Author: Stefani Kim

Sen. Chuck Grassley Holds Q&A in Iowa with HCP

Senator Chuck Grassley’s (R-Iowa) office announced that he met with Iowa Audiology President and CEO Dr Jason Aird to discuss the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) finalization of a key rule allowing hearing aids to be sold over-the-counter – a “bipartisan effort Grassley has led for over five years.”

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Sony Launches First OTC Hearing Aids for US Market

Developed in partnership with WS Audiology (“WSA”), Sony will “enhance the lives of consumers by combining its unique premium technology, ultimate ease of use, and uncompromised comfort and wearability, to deliver an unprecedented hearing experience that easily bridges the gap between the wearer and their environment.”

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Starkey Names Industry Leaders to Operations Leadership Positions

Starkey says that it “is committed to operational and manufacturing excellence in order to continue to serve its customers and countless patients around the world better than anyone else.” As part of that commitment, Starkey announced that it has named three veteran industry leaders to key leadership positions within Operations.

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Mass Eye and Ear Researchers Awarded $12.5 Million NIH Grant to Continue Hidden Hearing Loss

A team of Mass Eye and Ear researchers in the Eaton-Peabody Laboratories have been awarded a five-year, $12.5 million P50 Clinical Research Center Grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue their research on cochlear synaptopathy, or hidden hearing loss, a type of hearing damage that was reportedly first discovered, according to an announcement from Mass Eye & Ear.

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