ASHA
A new and much improved product search capability is among a slew of shopper friendly features of the American-Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s (ASHA) new online store.
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Cochlear Implants and Speech Skills Following Meningitis
A major research study funded by national charity Meningitis Research Foundation conducted at the Nottingham Cochlear Implant Programme has reported in Pediatrics—the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics—on the remarkable achievements of children deafened by meningitis.
Read MoreNeurotechnology Industry Organization Launched to Advance Treatments for Brain and Nervous System Illnesses
More than 20 leading pharmaceutical, medical device, and diagnostic companies, along with major academic brain research centers and patient advocacy groups, have joined together to form a new trade association called the Neurotechnology Industry Organization (NIO).
Read MoreStudy Of NYC Transit System Finds Noise Levels Often Exceed Recommended Exposure Guidelines
In a survey of noise levels of the New York City transit system, researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health found that exposure to noise levels in subways have the potential to exceed recommended guidelines of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Read MoreClarity Launches New Product Line, Teams with NorthStar Studios for Direct Response TV Campaign
Clarity®, a division of Plantronics Inc, Chattanooga, Tenn, has teamed up with NorthStar Studios, Nashville, Tenn, to make a new product line, called Personix™, available to consumers through a direct response television campaign.
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Wanted: Younger Users
Historically, the hearing industry has a poor record of reaching younger potential hearing aid users. For example, according to the HR 2006 Dispenser Survey, more than half (55%) of all new hearing aid purchasers in
Read MoreTrain Your Brain To Hear Your Friends at a Party
A major science prize was awarded to a researcher who is looking for the region of the brain that helps us to hear someone in a noisy place, such as a party or bar, and is responsible for “training” the brain to hear better in these situations.
Read MoreWeb Site Teaches Children About Noise, Hearing Loss, Safe Usage of Personal Audio Technology
Listentoyourbuds.org, a one-of-a-kind Web site for young children, parents, and educators, has begun sending some very relevant prevention messages from cyber space.
Read MoreSteroids for Treatment of Sudden Hearing Loss
Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) can occur suddenly in one ear, and generally within three days, cause a 30+ dB hearing loss at three consecutive frequencies.
Read MoreMEEI to Evaluate Stem Cell Innovations
Stem Cell Innovations Inc, Houston, announces that the company will collaborate with Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (MEEI), Boston.
Read MoreCharity Eases Communication With the Deaf, Hard of Hearing With Text-Connect
Hearing Concern, London, has adopted Text-Connect™ to aid communication between its help desk and deaf and hard of hearing clients.
Read MoreSiemens Welcomes Two New Members to its Marketing Group
Siemens Hearing Instruments Inc, Piscataway, NJ, has added two new members to its Marketing Group.
Read MoreWeakened Personnel Standards an ASHA Concern as IDEA Part B Final Regulations Go Into Effect
Concerned about new Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part B regulations that ease requirements that state education personnel standards meet the highest requirement for a profession or discipline in that state, ASHA is encouraging its members to monitor practices of their school districts, and to be vigilant in identifying any legislative activity that attempts to lower personnel standards in their states.
Read MoreBacou-Dalloz Takes Hearing Conservation Seminars on the Road
The Bacou-Dalloz Hearing Safety Group, San Diego, will conduct a series of free hearing conservation seminars titled, “What you need to hear: Best practices in hearing conservation.”
Read MoreVision, Hearing Loss Often Occur Together in Older Age
Older adults with vision loss may be more likely to also have hearing loss, and the opposite appears true as well, according to a report in the October issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
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