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Read the latest news about audiology and hearing aid systems.
Oticon, Inc. Announces Appointment of Two Executive Directors
February 21, 2018
SOMERSET, NJ February 20 – Oticon President Gary Rosenblum has announced the appointment of Josephine Poelma, MS, PMP® to Executive Director, Learning and Development and Dawn Spring, MBA t... Read More
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Brain Imaging Predicts Language Learning in Deaf Children
February 21, 2018
ANN & ROBERT H. LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO - In a new international collaborative study between The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of C... Read More
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Technique Treats Hereditary Deafness in Mice
February 19, 2018
Some babies are born with hearing problems. Others are born with normal hearing and begin to have hearing problems as they grow older. Hearing problems in infants and children can delay the developmen... Read More
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Altered Voice Processing in Young Children with Autism and Delayed Language Development
February 17, 2018
KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY - "The diagnosis, 'autism spectrum disorder,' covers a lot of symptoms. For each various symptom, there should be a various brain pathophysiology," said Yuko Yosh... Read More
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Phonak to Strengthen its Market Position by Expanding Industry Leading Rechargeable Portfolio
February 15, 2018
Phonak to strengthen its market position by expanding industry leading rechargeable portfolio. Stäfa (Switzerland), February 14th, 2018 – Phonak, the leading global innovator for hearing in... Read More
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Deaf Children Learn Words Faster than Hearing Children
February 13, 2018
Children with cochlear implant are better in learning words when getting in touch with spoken language.MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES - For many years scientists tinkered... Read More
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Controlling a Single Brain Chemical May Help Expand Window for Learning Language and Music
February 11, 2018
ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL - Learning language or music is usually a breeze for children, but as even young adults know, that capacity declines dramatically with age. St. Jude Children&... Read More
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CES 2018 Attendees Say Industry Needs to Be More Outspoken About Technology Overuse
February 10, 2018
Those Who Work in Tech Industry Vigilant About Their Own and Their Children's Use of Devices, According to ASHA Survey.(Rockville, MD - January 30, 2018) - As Apple shareholders, former Facebook... Read More
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Specially Timed Signals Ease Tinnitus Symptoms in First Test Aimed at Condition's Root Cause
February 9, 2018
Study in animals and humans opens door to further tests of new approach using precisely timed sound & skin stimulation.MICHIGAN MEDICINE - UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - ANN ARBOR, MI - Millions of Amer... Read More
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Giving the Gift of Hearing Means Giving the Gift of Hope
February 8, 2018
Hear the World Foundation makes hearing possible for child refugees with hearing loss in Lebanon Staefa, Switzerland – Around 1.5 million Syrians have fled to neighboring Lebanon to escape the w... Read More
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Groundbreaking Microphone Technology to be launched by Phonak and Advanced Bionics
February 7, 2018
Stäfa (Switzerland) and Valencia (USA), 6. February 2018 - Phonak and Advanced Bionics today announce a breakthrough in new microphone technology, that will help people with hearing aids and coch... Read More
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Grason-Stadler Releases AMTAS Flex
February 7, 2018
Grason-Stadler (GSI), Eden Prairie, Minnesota has released a new tablet-based hearing evaluation tool. Read More
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Starkey Hearing Technologies Introduces Smartest, Smallest Rechargeable Hearing Device
February 5, 2018
Starkey Hearing Technologies introduces smallest rechargeable hearing device which was announced Jan. 4 at Starkey’s Hearing Innovation Expo in Las Vegas. The product is now available to consumers t... Read More
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Considerable Gap Exists in US Between Having Hearing Loss and Receiving Medical Evaluation Treatment
February 5, 2018
Bottom Line: Nearly a third of about 40 million adults in the United States who report hearing difficulties have not seen a specialist for their hearing problems. Read More
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3-D-printed Prosthetic Implants Could Improve Treatment for Hearing Loss
February 3, 2018
RADIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA - CHICAGO - Researchers using CT scans and 3-D printing have created accurate, custom-designed prosthetic replacements for damaged parts of the middle ear, accord... Read More
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CRISPR Therapy Preserves Hearing in Progressive Deafness Model
February 1, 2018
Researchers deliver CRISPR-Cas9 directly into the inner ear hair cells of mice, preventing hearing loss in animal model of genetic progressive deafness. Read More
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Hearing is Believing in Gene Therapy's Promise
January 30, 2018
Rice University's Xue Gao led effort to address genetic hearing loss with gene editing.RICE UNIVERSITY - HOUSTON - Gene editing could someday help people at risk of hearing loss from genetic mutat... Read More
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Hear the World project: App-based Hearing Screenings for 10'000 Children
January 29, 2018
One of South Africa’s biggest problems is still the huge gap between rich and poor. In order to make hearing care accessible for people on low incomes, the Hear the World Foundation is working c... Read More
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Fish Use Deafness Gene to Sense Water Motion
January 28, 2018
Researchers explore aquatic model for human hearing.CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY - Fish sense water motion the same way humans sense sound, according to new research out of Case Western Reserve Uni... Read More
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Nascent Hearing Aid Compatibility Task Force Files First Report with FCC
January 27, 2018
Consumer representatives from the Hearing Loss Association of America, the National Association of the Deaf, and the Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing filed a joint letter with wirel... Read More
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