A summary of the findings from the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (Wireless RERC) survey on emergency communications for those with hearing loss reveals that television broadcasts were most commonly used to receive and verify public alerts.
Read MoreEight prominent hearing professionals have launched a unique new blog, hearinghealthmatters.org. The blog’s editor, Holly Hosford-Dunn, PhD, reports that the new site is designed to be interactive and that it will feature posts from hearing care providers, researchers, manufacturers, educators, as well as consumers and their family members.
Read MoreRobyn Cox and colleagues at the University of Memphis have been awarded a grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH) to perform a 5-year study that will compare the effectiveness of premium and basic hearing aids.
Read MoreHearing care professionals attending the 2011 AAA conference in Chicago voted Oticon Inc’s “Empowering People” exhibit the Best in Show in the supersize category.
Read MoreSonova Holding AG, parent company of cochlear implant manufacturer Advanced Bionics (AB), announced that it has received CE mark approval from the European Notified Body (TV) for changes submitted for the manufacturing of the HiRes 90K implant, which soon will resume production. The product is still not available in the United States.
Read MoreThe Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (CASLPA) said in a press statement that the absence of support for universal newborn hearing screening not only hurts child development, but also costs the Canadian government more in the long run.
Read MoreTV Ears, a manufacturer of assisted listening devices for televisions, has launched a new referral service for hearing centers. Hearing health care participants will receive direct referrals, as well as digital displays with real-time marketing content and in-store product displays for their waiting room.
Read MoreThe House Research Institute (HRI) (formerly known as the House Ear Institute) has launched a video essay contest as part of its “Sound Rules! Sound & Hearing Celebration Events” for teens.
Read MoreOticon Inc announced the call for nominations for the company’s 2011 Oticon Focus on People Awards, a national awards program that honors individuals who have demonstrated through their accomplishments that hearing loss does not limit a person’s ability to make a difference in their families, communities and the world.
Read MoreHearing News Network (HNN) announced the addition of HNN to Unitron’s customer loyalty program, Unite, and that it will provide Unitron content via HNN’s waiting room digital information broadcast.
Read MoreVocal Labs featured the new Vocal Zip at the AAA show in Chicago.
Read MoreThe California Academy of Audiology will host its 12th Annual Conference on September 22-24 in Anaheim, Calif.
Read MoreThe University of Iowas Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery and Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders are holding its 19th Annual Conference on the Management of Tinnitus Patients on September 8-10, 2011.
Read MoreResearchers from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) have theorize that the human limbic system can make some people more vulnerable to tinnitus than others and perhaps cause depression.
Read MoreAmplifon USA Medical Business Operations and its Elite Hearing Network, HearPO, and Sonus subsidiaries have garnered the “Best of Show” booth award in the large booth category at the 2011 AAA convention in Chicago.
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