Henry Ford Hospital researchers have found a strong correlation between brain dominance and the ear used to listen to a cell phone, with more than 70% of participants holding their cell phone up to the ear on the same side as their dominant hand.
Read MoreYale scientists have discovered the molecular pathway by which maternally inherited deafness appears to occur: Mitochondrial DNA mutations trigger a signaling cascade, resulting in programmed cell death. The study is in the Feb. 17 issue of Cell.
Read MoreCochlear Americas has announced the winners of its tenth annual Cochlear Graeme Clark Scholarship Award and has also announced a new award, the Anders Tjellstrom Baha Scholarship.
Read MoreResearch from Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Health Sciences University (GHSU) indicate that cochlear implants may be a safe and effective option for some organ transplant patients who have lost their hearing due to their transplant-related drug regime.
Read MoreIn a National Public Radio (NPR) interview broadcast on Saturday, February 18, 2012, actor William Shatner discussed his challenges with tinnitus and urged listeners to seek treatment.
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Amplifon has published “A Visual Guide to Tinnitus,” the second in a series of infographics, a visual patient educational tool.
Read MoreThe Foundation For Sight & Sound has launched the Help America Hear Scholarship for high school seniors who presently wear hearing aids or will benefit from one.
Read MoreHenry Ford Hospital audiologist Virginia Ramachandran, AuD, has been elected president of the Michigan Academy of Audiology.
Read MoreReportlinker.com has released “US Market for Hearing Aids and Audiology Devices & Audiologist Survey 2012,” a new investment and market research report for the hearing health care industry.
Read MoreReSound has partnered with Auburn University to donate hearing aids to hearing impaired children in Guatemala City.
Read MoreThough an estimated 26.7 million Americans age 50 and older have hearing loss, only about one in seven uses a hearing aid, according to a new study led by Johns Hopkins researchers.
Read MoreA group of hearing health organizations hosted a briefing in honor of the Congressional Hearing Health Caucus (CHHC) on February 8, 2011. The briefing attracted a record 125 Congressional staffers and members of hearing health organizations to examine “how the Military and Veterans Administration are handling the surge in hearing loss and tinnitus cases related to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.”
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The following is adapted from Gael Hannan’s November 8, 2011 blog in her The Better Hearing Consumer column found at hearinghealthmatters.org/betterhearingconsumer. —David Kirkwood, HHM.org Having escaped from the w
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Established in 2002 by Ridge Sampson, Sycle.net has become the largest office management system in the hearing industry. HR recently interviewed the company’s director of sales and marketing, Peter Adams, and asked him about the company’s
Read MoreVivosonic Inc has introduced the latest release of their Integrity V500 System. The new release was designed to improve user experience and includes several improved features for OAE and ABR diagnostic testing.
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