Audion Therapeutics today announced that it has entered into a 2-year agreement with the Sanofi-aventis to develop new treatments for hearing loss through a regenerative medicine approach.
Read MoreThe National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research (NCRAR) will be holding its 5th International Conference at The Nines Hotel in downtown Portland, Oregon on October 12 to 14, 2011. The conference title is Expanding our Horizons: Medical Conditions and Audiology.
Read MoreSonomax Technologies Inc has announced that it has attained its first licensing contract with uFIT Custom Hearing Protection Inc, which will distribute Sonomaxs instant, self-fit hearing protection in 25 countries.
Read MoreCrash dummies help auto makers make stronger and safer cars. Now researchers from the University of Essex and Phonak are creating new software hearing dummies that can help with diagnosis, as well as to create more precise and customizable hearing aids.
Read MoreUnitron has concluded its “Favorite Sounds” campaign with a video that highlights the favorite sounds of hundreds of hearing health care professionals.
Read MoreDreamZon, an Israel-based developer of assistive devices for the deaf and those with hearing loss, has entered the United States market with LightOn, an alert system for mobile phones.
Read MoreThe Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) will present its National Access Award to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts during HLAA’s Convention 2011. The convention is being held at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City, June 16 to 19, in Arlington, Va.
Read MoreAccording to a new report by iData Research, the Chinese and Indian retail and wholesale markets for hearing devices is valued at over $1 billion and will almost double in value by 2017. Hearing device companies that focus on customer education will benefit most.
Read MoreMayo Clinic researchers have discovered two genetic mutations responsible for a devastating neurological condition that slowly causes dementia and hearing loss. The researchers say their study has revealed a new neural pathway that may help understand a variety of similar conditions.
Read MoreThe United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the new implantableAlpha 1 (M) Bone Conduction Hearing System from Boulder-based Sophono Inc. bleAlpha 1 (M) Bone Conduction Hearing System from Boulder-based Sophono Inc.
Read MoreA new study published in the Department of Veteran Affair’s Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development indicates that tinnitus is more common for veterans than nonveterans.
Read MoreThe University of Texas has named Victor Hugo Bray Jr as its 2010-2011 College of Communication Outstanding Alumnus. Bray currently serves as vice president and chief audiology officer at OtoKinetics, as well as dean of the George S. Osborne College of Audiology at Salus University in Pennsylvania.
Read MoreThe Better Balance Fall Prevention and Wellness Society is offering a continuing medical education (CME) course to treat balance disorders July 22 to 23, 2011, at the downtown Omni Severin Hotel.
Read MoreSound Pharmaceuticals (SPI) will begin recruiting teenagers for a new clinical trial that tests the oral drug SPI-1005 to see if can prevent hearing loss from loud music.
Read MoreThe American Academy of Audiology is calling on its members to send a quick email to their Congressional representative, urging them to support the ability of Medicare recipients to see audiologists without a physician referral.
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