Unitron Hearing Supports Audiology Students at The University of Western Ontario

September 4, 2007, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada - Unitron Hearing today announced its support of The University of Western Ontario's Master of Clinical Science Audiology program. Over the next three years, Unitron Hearing's monetary and gift-in-kind donations will support several new initiatives for students training to become qualified audiologists. These initiatives include:

• Unitron Hearing Entrance Award in Clinical Audiology
  
  
• Unitron Hearing Distance Clinical Education Bursaries
  
  
• Endowed gift toward the William A. Cole Award for Excellence in Audiology Fund
  
  
• Textbook donation
  
  
• Gift-in-Kind support to benefit the Advanced Amplification Course, the H.A. Leeper Speech and Hearing Clinic, and teaching resources for the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders.

According to Dr. Jim Weese, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at Western, "Hearing is crucial for communication, speech and language learning, and social interaction. This investment by Unitron Hearing will help prepare our audiology students for their work as highly-qualified professionals, dedicated to improving the quality of life for many individuals. We are very appreciative of the generous support for our program from Unitron Hearing, a global leader in the hearing industry."

"Western is one of the pre-eminent institutions for audiology research and training in the world," said Cameron Hay, President and CEO, Unitron Hearing. "Their curriculum and clinical placement opportunities for future hearing healthcare professionals are among the finest in Canada. We are pleased to support their exemplary program, which provides great benefit to the hearing industry as a whole and to people with hearing loss around the world."

About Unitron Hearing

Unitron Hearing creates world-class hearing innovations that make everyday listening easier for people with hearing loss. The Company is renowned for high-value, easy-to-use hearing solutions. Unitron Hearing has 12 international offices including its global Development Centre located in Kitchener, Canada, and serves people with hearing loss through distribution partners in over 65 countries. For more information, please visit www.unitronhearing.com, or the Unitron Web Channel at Audiology Online.

About The University of Western Ontario

Western's School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, part of the Faculty of Health Sciences, is home to one of Canada's largest graduate programs in the fields of audiology and speech-language pathology. The National Centre for Audiology, located at Western, is a world class, state-of-the-art centre for hearing science and audiologic research. Additional information can be found at www.uwo.ca

Taken from www.unitronhearing.com/about/news