In honor of Better Hearing and Speech Month (BHSM), Cochlear Limited launches its annual Million Ear Challenge, an initiative to bring hearing loss awareness to more than 2 million people during the month of May.
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The National Science Foundation seeks to alert research communities that this problem is an opportunity. The goal of this challenge is to develop algorithms or methods that could improve hearing in a noisy setting, NineSigma posted on their website.
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The Brain Channel, a University of California Television (UCTV) program that features segments on issues and research related to the brain and nervous system, premiered “Inner Ear Treatments, Cochlear Implants, Hearing Loss, and More: Advances in Otolaryngology with Jeffrey P. Harris-On Our Mind,” on their website.
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Individuals suffering from ringing in the ears now can seek relief with the music of their choice when using the Tinnitus Alleviator from Neuromonics, Inc., Westminster, Colo., a maker and distributor of patented and clinically proven medical devices designed for tinnitus relief, the company announced.
Read MoreTidal Wave Telecom, a provider of solutions which deliver secured video relay for deaf inmates in prisons and jails, announced that TTY terminals in correctional facilities no longer meet compliance requirements for deaf inmates and must be replaced.
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A new multi-lingual devised theatre production, Salonica, by Equal Voices Arts Company has been invited overseas to perform and tour in the UK, Serbia, and Montenegro, the University of Waikato announced.
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The SLinto dictionary, reportedly the first online, crowdsourced database for sign language, allows users to search for the meaning of a particular sign by identifying what fingers were used to make it and where on the body they’re placed, according to an article in Newsweek.
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The Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA) commended US Representative Tom Rice (R-SC) for his leadership in introducing HR 2276, the Audiology Patient Choice Act. The Academy stated that the bipartisan legislation, if enacted, will bring Medicare in line with evidence-based practices in audiologic health care delivery models, and trends in patient care and participatory medicine.
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ASHA representatives recommended changes to the Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act at a House of Representatives Subcommittee on Health hearing.
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Otometrics/Audiology Systems hosted a two-day educational event for second- and third-year AuD students.
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The American Cochlear Implant (ACI) Alliance released a set of resources about cochlear implants in honor of Better Hearing and Speech Month.
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Oticon, Inc. announces the appointment of Michael Irby as National Sales Director and David Cantera as Regional Manager of the Mountain Region.
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Hear Ontario—a Canada-based coalition of hearing aid manufacturers and hearing health professionals focused on the quality of hearing aids provided by the Workplace Safety & Insurance Board (WSIB)—launched their #HelpOntarioHear campaign, the coalition announced. The campaign encourages Ontarians from every walk of life to contact their Members of Provincial Parliament (MPP) regarding a recent WSIB decision to restrict hearing aid options for injured workers.
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As part of its research and development program, “Horizon 2020,” the European Union (EU) is making 3.8 million euros available for the European School for Interdisciplinary Tinnitus Research (ESIT)—an education program funded by the EU in order to promote tinnitus research in Europe—in order to gather data on a systematic interdisciplinary basis, to research new treatment methods, and to train 15 young scientists for work in the field, ESIT announced.
Read MoreNew York School for the Deaf, (NYSD) also knows as “Fanwood”, is celebrating a milestone achievement, as the month of April marks the School’s 200th Anniversary.
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