Hearing Aid Tax Credit Update
In the five months since The Better Hearing Institute launched www.hearingaidtaxcredit.org, more than 17,000 letters have been received on Capitol Hill in support of tax credits for hearing aids.
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Howard Leight Brochure Details Expected NRR Labeling Changes for Hearing Protectors
In anticipation of the EPA’s expected change to the Noise Reduction Rating, Howard Leight, San Diego, has issued a brochure explaining known details of the proposed changes for hearing protectors.
Read MoreBHI Screens Physician Hearing Loss at AAFP
During a 3-day period at the American Academy of Family Physicians in San Diego, 170 physicians, nurses, and medical educators were given threshold hearing screenings using the Better Hearing Institute’s new teaching audiogram form.
Read MoreCAHR Plans Ahead for 2009 Summit
The Center for Amplification and Hearing Research at Sonic Innovations, Salt Lake City, has scheduled a 2009 summit in Jackson, Wyoming, on September 3 to 6.
Read MoreCall for Applications: Research in Hearing and Balance Science
The Deafness Research Foundation requests applications from new applicants, and DRF awardees applying for a second year of funding, who are dedicated to exploring new avenues of hearing and balance science.
Read MoreStellar Scientists, Author to Partake in NIDCDs 20th Anniversary Symposium
The scientific and human sides of communication and communication disorders will be featured on October 23 when the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, one of the National Institutes of Health, holds a symposium to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
Read MoreAudiologyOnline Offers CEU Credits
Hearing health care professionals can access hundreds of AudiologyOnline-produced, self-study courses in the CEU Total Access program.
Read MorePatricia Gans Tapped as Starkey Labs’ Regional Sales Director
Starkey Laboratories Inc, Eden Prairie, Minn, has named Patricia Gans, AuD as its regional sales director for Florida.
Read MoreHIA Prevails at FDA
The Federal Register has confirmed that the new version of ANSI S3.22-2003 will be incorporated into the Hearing Aid Regulation effective October 15, 2008 and will not apply to hearing aid models already on the market.
Read MoreNew Software Helps Improve Cochlear Implant Tuning Process
University of Florida investigators and research partners at Audigence Inc plan to test the cochlear implant optimization software program they jointly developed with a group of 120 implant recipients and hearing aid users.
Read MoreAudio Pros Get Hearing Tested in Record Numbers
During the 3-day Audio Engineering Society convention in San Francisco, a record-breaking 674 people visited the House Ear Institutes booth to have their hearing tested.
Read MoreNeurons In Zebrafish May Reveal Clues To The Wiring Of The Human Ear
Recent findings may help reveal the mechanism by which analogous cells are wired in the human ear and eventually help those who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Read MoreDiabetics Twice As Likely To Suffer Hearing Loss
An American study has confirmed that hearing loss is more prevalent among adult diabetics than in the general population.
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Survey Says!
Check it out: Our debut guide lines up RIC/RITE hearing aids from across the industry.
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We’re Just Getting Started
Back during the American Academy of Audiology convention last April in Charlotte, NC, I was brainstorming editorial ideas with Group Publisher Dave Galuppo when he was still the western and international advertising director and you coul
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