The International Symposium on Audiological Medicine (ISAM) – 2011 will be held December 10 to December 12, 2011, in Bhubanswar, Orissa, India. Abstracts for the conference may still be submitted until November 15.
Read MoreIn recognition of World Heart Day, September 29, 2011, the Better Hearing Institute (BHI) is raising awareness of the connection between cardiovascular and hearing health, and is urging people with cardiovascular disease to get their hearing checked.
Read MoreWelch Allyn has partnered with Wavelength Information Services Inc (Wavelength) to offer its clients a new service designed to ease the process of selecting and preparing for an electronic health record (EHR) system.
Read MoreAccording to a new report by iData Research, a majority of surveyed audiologists say that patients who chose Phonak, Starkey, and Oticon hearing aids indicated that quality and customer service were most important to their choice, while price and ease-of-use were more important for Siemens, Lyric, Unitron, and other brands.
Read MoreMEDL Mobile Inc is partnering with Marlee Matlin, Oscar winning actress and advocate for those with hearing loss, to create a mobile platform for teaching American Sign Language (ASL).
Read MoreIn a surprise announcement at Audigy Group’s annual Fall Summit in Las Vegas, Audigy Groups founder and CEO, Brandon Dawson, promoted executive vice president Mason Walker to president of the organization.
Read MoreThe 15th annual WebAward competition has honored Ida Institute with a Standard of Excellence Award in the Non-Profit Category. This is the third year in a row that idainstitute.com has won this international prize for website developers and marketers.
Read MoreScientists at the Bernstein Center and the Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU) Munich have developed a mathematical model that accurately mimics how the brain can compare stored and perceived sounds in a particularly efficient manner.
Read MoreSorenson Communications has announced the national launch of CaptionCall, a new captioned calling service and telephone for people with hearing loss.
Read MoreAudigy Group set an attendance record for its third annual Fall Summit. The 4-day event, held at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, welcomed 768 attendees. The Summit is now the second largest non-manufacturer event in the hearing care space, according to Audigy.
Read MoreAvada Audiology and Hearing Care Centers have just introduced the BluLink PHD MiniLink hearing instruments, the next generation of Avadas BluLink series. The new line provides hands-free connectivity to Bluetooth-enabled wireless electronic devices and includes a faster microprocessor with four digital features.
Read MoreThe Deafness Research Foundation has announced that it is changing the 53-year old organizations name to the Hearing Health Foundation. The Board of Directors also announced that it was launching the Hearing Restoration Project (HRP), an alliance of scientists working collaboratively and interactively to find a cure for hearing loss.
Read MoreA study led by Canadian researchers has found the first evidence that lifelong musicians experience less age-related hearing problems than non-musicians.
Read MoreThe Ida Institute is offering a patient motivation and engagement workshop on October 28, 2011, at the University of South Florida (USF) in Tampa.
Read MoreHouse Research Institute (HRI) has launched a 3-month nationwide campaign to engage teenagers about hearing loss prevention with an online T-shirt design contest. The social media initiative, called It’s How You Listen That Counts, will appear on popular teen websites, such as Pandora, Hulu, YouTube, and Facebook.
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