AAA Anniversary Meeting
CHARLOTTE, NCThe American Academy of Audiology (AAA) celebrated the 20th anniversary of its members meeting with music, fun, and a program that highlighted innovation and the Academy’s history.
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Audiology Programs Ranked
US News and World Report released its list of Americas Best Graduate Schools 2009 last week, the always-controversial and informative look at collected data from more than 12,000 graduate programs. This year, Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn, was ranked as the number-one graduate school in the field of audiology by US News and World Reports methodology
Read MoreWidex Adds Passion
LONG ISLAND CITY, NY PASSION, the new RIC hearing instrument from Widex made its American debut at the AudiologyNOW! convention in Charlotte, NC. The very small hearing instrument was well-received as the hearing instrument that offers no compromise of performance versus size, according to the company.
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HIA Annual Meeting Explores Turning Silver into Gold
The HIA Board of Directors includes (left to right) HIA Chief Staff Executive Carole Rogin; HIA Vice-Chair Samuel Westover, Sonic Innovations; HIA Secretary/Treasurer Jeff Taylor, Sonion; HIA Outgoing Chair Cathy Jones, Phonak; Todd Murray,
Read MoreStarkey $75K Gift to Support Pediatric Certification
Largest single donation to AAA Foundation will help fund certification development by ABA.
Read MoreBHI Calls for ‘Unity’ to Promote Hearing Checks
Organization urges joing hearing screenings for Baby Boomers, their parents, and others during Better Hearing and Speech Month.
Read MoreU.S. Medicare curbs payment hike for private insurers
Government says program is raising payments for insurers like Humana Inc and UnitedHealth Group at a lower rate than it previously estimated for private Medicare plans.
Read MoreHumans Have More Distinct Hearing Than Animals: Study
Humans appear to have superior ability to detect fine differences in frequencies.
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ReSound Rebounds from Blocked Merger with Backlog of Innovation
Bjørn Christ,ReSound US president. When the dust finally settled from what would have been the largest merger in the industry’s history—the Sonova (Phonak Group) acquisition of GN ReSound and GN Otometrics, a deal that wa
Read MoreGallaudet Closes Successful $31 Million Capital Campaign
Language and communications center, leadership endownment take shape as funding goals are met.
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HIR’s Your New Hearing Web Site
Before launching into blatant and shameless self-promotion about our new Web site, The Hearing Industry Resource (HIR), I need to explain the changes that led to its development. I also need to come clean: I’m an incurable print addict
Read MoreOticon Pediatrics Launched as Distinct Brand
As hearing solutions expand, pediatric professionals and patients require more narrowly-focused resources.
Read MoreTurn It Down: an EAResponsible Concert
Audiologists and musicians rock out and listen safe at the third annual event.
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A CIC Open-Fit System: Acoustic Optimization of Occlusion, Gain, and Feedback in CICs
The components related to success with open-fit devices, with special emphasis on whether CIC devices can provide comparable benefits to micro-BTE devices for this purpose.
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Automatic Hearing Instrument Adjustments Based on Environmental Listening Situations
An examination of the need for noise management systems and the rationale, research, and benefits of a new system designed to classify and optimize sound according to the listening environment.
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