Missouri prisoner rehabilitation program that trains dogs at Missouris South Central Correctional Center (SCCC) has donated a deaf Dachshund to the Missouri School for the Deaf in Fulton, Mo.
Read MoreThe Tinnitus Practitioners Association (TPA) is offering an associate tinnitus education course on March 25-26 at the Marriott Airport Hotel in Newark, NJ.
Read MoreInteracoustics has released its VNG Version 7.04 software for Videonystagmography (VNG) testing, which is now Windows 7 compatible, as well as other improvements.
Read MoreSam-Go Products has introduced a new see-through surgical mask and respirator mask that can help those with hearing loss communicate with their physicians.
Read MoreStarkey Laboratories has introduced the AMP invisible ITC hearing aid, a new option designed for those individuals who want their hearing aid to be as discreet as possible
Read MoreOtonomy Inc, a developer of therapeutics for disorders of the ear, has appointed G. Michael Wall, PhD as vice president of product development, and Cindy Berejikian as the company’s vice president of program management.
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This edition of HR introduces EuroTrak: the first independent consumer survey that focuses on factors related to hearing aid use in Germany, France, and the United Kingdom—Europe’s three largest countries—then draws comparisons to recent US s
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A total of 18 states now have laws that mandate hearing health care insurance coverage for, at least, some groups of people with hearing impairment. Here’s an updated list from HIA with commentary from HLAA.
Read MoreCMS has new requirements that Videostroboscopy and Nasopharyngoscopy procedures be supervised by a physician, but the new regulations still need clarification and may ultimately change.
Read MoreThe following is a message from Bob Novak, convention co-chair for Audiology at The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). It is unedited and printed in its entirety.
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Read MoreThe Hear the World Foundation, the charitable foundation set up by Phonak, contributed more than $200,000 in 2010 in support of projects for people with hearing loss. Project submissions are now open for 2011.
Read MoreHearing accessory manufacturer, Amplicom USA, is now offering the AB900 Answering Machine designed for people with hearing loss.
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It has been said that “audition matters more as cognition declines, and cognition matters more as audition declines.” So what happens when an older person in cognitive decline or a young child with little cognitive/sensory experience is also faced with a hearing loss? This article reviews some of the fascinating links between hearing and cognition, and makes the important point that hearing and listening are two very different, and interconnected, things.
Read MoreThe United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports that improvements to the Department of Defense’s (DOD’s) hearing conservation program could lead to better outcomes.
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