Better Business Bureau Recognizes Willoughby Hearing Aid Centers
Willoughby Hearing Aid Centers announced that it has been voted the Oregon winner of Better Business Bureau’s 2011 Business of the Year Torch Awards.
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Otometrics Introduces a New Modular Fitting Solution
GN Otometrics has launched the updated version of AURICAL, a complete, modular fitting solution with a new design.
Read MoreJust Making Hearing Aid Less Expensive Doesn’t Encourage Earlier Use
According to researchers at Henry Ford Hospital, making hearing aids less expensive does not effectively motivate adults to purchase hearing aids at a younger age or before their hearing worsens. However, those adults with full insurance coverage are more likely to purchase hearing aids.
Read MoreNowiHear.com Launches Android App for Testing Hearing Loss
Testing for hearing loss and finding an audiologist are getting more mobile. NowiHear.com, a division of AuDNet Inc, has released a NowiHear app for the Android platform. The free app provides consumers with a quick hearing check adapted from the Better Hearing Institute (BHI) revision of the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery’s “Five-minute Hearing Test.”
Read MoreHLAA Receives Four Hermes Creative Awards
The Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) has received four Hermes Creative Awards for its 2010 marketing and communication campaigns.
Read MoreFDA Clears Cochlear Americas’ Baha 3 Power
Cochlear Americas announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Cochlear Baha 3 Power sound processor, a programmable bone conduction hearing solution for children and adults with conductive hearing loss, mixed hearing loss or single-sided sensorineural deafness.
Read MoreWilliam Demant Selected as Stalking Horse Bidder for HearUSA
William Demant, parent company of Oticon and Bernafon, has been named as a prime candidate for acquiring the assets of bankrupt HearUSA.
Read MoreThe 27th Annual Scott Haug Texas Hill Country Audiology Retreat
The 27th annual Scott Haug Texas Hill Country Audiology Retreat is scheduled for September 29 to October 2, 2011 and will be held at the TBarM Ranch and Resort in New Braunfels, Tex. This year, the retreat will have a Mardi Gras-Scott theme.
Read MoreReSound Introduces Hearing Aid That Adapts to Users’ Changing Amplification Needs
ReSound addresses how to future-proof a hearing aid with its new configurable BTE.
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Sonova Posts New Sales Record in Preliminary 2010/11 Fiscal Year Results
The parent group of Phonak, Unitron, Advanced Bionics, and InSound Medical announced preliminary financial results for the 2010/11 year which includes consolidated sales of $1.82 billion–a new record for the company.
Read MoreEarQ Group Now Offers 4-Year Warranty Standard for Multiple Manufacturers
Characterizing the announcement as its most significant in the company’s history, the EarQ Group will provide a standard 4-year warranty for all EarQ-labeled hearing devices.
Read MoreSycle.net Announces Integration with CounselEAR
Sycle.net has announced its system’s integration with CounselEAR.
Read MoreGeorgia Governor Signs HB168 into Law Reinstating Sales Tax Exemption on Hearing Aids
In 2010, a comprehensive tax bill, HB1221, had repealed the exemption for hearing aid sales, which made hearing aids fully taxable beginning January 1, 2011. The new bill reinstates the sales tax exemption.
Read MoreReSound to Donate Pair of Hearing Aids for Every 10 New Facebook Fans
May is “Better Hearing & Speech Month,” and to help bring awareness to the cause, ReSound is donating a pair of hearing aids for every additional 10 people who “like” the company’s Facebook page.
Read MoreHearing Aid Tax Credit ReIntroduced in the Senate
Senators Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Olympia Snowe (R-Me) today reintroduced the bipartisan Hearing Aid Tax Credit (S 905) with eight original co-sponsors.
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