Baby’s Cochlear Implant Activation Eclipses Twilight Saga Views on YouTube
Recent ABC morning show highlight.
Read MoreMonth: June 2010
New Cochlear Implant Could Improve Outcomes for Patients
More electrodes and a thinner, more flexible wire inserted further into the inner ear could improve conventional cochlear implants, according to researchers.
Read MoreTV Ears Introduces Digital to Audio Converter Accessory
Response to the increasing trend by many electronic manufacturers to reduce the amount of analog audio ports on many TV models.
Read MoreStarkey Wins Awards for Sweep Technology on S Series iQ
The Stevie Award in the best new innovation category was given during the 2010 American Business Awards, and the Silver 2010 International Design Excellence Award was presented by the Industrial Designers Society of America.
Read MoreSonic Innovations Gives Teen Entrepreneurs Cell-Phone Compatible Hearing Aids
Company rewards teens for their innovative work in student competition.
Read More26th Annual Scott Haug Hill Country Retreat Upcoming
Presenters Alan Freint, MD, Jason Galster, PhD, Paul Pessis, AuD, Jennifer Shinn, PhD, and Clark Walker, MD, will discuss topics such as ethics, coding and reimbursement, clinical application of modern hearing aid features, otoscopic examinations, pharmacology and clinical mistakes, neuroaudiology, and auditory processing.
Read MoreASHA To Welcome, Honor Annie Glenn
Glenn is being honored for her many years of advocacy on behalf of people with communication disorders and for inspiring the Annie Glenn Award, an honor ASHA bestows annually to advocates in the tradition of Mrs Glenn. The most recent recipient of The award was Vice President Joseph Biden.
Read MoreImaging Reveals How Brain Fails to Tune Out Phantom Sounds of Tinnitus
Researchers found that if a healthy noise cancellation system is restored within the brain, it may be possible to treat the disorder–the most common auditory disorder in adults.
Read MorePortable Media Players Linked With Short-Term Hearing Effects
The authors noted that “significant threshold or emission shifts were observed between almost every session of the noise exposure group compared with the control group.”
Read MoreNew FireWire Video Frenzel Systems from Interacoustics
Fosters ideal conditions for observation of eye movements.
Read MoreEar Tubes Appear Safe for Children With Cochlear Implants, Says Report
Eardrums of children participating in the study, in which the tubes were removed before or during cochlear implantation, healed.
Read MoreTV Ears Upgrades Original System for LCDs, Plasma TVs
Move makes all of the company’s products compatible with all TV’s on the market.
Read MoreWilliams Sound Upgrades Language Interpreter Control
The self-contained audio control center features a new audio bus that allows for quicker setup with simplified cabling, easy cascading to support additional interpreters, and no need for external distribution amplifiers.
Read MoreTechnique Uses High-Frequency Sound to More Realistically Measure Inner Ear’s Properties
NIDCD researchers are studying the mechanical properties of tissues at frequencies near the upper reaches of human hearing (about 20,000 Hz, which was not possible before using this technique.
Read MoreGenetic Modifier in Usher Syndrome Will Lead to Better Diagnosis, Experts Say
The condition is responsible for up to 10% of all cases of childhood deafness and 50% of all deaf/blindness in adults, according to the European Society of Human Genetics, Vienna, Austria.
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