Mandatory Hearing Exams for School Children?
Message from Sergei Kochkin, PhD, executive director of the Better Hearing Institute.
Read MoreMonth: January 2009
NPR Bringing Innovative Radio Services To Market
NPR Labs is seeking partnerships with manufacturers to develop the receivers that would serve millions of deaf, hard of hearing, and blind people worldwide.
Read MoreCodeine Can Damage Your Hearing
In extreme cases, use of codeine at recommended doses over 1 to 4 years can result in total deafness.
Read MoreChemotherapy Drugs And Hearing Problems: Pharmacokinetics May Explain Differences In Cisplatin And Oxaliplatin Ototoxicity
More cisplatin enters the inner ear in an animal model than oxaliplatin. The difference may explain why cisplatin treatment in humans can lead to hearing problems while oxaliplatin rarely does.
Read MoreVocational School Trains Hearing Aid Specialists
Academy provides fast-track, Web-based access to skills needed to become a qualified dispenser of hearing aids and to operate a business in the health field.
Read MoreVision Problems Prompt Older Drivers to Put Down the Keys
Vision problems are the culprit.
Read MoreObituary: Judith Gravel, PhD
One of the nation’s leading pediatric audiologists and early-intervention experts passed away on December 31.
Read MoreNational Institute on Deafness Campaign Reaches Out to Parents
NIDCD provides free educational materials, including colorful 2009 calendar.
Read MoreVision USA Releases 2009 Optical Catalog
Featuring a full line of magnification, safety, and lighting products.
Read MoreHyperbaric Oxygen Therapy May Alleviate Sudden Hearing Loss
Researchers have found that the treatment stimulated the regeneration process by increasing the concentration of oxygen in inner ear fluids.
Read MoreFree Hearing Screenings at NAMM Convention for Audio and Music Pros
The House Ear Institute will provide free hearing screenings to attendees and exhibitors on the show floor of the 2009 NAMM Winter Show at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.
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ADA Promotes Practice Ownership
Keynote speaker Bill Barkeley spoke about his inspiring trip to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro despite having a genetic form of Usher syndrome that has made him nearly blind with severe hearing loss. He now spreads the message that assistive
Read MoreSurgeons Attempt To Restore Hearing To Patient With Rare Tumor
The patient lost her hearing more than 4 years ago when surgery to remove a tumor damaged her auditory nerve.
Read MoreNew Generation Golf Clubs Linked To Hearing Loss
Physicians are warning patients who use new titanium drivers that they should use earplugs to protect against hearing loss because the clubs threaten golfers’ hearing with a noise that some say is as loud as a gunshot.
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15 Years with a Lot More in the Wings
The Hearing Review saw its first edition hit the mailboxes 15 years ago this month. Our cover for that issue featured a couple in a very loving and somewhat suggestive embrace with the man wearing a bright, conspicuous, multicolored Belt
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