Deafness Research UK has listed its top tips for the safe use of MP3 players, following research by the charity that shows too many people are putting their hearing at risk by listening to MP3 players too loudly for too long.
Read MoreHoward Leight, Smithfield, RI, plans a series of free hearing conservation seminars across the Gulf section of the United States from October 21 to 23.
Read MoreThe Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, a well-established and respected peer-reviewed journal sponsored by the Department of Veterans Affairs, has released an issue focusing on cochlear implants
Read MoreIt is well-known that cholesterol affects cardiovascular health, and now American scientists have concluded that cholesterol also affects hearing.
Read MoreTinnitus has a clear impact on quality of life among adults, and almost one in four feels adversely affected by tinnitus.
Read MoreJohn W. House, MD, a practicing physician in the House Ear Clinic, Los Angeles, has been elected secretary/treasurer of the board of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Alexandria, Va.
Read MoreStarting in October, the American Academy of Audiology, Reston, Va will establish the annual National Audiology Awareness Month and National Protect Your Hearing Month to raise public awareness of hearing loss and related issues.
Read MoreJason Galster, PhD, CCC-A, of Starkey Laboratories Inc, Eden Prairie, Minn, has received the American Speech-Language-Hearing Associations Editors Award for the most outstanding article of the year for 2007, in conjunction with a team of researchers from Vanderbilt University.
Read MoreThe National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, Bethesda, Md is updating its research Strategic Plan for for the period 2009 to 2011 and feedback is being sought.
Read MoreSonic Innovations Inc, Salt Lake City is introducing sonicBLU, a wireless communication device that allow users of the company’s Velocity hearing aids to wirelessly connect to Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones.
Read MoreThe 2008 annual meeting & OTO Expo of the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Foundation, Alexandria, Va is underway in Chicago.
Read MoreResearchers at the University of Essex, Colchester, UK, have received a 3-year studentship from the Royal National Institute for Deaf People, London, to investigate the relationship between tinnitus and defects in the inner ear.
Read MoreDue to the strong and increasing demand for products from Ear Gear, British Columbia, Canada, manufacturing operations have been moved to Taiwan.
Read MoreThe American Academy of Audiology, Reston, Va will hold its first Future Leaders of Audiology conference in Reston, Va from September 25 to 27.
Read MoreThe study showed that one-third of workers achieve attenuation higher than published NRR for their earplugs, and another third achieve attenuation within 5 dB of those ra
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