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Oticon Audiology Summer Camp Celebrates 20 Years of Bringing Students Professional World Knowledge and Insights
August 21, 2017
This year, the Oticon Audiology Summer Camp celebrates 20 years of providing graduate students in audiology with a unique opportunity to gain relevant, practical professional world knowledge and insig... Read More
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NIH Scientists Find "Missing Mutation" Linked to Inherited Form of Hearing Loss
August 21, 2017
Investigators at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have uncovered a set of DNA variants, or a DNA “fingerprint,” associated with Enlarged Vestibular Aqueduct (EVA), an inherited form... Read More
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RIT/NTID Professor Emeritus Shares Insight Into Contributions Of Deaf Americans During the Civil War
August 20, 2017
Harry Lang will host book talk and signing on campus Sept. 6. Harry Lang has had a long and storied career researching and writing about deaf Americans throughout history. His latest book, Fighting in... Read More
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Egocentric Hearing: Study Clarifies How We Can Tell Where a Sound is Coming From
August 19, 2017
University College London - A new UCL and University of Nottingham study has found that most neurons in the brain's auditory cortex detect where a sound is coming from relative to the head, but some a... Read More
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World's First Live Rock Concert Broadcast to Hearing Aid Wearers Showcases Advanced Hearing Aid Capabilities of Oticon Opn
August 18, 2017
Can Styx make hearings aids cool? Aug. 22 concert aims to find out.SOMERSET, N.J.—AUGUST 16, 2017—Hundreds of thousands of hearing aid wearers soon will be able to participate in rock-and-... Read More
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Phonak to Release a Game-Changing Bluetooth Hearing Aid that Connects Directly to Any Cell Phone* and TV, Based on a Revolutionary New Chip Technology
August 18, 2017
Stäfa (Switzerland), August 17, 2017 – Phonak, the leading global provider of hearing instruments and wireless communication solutions, today announces the Audéo™ B-Direct, a r... Read More
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Music Sessions Can Help Millions Who Struggle to Speak to Lead a Richer Life
August 17, 2017
University of Plymouth - Tailored music sessions could be crucial in transforming the lives of millions of people whose speech is impacted by learning difficulties, strokes, dementia, brain damage and... Read More
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The Lancet: One in Three Cases of Dementia Could Be Prevented by Targeting Risk Factors from Childhood Onwards
August 16, 2017
One in three cases of dementia could potentially be prevented if brain health is improved throughout life by targeting nine risk factors, including continuing education in early life, reducing hearing... Read More
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Widex Compares Sound Quality to the Competition
August 15, 2017
True Input Technology enables Widex BEYOND and Widex UNIQUE to capture the most soundscape of any environment. Read More
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Oral Communication Provides Better Outcomes for Children with Cochlear Implants
August 15, 2017
Research is one of the first nationwide longitudinal studies of how sign language exposure affects young cochlear implant recipients.UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS - In a new, multisite study of deaf... Read More
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Creating a Personalized, Immersive Audio Environment
August 14, 2017
Researchers use head related transfer functions to personalize audio in mixed and virtual reality.ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA - WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Move your head left, now right. The way you hear an... Read More
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Study Shows Protein in Human Umbilical Cord Blood Rejuvenates Old Mice's Impaired Learning, Memory
August 13, 2017
Umbilical cord blood from human newborns, and in particular a single protein contained in it, boosted old mice’s brain function and cognitive performance, new research from Stanford shows.by BRU... Read More
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New Program Improves Hearing Aid Use for Older Adults
August 12, 2017
MU researcher develops program to help patients adjust to hearing aids, might lead to app March 20, 2017.UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA - COLUMBIA, Mo. - More than half of older adults have some form... Read More
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Expert Unravels Disease that Took the Hearing of World-Famous Painter
August 11, 2017
Goya may have suffered from rare autoimmune syndrome, or syphilis.UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE - Francisco Goya is the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centur... Read More
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Low-cost Smart Glove Wirelessly Translates the American Sign Language Alphabet into Text
August 10, 2017
The wearable electronics cost less than $100, and the text displays on a computer or smartphone.PLOS - A glove fitted with wearable electronics can translate the American Sign Language alphabet and th... Read More
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Recognizing Foreign Accents Helps Brains Process Accented Speech
August 9, 2017
PENN STATE - Our brains process foreign-accented speech with better real-time accuracy if we can identify the accent we hear, according to a team of neurolinguists.""Increased familiarity with an... Read More
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Starkey Hearing Technologies Appoints Achin Bhowmik, Ph.D., as CTO and EVP of Engineering
August 8, 2017
Former Intel executive joins Starkey Hearing Technologies executive team to spearhead global hearing health technology and product innovation.MINNEAPOLIS (Aug. 7, 2017) — Starkey® Hearing Te... Read More
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Cognitive Hearing Aid Filters Out the Noise
August 7, 2017
Columbia Engineers make major advance in helping the hearing impaired follow a conversation in a noisy environment: new method brings cognitive hearing aids a step closer to reality. Read More
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Uncovering Why Playing a Musical Instrument Can Protect Brain Health
August 6, 2017
BAYCREST CENTRE FOR GERIATRIC CARE - A recent study conducted at Baycrest Health Sciences has uncovered a crucial piece into why playing a musical instrument can help older adults retain their listeni... Read More
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Large-scale, Collaborative Effort Could Help Ease Global Hearing Loss
August 5, 2017
Rising rates of hearing loss demand better access to preventions and treatments.DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER - DURHAM, N.C. - A team of hearing experts at Duke University School of Medicine and the... Read More
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