Study: Effectiveness of Tinnitus Hearing Aids and Counseling
New research from New Zealand indicates that patients suffering from tinnitus can benefit by utilizing counseling and hearing aids.
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Mayo Study: Is it Safe for Seniors to Self-Refer to an Audiologist?
In a new Mayo Clinic study, 95% of seniors who self referred to an audiologist had no other significant otolaryngology-related condition beyond hearing impairment.
Read MorePresident to Sign Technlogy and Access Bill into Law
The 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act will ensure that new communications technology are accessible to the blind and hearing impaired.
Read MoreHLAA Webinar Series Continues: The Role of Telecoils
The Hearing Loss Association of America is offering a free webinar October 20th on the role of telecolis in hearing device use.
Read MoreSenate Unanimously Passes Media Accessibility Act
The U.S. Senate has passed a new act that will, among other provisions, require captioned television programs to be also captioned when broadcast over the Internet.
Read MoreYankees and Starkey Hearing Foundation Give Away Free Hearing Aids to Kids
The Starkey Foundation fitted and donated 300 hearing aids to hearing impaired children at Yankee Stadium.
Read MoreNew Online Marketing Program for Audiologists
AuDNet and AudiologyOnline have created a new “iMarketing” program tailored for audiologist.
Read MoreLantos Receives Financing for First 3-D Ear Canal Scanning
Lantos Technologies has received $1.6 million to help develop the first real-time 3-D ear canal scanning technology.
Read MoreResearchers Probe Restoring Hearing Loss From Nerve Damage
Early in life, cell signals that tell where sensory organs will form inside the ear disappear, but could possibly be recharged to restore hearing loss.
Read MoreMichigan Senate Committee Approves Hearing Aid Tax Credit
The bill was amended to provide a credit up to $1,500 for the purchase of a hearing aid by a person over 60 years old, or for a dependent
Read MoreUS Teens’ Hearing Loss is Much Lower Than Has Been Widely Reported, Say Researchers
New research shows hearing loss percentage is much smaller due to limitations in the precision of hearing tests.
Read MoreClarity Visual Alert System Signals Activity for Hard-of-Hearing Individuals
The system visually alerts one to the telephone, doorbell, alarm clock, and other motions or sounds by flashing a lamp, vibrating a bed shaker, and lighting up the side lights and icon image on the base unit.
Read MoreNIDCD’s Noisy Planet Web Site Becomes Bilingual
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders has launched a new Spanish-language section on its popular Web site for parents of 8- to 12-year-olds, Its a Noisy Planet. Protect Their Hearing.
Read MoreStarkey Awards 2010 Academic and Clinical Scholarships
William F. Austin Scholarship and Outstanding Student Clinician Awards announced.
Read MoreArtone Bluetooth Transmitter Proves Versatile
Oaktree Products offers the Artone TVB Bluetooth transmitter, a suitable accessory for t-coil equipped hearing instrument wearers who want to use their instrument with a non-Bluetooth, sound-emitting device.
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