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Time for Seniors to Consider Cochlear Implants

May 6, 2003

Almost 90,000 Australians aged over 50 could receive the life-enhancing benefits of a cochlear implant but so far only 700 have the device, the global leader in cochlear implant technology, Cochlear,...   Read More

Momentum Builds in Suit Alleging Burlington Northern and Law Firm Illegally Settled Hearing-Loss Claims

May 5, 2003

A U.S. District Court judge yesterday certified key portions of a class-action lawsuit against Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company (NYSE:BNI) claiming the company conspired with Oregon attorn...   Read More

True Adaptive Beam Forming Technology

May 2, 2003

Interton announces the release of a new directional microphone with Adaptive Beam Forming technology available on Interton's newly released IQ line of digital hearing aids. Adaptive Beam Forming provi...   Read More

Siemens Hearing Instruments American Academy of Audiology 2003 Highlights

May 2, 2003

Siemens has been bringing better hearing to those in need for 125 years. Its vision is about an integrated way of working, thinking and delivering hearing care that meets the needs of professionals an...   Read More

CMU Audiology Student Receives $5,000 Technology Scholarship

May 1, 2003

Central Michigan University student Jill Fuller of Dixfield, Maine, organizes the flow of information to the animation of certain processes that are difficult to teach in audiology. MOUNT PLEASANT - A...   Read More

Texas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Presents a FREE SEMINAR

April 30, 2003

Dr. Trychin is hard of hearing and is currently a lecturer at Penn-State, Erie, The Behrend College. He has written 15 books and produced a variety of videotapes related to coping with hearing loss. H...   Read More

National University Launches Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing with $500,000 from Congress

April 29, 2003

LA JOLLA, Calif. -- April 2003 -- National University System Chancellor Dr. Jerry C. Lee has announced that the U.S. Department of Education has appropriated $500,000 to launch the National University...   Read More

AFA Receives $25,000 Grant from Oticon Foundation for Scholarships

April 28, 2003

Lafayette, IN - Second year AuD students will be the beneficiaries of a new scholarship in 2004. Developed and administered by the Audiology Foundation of America, and funded by the Oticon Foundation,...   Read More

New Balance in Hearing: Gaia Hearing Aids Balance Speech Intelligibility and Listening Comfort

April 24, 2003

Somerset, NJ, April 2 - Oticon, Inc. today introduced Gaia, a fully digital hearing instrument that offers a new balance in hearing by combining speech intelligibility and comfortable sound quality in...   Read More

Siemens Welcomes New Members to Sales Team

April 23, 2003

Siemens Hearing Instruments, Inc. announces four new field representatives have joined the Siemens team. With nearly 40 years of combined industry experience, these sales representatives were selected...   Read More

Hear Effort Travels to Costa Rica

April 23, 2003

PALO ALTO, CA - April 2003 - HEAR Effort, a newly established charitable organization sponsored by California Ear Institute at Stanford, recently announced that it has expanded its efforts to Costa Ri...   Read More

New ''How To'' Guide to HIPAA Compliance Announced

April 22, 2003

SAMC/BLA announce the availability of a 375 page document entitled the HIPAA Privacy and Security Manual: The "How To" Guide to Achieve HIPAA Compliance. The HIPAA manual provides health care professi...   Read More

GN Otometrics Introduces PediHear™

April 21, 2003

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. - GN Otometrics, the world leader in hearing and balance diagnostic systems, is introducing PediHear™, at the American Academy of Audiology's annual conference in San Antonio, T...   Read More

HIPAA 101: Real World Privacy Compliance Strategies for Audiologists

April 18, 2003

Click here to view the chat transcript of HIPAA 101: Real World Privacy Compliance Strategies for Audiologists -- Brought to you by the Academy of Dispensing Audiologists and Audiology Online   Read More

AFA Awards First Practitioner Scholarship

April 18, 2003

Lafayette, IN -Ann Marie Weingart, MS, of Burlington, IA is the first recipient of the AFA's Audiology Professional Organization Practitioner Scholarship. The scholarship was developed to expand the A...   Read More

Transcript of Available for Review in Audiology Online Chat Archive

April 17, 2003

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Environmental Noise Threatens Hearing & Health

April 16, 2003

The American Speech-Language- Hearing Association (ASHA) is sending a nationwide wake-up call to the American public about the growing danger of hazardous environmental noise levels. A new multi-media...   Read More

Senator Bob Dole Encourages Academy Members to Actively Comment on Medicaid Regulation

April 15, 2003

Released last week and announced at The Academy's Annual Meeting in San Antonio, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a new Medicaid regulation that is important to all audiolog...   Read More

Sonus Network Announces Five Key Promotions And One New Addition Within It's Organizational Structure

April 14, 2003

has been promoted to a new position as the . Carrie has served as the Network Northeast Regional Manager for over 4 years. The new Eastern Region includes all states east of the Mississippi River (min...   Read More

Ear Service Corporation (ESCO) - Newest Audiology Online Corporate Partner

April 14, 2003

Douglas L. Beck Au.D., President and Editor-In-Chief of Audiology Online, announced today that Ear Service Corporation (ESCO) has become the newest corporate partner of Audiology Online (AO). AO is th...   Read More

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