The Portland Business Journal has put Audigy Group in the top 10 of its list of fastest growing private companies. This year, Audigy placed 9th out of 100 companies, getting into the top 10…again.
Read MoreExposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) is associated with increased risk of hearing loss among adolescents, according to a report published in the July issue of Archives of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery.
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The Board of Directors of Sonova Holding AG, the parent company of Phonak, Unitron, InSound Medical, Advanced Bionics, and HearingPlanet, has appointed technology industry veteran Lukas Braunschweiler as Sonova’s new CEO. The 55-year old Swiss citizen is currently the CEO of the Swiss technology and aerospace company, Ruag.
Read MoreAccording researchers from the University of Sheffield in the UK, people who are deaf benefit from better vision due to the fact that their retinas develop differently.
Read MoreGBI Research has released a new ENT device market report. The analysts forecast that cochlear implants and bone anchored hearing aid (BAHA) implants will be the fastest growing segments through 2017.
Read MoreBeltone has launched a new marketing and Internet campaign that highlights customer stories about the effects of hearing loss and how Beltone True hearing aids have positively changed their lives.
Read MoreSpeechTrans has launched SpeechTrans Ultimate for those with hearing loss. The new app enables people with hearing loss to conduct real-time two-way conversations in English, Spanish, French, Japanese, Italian and German and Mandarin Chinese without the need for sign language or an in-person translator.
Read More“The Farmer’s Cheese,” an international production composed for children with cochlear implants, made its US debut in Chicago on Saturday, July 16, 2011. The production was sponsored by hearing implant manufacturer, MED-EL.
Read MoreDrs Bechara Kachar and Mhamed Grati, reaserchers at the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) Laboratory of Cell Structure and Dynamics, have discovered that two inner ear proteins are present at the site of the ears tip links. These proteins are believed to be responsible for “tuning” the ear’s stereocilia and may also be linked to Usher syndrome.
Read MoreA researcher at Hanover Medical School in Hanover, Germany has conducted a retrospective review of the effectiveness of universal newborn hearing screening studies. The author concludes that there is substantial evidence that newborn screening programs are critical for speech and language development.
Read MoreSonitus Medical Inc, manufacturer of the first non-surgical and removable hearing device to transmit sound via the teeth, has received an additional FDA clearance for its SoundBite™ hearing system.
Read MoreMedRx Inc has released QuickSIN™ on all AVANT clinical and diagnostic audiometers as a standard test protocol. QuickSIN, developed by EtymÕtic Research, is a test protocol that is designed to quickly and easily measure the ability of the listener to hear in noisy situations.
Read MoreWelch Allyn has received the annual Henry Schein Medical Equipment Vendor of the Year Award, recognizing the otoscope and ophthalmoscope manufacturer for its highest quality of support, service. and assistance to the Henry Schein sales team throughout the previous year.
Read MoreMedRx has announced the release of a new live speech mapping and real ear measurement system called AVANT REMsp.
Read MorePhonak has announced that its Fourth European Pediatric Conference, “A Sound Foundation through Early Amplification,“ will be held on November 14-15, 2011, at the Hotel Marmara Taksim, Istanbul, Turkey.
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