A Reuters news story published in guardian.co.uk, reports that Siemens AG is considering “a strategic buyer and five private equity firms as potential buyers of its hearing aid unit,” which could potentially be valued at more than $2.89 billion, according to sources.
Read MoreThe study demonstrates a novel role for the protein Sox2 in ear development, showing that Sox2 is critical for the production of auditory neurons and that generating new neurons is possible.
Read MoreResearchers devised and administered two experiments to discover whether music listeners understand aspects of unfamiliar music from a different culture as well as the music of their own culture.
Read MoreHelps clinicians verify a hearing aid’s directional response pattern (polar plot).
Read MoreVolunteers organized Walk events in 21 cities nationwide, with more than 4,000 people participating in the largest walkathon program for people with hearing loss, says HLAA.
Read MoreGerman hearing systems company opens US headquarters in Minneapolis.
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OPERATIONS Phonak Hosts Hearing Care for Adults 2009 Conference Phonak, Stafa, Switzerland, with US headquarters in Warrenville, Ill, recently presented the second edition of the Hearing Care for Adults Conference, focusing on the special needs
Read MoreEffort aims to promote the institutes nonprofit hearing health outreach services.
Read MoreDonation of EUR 80,000 worth of Phonak hearing aids to students attending the Al Amal School.
Read MoreInSound Medical will be an independent business unit of Sonova, as are Phonak, Unitron, and Advanced Bionics.
Read MoreRobinson is director of the Scottish Rite Center for Childhood Language Disorders in the Children’s Hearing and Speech Center at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, and associate professor of pediatrics at The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
Read MoreOne profession has no right to restrict the scope of practice of another, legally recognized profession, ASHA contends.
Read MoreMusic therapy can assist in the speech acquisition process in toddlers who have undergone cochlear implantation, according to a new study.
Read MoreWhile hearing aids can treat 95% of all hearing loss, they are used by only one in four of the 36 million Americans with hearing loss, says HearUSA’s CEO.
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HR’s annual look, from the perspective of industry participants, at their online offerings.
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