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Oticon Medical Wins Silver Hearing Technology Innovator Award
October 16, 2020
Oticon Medical announced today that they won the Silver Award for their innovative Ponto 4 bone anchored hearing system in the Auditory Implant Category of the first-ever Hearing Technology Innovator... Read More
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Starkey Continues Long-Standing Tradition of Supporting Audiology by Sponsoring Student Education at AuDacity 2020
October 14, 2020
Eden Praire, Minnesota, October 14, 2020 – Starkey is proud to sponsor AuDacity 2020’s student education activations, happening this Friday and Saturday, October 16 and 17. The Academy of... Read More
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Starkey Releases Mask Mode for Livio AI Hearing Aids
October 12, 2020
Starkey’s Thrive Hearing Control app now includes Mask Mode, a new custom memory that boosts the frequency response in certain channels to help patients better hear people who are wearing face masks... Read More
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‘Bird Song’ Ranks Among the Most Valuable Sounds in New Cross-Cultural Survey Conducted by Widex
October 8, 2020
Widex interviewed a total of 1,621 participants between the ages of 40-70 across the USA, UK, Canada, Germany, France, Japan, China and South Korea – with approximately 200 interviews per country. T... Read More
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ReSound Enlists Help of World Champion Kayaker Eric Jackson to Promote Treatment of Hearing Loss
October 7, 2020
ReSound, the global leader in hearing aid innovation, announced today a collaboration with Eric Jackson, a world champion athlete and entrepreneur, to promote the treatment of hearing loss. Read More
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Normal hearing is 20/20: Get to know your hearing number during Audiology Awareness Month
October 7, 2020
Cochlear, the global leader in implantable hearing solutions, and 10 hearing health nonprofit and industry partners announced Hearing 20/20 today, a public health initiative to adopt 20/20 as a common... Read More
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Voting is Open for the 2020 Oticon Focus on People Awards
October 5, 2020
Voting is now open for the 2020 Oticon Focus on People Awards at www.Oticon.com/FOP. People are invited to cast their votes for the 12 finalists who represent the "best of the best" from this year's n... Read More
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ACIA Submits Comments to CMS regarding Telehealth and Reimbursement Rates
October 5, 2020
ACI Alliance submits comments to CMS on proposed Medicare Reimbursement reductions and support of telehealth continuance. Read More
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Starkey Experts to Keynote Digital EUHA Congress Kick-off Event
October 1, 2020
Starkey’s Chief Innovation Officer, Dave Fabry, Ph.D., and Chief Health Officer Archelle Georgiou, MD, will deliver a keynote address during Digital Future Friday Read More
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HHTM Announces Addition of Shari Eberts to Editorial Team
October 1, 2020
Hearing Health & Technology Matters (HHTM), an online resource for hearing professionals and consumers with hearing loss, has announced the appointment of Shari Eberts to its editorial team. Ebert... Read More
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Four-fold Increase in People Accessing Tinnitus Support
September 29, 2020
The British Tinnitus Association (BTA), the only national charity dedicated to supporting people with tinnitus, is celebrating helping 15,829 people in the past two years through its dedicated Tinnitu... Read More
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American Cochlear Implant Alliance (ACI Alliance) Seeks to Protect Access to Cochlear Implants and Osseointegrated Devices in Medicare Hearing Health Legislation
September 24, 2020
The American Cochlear Implant Alliance (ACI Alliance) is promoting specific language to clarify that legislation to cover hearings aids for certain Medicare beneficiaries (i.e., H.R. 4618) does not in... Read More
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The Ida Institute Launches Co-creation Project to Explore the Hearing Journeys of the Future
September 23, 2020
The field of audiology is currently undergoing a major disruption sparked by trends such as digitalization and changing consumer preferences. To help hearing care professionals and people with hearing... Read More
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Ponto Care App is the Go-to App for Bone Anchored Users
September 21, 2020
Ponto Care app is the go-to app for bone anchored users, supporting them from trial to aftercare Read More
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American Cochlear Implant Alliance Launches New Consumer Advocacy Network (CI CAN)
September 15, 2020
The Cochlear Implant Consumer Advocacy Network (CI CAN) is a new initiative designed to amplify ACI Alliance’s ongoing efforts with grassroots advocacy. CI CAN members will be able to share their pe... Read More
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New Online Tool Determines if Hearing Loss Intervention is Needed
September 11, 2020
September 11, 2020, Hearing healthcare still important during COVID-19 pandemic; Cochlear's Hearing Aid Check provides baseline status to help adults understand if further hearing loss interventio... Read More
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Newest Science in Hearing Shows Brain Needs Access to Full Sound Landscape to Function in Natural Way
September 10, 2020
Findings have significant implication for Oticon BrainHearing™ technology Read More
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In Memoriam - Eric Hagberg, AuD
September 8, 2020
In Memoriam - Eric Hagberg, AuD, written by his friends and colleagues, Kim Cavitt, AuD and Stephanie Czuhajewski Read More
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Hearing Technology Innovator Awards: Cast Your Vote!
September 2, 2020
Hearing Health & Technology Matters (HHTM), an online resource for hearing professionals and consumers with hearing loss, today announces the opening of the public voting period for the inaugural Hear... Read More
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Like Nothing Else, From No One Else, Starkey Launches More Industry-First Technology
September 1, 2020
Introducing the industry’s most complete line of rechargeables, first-of-its-kind speech enhancement features, and synchronous remote programming with live video chat. Read More
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