Illustrative Analogies for Dispensing Professionals
Author Roy Bain explains how framing ideas in ways patients can easily understand positively reinforces their decision about purchasing a hearing aid.
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Author: Christa Nuber
Case Study of a 5-Year-Old Boy with Unilateral Hearing Loss
This case study reminds us why a child who passes a newborn hearing screening may not necessarily have normal hearing.
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Brain Study Explores Gift of Perfect Pitch
Neuroscientists researching the neuronal basis of perfect pitch or “absolute pitch” have discovered this rare gift may be due to a functional link between the brain’s auditory cortex and frontal lobe.
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Amplisound Releases New Tinnitus Device
Amplisound has announced the release of a new tinnitus device called Quell, which is designed to be used effectively with any tinnitus therapy. While there are many devices available for tinnitus relief, including hearing aids, Quell is particularly suitable for patients who respond specifically to sound therapy and do not want a hearing aid or need amplification.
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Heart Problems, Deafness Influenced Beethoven’s Music, Study Says
According to researchers from the University of Michigan and the University of Washington, Beethoven’s musical compositions might have been affected by both his deafness and an irregular heartbeat caused by cardiac arrhythmia.
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New York Times: New Drug Studies Target Ear and Balance Ailments
A January 9, 2015 New York Times article reviews pharmaceutical companies’ pursuit of drug therapies for ear and balance ailments, including hearing loss, tinnitus, vertigo.
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Beltone Announces Android-compatible App for Hearing Aids
Beltone has announced that HearPlus, its Android-compatible app, will work with the company’s Beltone First and Beltone Boost hearing aids.
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Audiology Earns “Least Stressful Job” Status for 2015 from Forbes
In its top 10 list of “The Least Stressful Jobs of 2015,” the online edition of Forbes has ranked “audiologist” as the 2nd least-stressful occupation for the year.
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Bestselling Book on Balance Function Released in 2nd Edition
Plural Publishing has released the second edition of the book, Balance Function Assessment and Management, edited by Gary Jacobson, PhD, and Neil Shepard, PhD.
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NIDCD Audiology Unit Enhances Research of Rare Disease
The NIH announced that audiologists and other research staff from the NIDCD will continue their research on a rare disease called Niemann-Pick disease type C (NPC), with funding from biotechnology company Vtesse.
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Device Manufacturers Criticize FDA Draft Guidance for Twitter
An update from the HIA reports that various medical device manufacturers and associations have filed comments with the FDA urging the agency to revise its Draft Guidance for companies that send messages about their medical devices via Twitter.
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MED-EL Founders and Colleagues Receive 2015 Russ Prize
The NAE announced that MED-EL co-founders Ingeborg and Erwin Hochmair, as well as cochlear implant pioneers Blake Wilson, Graeme Clark, and Michael Merzenich, have been awarded the 2015 Russ Prize for bioengineering.
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New Book: Adult Audiology Casebook
The Adult Audiology Casebook, released by Thieme Publishers in December 2014, is a compendium of key clinical cases designed to help clinicians develop the critical thinking skills necessary to diagnose and treat patients.
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Starkey Announces Its Wireless Z Series Products
Starkey Hearing Technologies, Minneapolis, Minn, has announced the release of its new Z Series, the company’s line of wireless products featuring “900sync,” the next generation 900 MHz technology.
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NPR Broadcast Celebrates Audiology Great Marion Downs
National Public Radio (NPR) celebrated audiology legend Marion Downs with a December 28, 2014 broadcast by reporter Becky Sullivan on its “All Things Considered” program.
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