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Westone Offers Online Version of May 2006 West-Tones Newsletter
May 29, 2006
Westone has made their popular West-Tones newsletter available online. West-Tones provides the most recent news and information about the company, including Tech-Tips to bring your earmold and ear imp... Read More
Industry
Oticon's New Development House Fosters Timely Innovation with State-of-the-Art Design and High-Tech Functionality
May 28, 2006
Recently awarded the Innovation Cup 2006 as the most innovative Danish company, Oticon enters an exciting new dimension in its history - in a new high-tech headquarters just outside of Copenhagen. The... Read More
Industry
Jane K. Fernandes Named 9th President of Gallaudet University
May 27, 2006
Gallaudet University Names Dr. Jane K. Fernandes President; Current Provost Becomes University's Second Deaf President Washington, D.C. - Dr. Jane K. Fernandes, Gallaudet University Provost since 2000... Read More
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Greater Minneapolis Convention and Visitors Association Partners with AAA Foundation to Provide Assistance to Audiologists Impacted by Hurricane Katrina
May 26, 2006
The American Academy of Audiology Foundation extends its appreciation to the Greater Minneapolis Convention and Visitors Association (GMCVA) for support of the AudiologyNOW! Hurricane Katrina Member A... Read More
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'Barriers to Effective Use of Hearing Protectors:' A Best Practices Conference
May 26, 2006
Cincinnati Marriott at River Center, Covington, KY The fourth NIOSH/NHCA Best Practices Conference will focus on real and perceived barriers to effective hearing protector use. Many of the barriers to... Read More
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AFA Announces Distance Education Scholarship Winners
May 25, 2006
Two more audiologists will pursue Au.D. degrees via distance education programs thanks to scholarships recently awarded by the Audiology Foundation of America (AFA). Aaron Johnson, a practicing audiol... Read More
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BHI Seeks Success Stories
May 24, 2006
There May be 3.9 MILLION Success Stories...Do You Have One? In the last 4 years according to MarkeTrak, 3 out of 4 of your patients are satisfied with their hearing aids. That's about 4 million satisf... Read More
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Siemens Announces 2nd International Hands-On Pediatric Workshop
May 23, 2006
Siemens Hearing Instruments announced today it is hosting its 2nd International Hands-On Pediatric Workshop, August 2-4, 2006 in the historic city of Nuremburg, Germany, just miles from Siemens global... Read More
Industry
Energizer Launches New Cochlear AC675 Battery
May 23, 2006
Innovator in Battery Technology Introduces Solution for Cochlear Implant Patients to Keep Going, Keep Hearing For years, cochlear implant patients have had limited choices when it comes to the type of... Read More
Industry
Phonak Field Study Trials Demonstrate Eleva Taking Off to New Heights
May 22, 2006
Eleva's functional gain, spontaneous acceptance, speech intelligibility benefits and automatic program selection were assessed in a series of field trials. Performance of Eleva in different situations... Read More
Industry
A Turning Tide?
May 22, 2006
The tide of hearing aid press coverage is turning positive. Over the past week, three major national features and an array of local press items have noted the new technologies, the "cool" appearance a... Read More
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Starkey Laboratories Closes Registration for 2006 Student Focus Workshop
May 21, 2006
—Starkey Laboratories, one of the world's leading hearing technology companies, today announced that it is closing registration for its 2006 Student Focus Workshop as all 200 seats are now full.... Read More
Industry
Noise-Induced Hearing Loss in Children at Work and Play
May 20, 2006
View PDF Conference Brochure www.hearingconservation.org/conf_childrenconf.html October 19-20, 2006 Embassy Suites River Center, Cincinnati, Ohio May 15, 2006 How great is the risk of noise-induced he... Read More
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Unitron Hearing Launches Indigo Web Site
May 19, 2006
Unitron Hearing today announced the launch of a new web site featuring their premium, automatic hearing instrument Indigo™. The Indigo web site www.indigo.unitronhearing.com, designed for Hearin... Read More
Industry
New ICS™ Chartr 200 VNG/ENG Next Generation in Vestibular Testing
May 18, 2006
GN Otometrics to Debut System at AAA SCHAUMBURG, Ill., March 29, 2006 - GN Otometrics, the world leader in hearing and balance diagnostic systems, will debut the ICS™ Chartr 200 VNG/ENG at the A... Read More
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Starkey Laboratories Introduces Most Realistic, Real-Time Fitting Software that Results in Faster, More Accurate Fittings
May 17, 2006
Software helps practitioners provide compelling counseling that reduces repeat visits Starkey Laboratories, Inc., one of the world's leading hearing technology companies, today announced the introduct... Read More
Industry
Cochlear Americas Informational Forums-June 2006
May 17, 2006
6:30 - 8:30 Hilton Jackson 1001 East County Line Road Jackson, MS 39211 Sponsored by Cochlear Americas Designed with clinicians and cochlear implant users in mind, Nucleus® Freedom™, the wor... Read More
Industry
Oticon Announces Four New Account Managers and Two New Account Representatives
May 16, 2006
Oticon, Inc. continues to expand its sales and training force to meet the needs of hearing professionals. a Staff Audiologist for Oticon since 2004, will use her wealth of knowledge of Oticon products... Read More
Industry
Hearing Care Goes to the Hill
May 16, 2006
The Hearing Industries Association (HIA) has joined with eight other national organizations to make hearing an issue of national concern during May is Better Hearing and Speech Month. On May 18th, mem... Read More
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Audiology Online Names Director of Professional Relations
May 15, 2006
Brad Ingrao, Au.D., Selected as Director of Professional Relations at Audiology Online --Audiology Online and HealthyHearing.com are pleased to announce the addition Dr. Brad Ingrao to their team. Beg... Read More
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