The Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (AG Bell), Washington, DC, has awarded $93,000 in college and graduate-level scholarships for the 2006-2007 school year to 31 students who are deaf or hard of hearing and use spoken language to communicate.
Read MoreRecent career rankings of leading media outlets suggest that students returning to school this fall should give serious consideration to pursuing careers in the field of communication sciences and disorders.
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The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Washington, DC, has issued a new question-and-answer fact sheet on the application of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to job applicants and employees who are deaf or who have hearing impairments.
Read MoreThe American Academy of Audiology Foundation, Reston, Va, has appointed Brad A. Stach, PhD, as the chair of its Board of Trustees.
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The AISA algorithm is designed to provide an easy and accurate way to assess the overall acoustic effect of the hearing aid/earmold system in-situ.
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A comparison of a new-generation feedback cancellation algorithm with that of a recent-generation algorithm provides a look at how rapidly this technology is advancing.
Read MoreA new survey, carried out to mark the launch of a partnership between Specsavers Hearcare, Guernsey, United Kingdom, and Deafness Research UK, London, found that 14% of people spend up to 28 hours a week listening to their personal music player.
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Support for the Hearing Aid Tax Credit Assistance Act (HR 414 and S 1060) is now at 105 co-sponsors in Congress and is making fantastic progress. This bill, introduced in the House of Representatives by Jim Ryun (R-
Read More“Bye-bye, bye-bye,” said one 3 and a half-year old child, born deaf but with a cochlear implant that partially restored hearing 9 months earlier. That’s the most complex speech the child uttered during a testing session that involved play with a toy train set.
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Applying basic scientific knowledge about temporal processing to clinical services that involve hearing instrument dispensing.
Read MoreA report on cognitive-communication disorders, swallowing dysfunction, and ear injuries as a result of combat in Iraq and Afghanistan is highlighted in the recent issue of The ASHA Leader, a publication of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), Rockville, Md.
Read MoreAMI Semiconductor Inc, Pocatello, Idaho, has successfully completed its acquisition of certain assets of Eden Prairie, Minn-based Starkey Laboratories Inc’s integrated circuit design center for approximately $6 million in cash.
Read MoreScientists funded by the Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID), London, the national charity for deaf and hard of hearing people in the United Kingdom, have discovered a genetic link between exposure to loud noise and hearing loss.
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Study suggests that annoyance ratings of sounds for new wearers of digital hearing instruments are equally distributed across intensity and duration.
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