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Read the latest news about audiology and hearing aid systems.
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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Oticon Pediatrics Builds on Oticon's Leadership in Child-Friendly Hearing Care and Solutions
April 18, 2008
The experienced pediatric professionals at Oticon, Inc. consistently lead the industry in innovative, ground-breaking technologies, tools and services to assist pediatric hearing care professionals in... Read More
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CounselEAR Joins AuDNet
April 18, 2008
AuDNet, America's Audiology Network, recently announced they have teamed up with CounselEAR to provide AuDNet Audiologists an online report writer at a discounted price. CounselEar is a quick and easy... Read More
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Next™ Redefines the Advanced Through Essential Categories
April 17, 2008
Everything you need to succeed. Unitron Hearing announced today the introduction of its new Next™ series comprised of four outstanding product lines: Next 16, Next 8, Next 4 and Next E, each wit... Read More
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AFA Awards Residential Students, Distance Ed Grads at ASHS
April 17, 2008
In a recent ceremony, the Arizona School of Health Sciences (ASHS) awarded its Audiology Foundation of America (AFA) Endowed Student Excellence Award to two of its most outstanding residential student... Read More
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VNG with FireWire® - New Technology, Better
April 16, 2008
VNG offers technical as well as clinical advantages over ENG. It provides ideal conditions for observation, measurement and analysis of eye movements. It saves time, reduces costs and avoids the probl... Read More
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Beltone Honors Dr. George Osborne with Prestigious Larry Mauldin Award
April 16, 2008
Industry Peers Recognize the Late Dr. Osborne For his Extraordinary Achievements Beltone Electronics awarded the Larry Mauldin Award for Excellence in Education to the late George Osborne, PhD, DDS, a... Read More
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ASHA Joins with Consumers Groups on Amicus Brief
April 15, 2008
Concern with U.S. Marshals Hearing Testing, Evaluation Rules The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) joined forces with AARP and hearing loss consumer groups, including the Hearing Los... Read More
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NanoBioMagnetics Announces Issuance of US Patent
April 14, 2008
Officials of NanoBioMagnetics, Inc., (NBMI) today announced the issuance of its first patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The patent, titled "Method and Apparatus for Improving Hearing," i... Read More
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