn™
April 19, 2008
Best-in-class receiver-in-canal hearing solution boasts BluWave™ Signal Processing Starkey Laboratories (www.starkey.com) unveiled the next generation of hearing solutions today at AudiologyNOW!... Read More
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