The trial that pits federal prosecutors and Starkey Hearing Technologies against the company’s former employees and associates—former President Jerry Ruzicka, former human resources manager Larry Miller, former Sonus US senior executive Jeff Taylor, and MicroTech founder Larry Hagen—got off to a contentious start on Wednesday, January 17.
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Hearingbenefit.com is the company’s dedicated direct-to-consumer website store, which is designed to complete the purchase phase for the consumer.
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The reason for this finding could be that children with cochlear implants are older when they are first exposed to spoken language. Those with normal hearing learn aspects of language, such as the rhythm and melody of their mother tongue, from birth and even in the womb.
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The goal of the partnership is to strengthen the patient’s perspective in their hearing care.
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The Baha SoundArc was designed to provide children with conductive hearing loss, mixed hearing loss, or single-sided sensorineural deafness (SSD) with the hearing performance and amplification they need to facilitate language development on par with their hearing peers.
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In order to make hearing care accessible for people on low incomes, the Hear the World Foundation is working closely with the South Africa-based, e-health start-up HearX by mHealth Studio, which offers an app for hearing screenings. With the help of local partners, the goal is to perform hearing tests on 10,000 children by the start of 2019.
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Benson Medical’s Version 8.1 software offers occupational health professionals features for hearing conservation, earplug fit testing, and spirometry.
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The deal, which would include brands such as Rayovac—a leading manufacturer of batteries for many devices, including hearing aids—and Varta—a Germany-based manufacturer of batteries for auto and industrial markets—will potentially increase Energizer’s pricing power.
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This study’s novel use of artificial intelligence to understand brain structure underlying language development has broad reaching implications for children with developmental challenges.
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With nearly 200 titles, the collection provides a beneficial resource to help increase awareness with the goal of bridging the gap between hearing and deaf cultures in today’s society.
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Hearing aid net unit sales in the United States grew by 3.4% in 2017, with a 4.0% growth rate for the commercial/private sector, according to statistics generated by the Hearing Industries Assn (HIA).
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Headquartered in Auckland, NSL specializes in providing professional and commercial audio, video, and control-system solutions. They work with retailers, wholesalers, system integrators, and consultants nationwide, providing consultation, integrator and operator training, and in-house design, sales, and service support.
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Jerry Laux, who served as publisher of “The Hearing Journal” for three decades until his retirement in 2009, passed away on January 12. He was 88.
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Oticon has already brought the benefits of the Oticon Opn™ open sound experience to many US veterans and active duty military service personnel.
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QCY and Samplified have been working hard on the first product design, which will be released to the market in 2018. Products with Clementine Wear Inside are designed for users interested in or in need of listening to personalized audio, according to Samplified Audio.
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