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Oticon Announces Ninth Annual Oticon Summer Camp (2006)
April 11, 2006
Applications for Oticon Summer Camp 2006 are now available. The Oticon Summer Camp takes place July 29 through August 3, 2006 in Keystone, Colorado. Selected participants will be guests of Oticon, Inc... Read More
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NIH Seeks Strategies to Preserve Brain Health
April 10, 2006
With the rapid aging of the population, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is intensifying the search for strategies to preserve brain health as people grow older. The effort moved an important s... Read More
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Vivatone Premieres Entré Line at AudiologyNOW! 2006
April 9, 2006
Vivatone took center stage at AudiologyNOW! 2006 with the introduction of the exciting new Entré line. The American Academy of Audiology annual convention April 5-8 in Minneapolis, was the idea... Read More
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ASHA Journals on HighWire
April 9, 2006
Originally posted to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Headlines e-mail list on March 22, 2006. Hello Headliners, As of today, ASHA has officially moved its hosting of ASHA's journals... Read More
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Beltone Presents Dr. Terry Foust and Dr. Ian Windmill with Prestigious Mauldin Award
April 8, 2006
Beltone Electronics awarded the Larry Mauldin Award for Excellence in Education to Dr. Terry E. Foust, AuD. and Dr. Ian M. Windmill, PhD. at the Annual American Academy of Audiology Convention, held i... Read More
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Oticon Delta Combines Groundbreaking Form & Function to Attract the Next Generation of Hearing Aid Users
April 7, 2006
Leading hearing aid manufacturer Oticon, Inc. today introduced Oticon Delta, a groundbreaking new hearing instrument designed to change forever the perception of hearing aids among the 50-plus generat... Read More
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Poll of Popular Technology Usage: Hearing Loss Symptoms Reported in High School Age Students and Adults
April 6, 2006
More than half of high school students surveyed report at least one symptom of hearing loss according to a poll commissioned by the American Speech-Language-Hearing-Association (ASHA) and conducted by... Read More
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Academy Announces Results of Election 2006
April 5, 2006
The American Academy of Audiology is pleased to announce the results of this year's election for President-Elect and Board Members-At-Large, whose terms begin July 1, 2006. is the Coordinator of Clini... Read More
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Starkey Laboratories to Match Donations to AFA
April 4, 2006
Donations to the Audiology Foundation of America (AFA) will be worth twice as much in 2006, thanks to a matching grant, up to $50,000, from Starkey Laboratories in its continuing support of the AFA an... Read More
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AFA Awards Otoscopes to NAFDA Students
April 3, 2006
Eighty NAFDA students recently participated in the AFA's new "Clued in to Audiology" otoscope program, and AFA Director/Treasurer Veronica Heide, Au.D., will present the otoscopes to the students duri... Read More
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From the Editor: Try On the COAT and Meet ELVAS!
April 2, 2006
Dear Colleague, Want to be more efficient in your hearing aid evaluation and counseling process? Then you should "try on" the COAT. It is a brief 9-item measure that serves as a springboard for counse... Read More
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Melatonin Associated with Alleviating Tinnitus Symptoms, Better Sleep
April 1, 2006
Approximately 15 million Americans have a severe form of tinnitus, the perceived sensation of a ringing, roaring, or humming sound without actual acoustic stimulation. Although several theories have b... Read More
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Updated Information About Patient Safety
March 30, 2006
the Center for Disease Control (CDC) published the results of a follow-up investigation1 to a 2002 report on the relationship between meningitis and cochlear implants in children. The study included o... Read More
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Oticon Announces Ninth Annual Oticon Summer Camp (2006)
March 30, 2006
Applications for Oticon Summer Camp 2006 are now available. The Oticon Summer Camp takes place July 29 through August 3, 2006 in Keystone, Colorado. Selected participants will be guests of Oticon, Inc... Read More
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Henderson Receives Hearing Conservation Award
March 30, 2006
Donald Henderson, Ph.D. professor in the Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences in the University at Buffalo's College of Arts and Sciences, received the 2006 Outstanding Hearing Conservat... Read More
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Apple Releases Software to Limit Volume Levels on iPods, Audiology Expert Claims that Solution Only Solves Half of the Problem
March 29, 2006
Apple released a software upgrade today for the iPod nano and fifth generation of iPod (commonly known as the Video iPod) that allows users to easily set a maximum volume limit on a child's iPod. Pare... Read More
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Noise-Induced Hearing Loss and Tinnitus Associated with Military Service from World War II to the Present
March 28, 2006
A congressionally mandated study by the Institute of Medicine assessed noise-induced hearing loss and tinnitus associated with military service from World War II to the present, the effects of noise o... Read More
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Plural Publishing Partners with the American Academy of Audiology Foundation to Fund the Student Research Forum Awards Program at AudiologyNOW!
March 27, 2006
The American Academy of Audiology Foundation is excited to announce that Plural Publishing has agreed to be the corporate underwriter of the Student Research Forum Awards program through 2010. This gi... Read More
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Legendary Audiologists Guaranteed to WOW Attendees at Special AudiologyNOW! Session
March 26, 2006
Four "Legends of Auditory Science" will share the stage during a very special three-hour WOW!Session at AudiologyNOW!. William E. Brownell, PhD of Baylor College of Medicine; Peter Dallos, PhD of Nort... Read More
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AO Journal Group: Auditory Neuropathy/Dys-synchrony
March 25, 2006
Do you want to stay up on the latest research related to hearing? Tune into the AO Journal Group where on a monthly basis our group of Contributing Editors will provide reviews of timely journal artic... Read More
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