Sonova Releases Financial Results for 2008/09
The Switzerland-based company has achieved strong organic sales growth of 7.8% and extended its position as market and innovation leader, according to the company.
Read MoreAuthor: Hearing Review Staff
DC-Area Concert Teaches Kids How to Enjoy Their Tunes Safely
More than 1,000 first- and second-graders from Washington Metro-area schools who attended a concert by award-winning musician Billy Jonas had fun and learned lessons about protecting their hearing.
Read MoreHLAA Issues Consumer Checklist for Purchasing a Hearing Aid
The Hearing Loss Association of America, Bethesda, Md, has created Purchasing a Hearing Aid: A Consumer Checklist to help consumers ask the right questions about testing, dispensing, and trial of hearing aids.
Read MoreFirst Auditory Brainstem Implant in New England, Hospital Says
Since its initial development in 1979 at the House Ear Institute in Los Angeles, and with its approval by the FDA in 2000, the ABI is used primarily to restore some degree of hearing loss due to neurofibromatosis type 2, hospital officials say.
Read MoreOticon Sounds Call for Nominations of Outstanding People with Hearing Loss
2009 Oticon Focus on People Awards marks 12 years of honoring people who alter the general perception of what it means to have a hearing loss.
Read MoreSen Harkin Reintroduces Hearing Aid Tax Credit, Expands Coverage
Sen Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) has reintroduced Hearing Aid Tax Credit legislation in the Senate (S 1019), which would expand coverage to people of all ages who have hearing loss, according to the Hearing Industries Association (HIA), Washington.
Read MoreScripps Research Scientists Discover Molecular Defect Involved in Hearing Loss
The finding may lead to better understanding of how the body responds to mechanical stimuli.
Read MoreStarkey Participates in Hearing on the Hill Initative
Executives participated in recent 2009 Hearing on the Hill in Washington.
Read MoreBackers of Hearing Aid Tax Credit Headline Hearing on the Hill
The Hearing Industries Association recently hosted its biennial Hearing on the Hill to spotlight hearing loss and the Hearing Aid Tax Credit.
Read MoreBionic Ear Candidates Tap Recipient’s Experience on New Advanced Bionics Site
Advanced Bionics, Valencia, Calif, has established a new Web site for cochlear implant candidates that connects them with cochlear implant recipients and fosters a dialogue between the two, helping to demystify the implant experience, the company says.
Read MoreHEI Says Hearing Aids Are a Boon To Quality of Life
The positive impact that today’s hearing aids can have on a hearing loss patients quality of life, including their career success, usually far outweighs the initial investment, according to HEI.
Read MoreVRS and IP Relay Ten-Digit Number Registration Deadline Advisory
The Federal Communications Commission is urging people with hearing and/or speech disabilities who use VRS and/or IP Relay to register with their chosen VRS or IP Relay default provider no later than the June 30 deadline.
Read MoreAge-Related Problems in Recognizing Words Forecast by Brain Differences
The findings show speech recognition problems independent of hearing loss, according to an article in the Journal of Neuroscience.
Read MoreOticon Boosts Support of Marion Downs Lecture in Pediatric Audiology
The Oticon Foundation will provide an $82,000 grant to the AAAF to continue funding the Marion Downs Lecture in Pediatric Audiology through 2014, according to the AAAF Foundation.
Read More
Siemens, HIA Reps Descend On Capitol Hill to Promote Hearing Aid Tax Credit
Siemens and HIA members plan to meet with Congressional leaders to discuss the proposed legislation that would provide a tax credit of $500 per hearing aid to millions of Americans who need hearing instruments but can’t pay for them, according to Siemens.
Read More