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Combination of Factors Helps Estimate Prognosis for Patients with Advanced Dementia

August 28, 2004

A model has been created that can help determine the risk of death within six months for nursing home patients with advanced dementia, according to a study in the June 9 issue of The Journal of the Am...   Read More

Better Hearing Institute Physician Referral Development Program Increases Utilization of Hearing Health Services

August 26, 2004

Over the last three years, the Better Hearing Institute (BHI), a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization, has focused its efforts on educating the medical community about hearing loss and its treatment. B...   Read More

Oticon Syncro Receives 2004 Frost & Sullivan Excellence in Technology Award

August 25, 2004

Oticon has been honored with the 2004 Frost & Sullivan Excellence in Technology Award. The annual award is bestowed upon the company for the development and introduction of Oticon Syncro, a "novel, ne...   Read More

Industry

House Ear Institute Warns Public of Impact of Noise on Hearing

August 22, 2004

Study Results Presented in Advance of April 28, International Noise Awareness Day, Confirm Effects of Noise on Hearing for Audio Professionals, Musicians and General Population - A new study released...   Read More

Alabama Ear Institute Awarded Grant from Crippled Children's Foundation

August 22, 2004

The Alabama Ear Institute (AEI) has been awarded a grant from the Crippled Children's Foundation to support AEI's Parent-2-Parent Network. The P2P Network unites parents and families to gain knowledge...   Read More

Cochlear Americas Partners with AG Bell to Provide Programs

August 21, 2004

Cochlear Americas®, manufacturer of the Nucleus® line of cochlear implants, has joined the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (AG Bell) in its educational effor...   Read More

Westone Features a Full Line of Hands-Free HATIS Solutions for Home, Work, and Professional Environments

August 20, 2004

View PDF Brochure Technology. It's amazing. And there's nothing more amazing than the sound clarity you achieve with hands-free HATIS technology. Its the link that connects my hearing instrument direc...   Read More

Perseo Open - meeting the challenge

August 19, 2004

Hearing care professionals have long recognized that fitting clients with a steeply sloping or mild hearing loss is a real challenge. These candidates for open fittings are often the toughest sound qu...   Read More

SeboTek further expands European distribution to UK and Ireland

August 18, 2004

Lavis Medical Systems, United Kingdom, signed a distribution agreement with SeboTek® Hearing Systems LLC on July 19, 2004 in Bradworthy, Devon, UK. Lavis is the first European manufacturer to dist...   Read More

Cholesterol Levels Fluctuate with the Seasons

August 17, 2004

Cholesterol levels vary with the seasons, reaching their highest levels in the winter months, according to an article in the April 26 issue of The Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archiv...   Read More

Sir Edmund Hillary Tackles New Challenge

August 16, 2004

On May 29, 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa set foot on the summit of Mt. Everest - the highest point on Earth Sir Edmund Hillary is a man everyone wants to talk to - a sought-after speaker and...   Read More

20th anniversary of the Scott Haug Hill Country Audiology Retreat announced

August 15, 2004

Twenty years ago there were very different alternatives for audiologists and hearing instrument specialists for obtaining continuing education hours and for the exchange of ideas with colleagues aroun...   Read More

Academy of Dispensing Audiologists (ADA) releases e-version of the 2004 Convention Agenda

August 14, 2004

Submitted by Dr. Craig Johnson President-Elect www.audiologist.org Academy of Dispensing Audiologists One Windsor Cove, Suite 305 Columbia, South Carolina 29223 (800) 445-8629 phone (803) 765-0860 Fax...   Read More

Study Suggests Brain Haemorrhage in Babies Older than One Month Unlikely to be a Result of Traumatic Delivery

August 13, 2004

UK research in this week's issue of THE LANCET shows how asymptomatic subdural haematomas (bleeding in the brain) among newborn babies are more common than previously thought, are associated with the...   Read More

Cochlear Diagnostic Procedures in Hospital Outpatient Settings

August 12, 2004

Medicare payment for hospital outpatient procedures is distinctly different from Medicare payments to other Part B beneficiaries. The adoption of new Current Procedural Terminology (CPT)* codes for co...   Read More

Phonak Introduces e-version of their SmartLink Brochure, the new benchmark in FM communication

August 11, 2004

Phonak Introduces e-version of their , the new benchmark in FM communication. SmartLink SX is the first communication device to incorporate Advanced FM features Hearing Instrument remote control A Blu...   Read More

Improvements in Prescribing Medications for Elderly Patients with High Blood Pressure ...

August 9, 2004

Adherence to evidence-based prescribing guidelines for hypertension (high blood pressure) could result in substantial savings in prescription costs for elderly patients, and up to $1.2 billion nationa...   Read More

The Path to Changing the Medicaid Definition of an Audiologist: Elimination of the Need for the CCC's for Reimbursement...

August 8, 2004

Medicaid Time-line Complied by Craig Johnson The path to changing the Medicaid definition of an audiologist: Elimination of the need for the CCC's for reimbursement The key ingredients to the professi...   Read More

House Ear Institute Warns Public of Impact of Noise on Hearing

August 7, 2004

Study Results Presented in Advance of April 28, International Noise Awareness Day, Confirm Effects of Noise on Hearing for Audio Professionals, Musicians and General Population LOS ANGELES - April 27,...   Read More

St. John's Clinic-ENT Celebrates 50th Cochlear Implant

August 6, 2004

Clinic fast becoming model of science and service to deaf and hard of hearing people On August 2, 2004, a profoundly deaf child was St. John's Clinic-ENT's 50th patient to receive a cochlear implant,...   Read More