The International Best in Business Awards “recognizes and honors the world’s best in organizational performance, products and services, innovations, executives, and management teams from every major industry in the world.”
The contest invites children ages 6-12 years old from countries around the world, including the United States, to create an invention to improve the quality of life for people with hearing loss.
About 350 hearing care practice owners attended, both in-person and virtually, the third annual AudBoss Private Practice Summit in early October at the Confidante Hotel in Miami Beach.
With its vision to support advancements in hearing and balance science that enhance the experiences of life, the AAA Foundation is committed to supporting audiology doctoral students as they continue their academic careers, learn exceptional clinical skills, and explore contemporary avenues of research.To support the students, the AAA Foundation offers a variety of scholarship programs each year and announced the recipients of the 2021 Empowering Students Scholarship Program.
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Starkey announced that it welcomed US Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota to its global corporate headquarters last week. During the visit, Senator Klobuchar toured Starkey’s technology center and manufacturing facilities.
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Oticon, Inc announced that it is looking for outstanding people with hearing loss for the 2021 Oticon ‘Focus on People Awards.’ Nominations are now open for the national awards program that honors students, adults, and advocacy volunteers with any degree of hearing loss whose accomplishments show that hearing loss does not limit a person’s ability to make a positive difference in their communities or the world.
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The Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) Walk4Hearing along with 2021 platinum sponsor CapTel Captioned Telephone, announce that people of all ages are invited to participate in the events and to “Hear Now. Be Well.” By being active and engaged and making hearing health a regular part of a wellness regimen, people with hearing loss can thrive.
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HTM), an online resource for hearing professionals and consumers with hearing loss, announced the opening of the public voting period for the second annual Hearing Technology Innovator Awards.
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Amplifon Hearing Health Care (AHHC) announced that it recently received full URAC Health Utilization Management (HUM) accreditation, reportedly “becoming the first hearing health care organization in the country to achieve this recognition.”
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A look at the International Hearing Society 2021 Convention, a 3-day event held August 12-14 at the San Diego Town and Country Resort—and the first in-person event held by a US national hearing care professional organization since the pandemic began in March 2020.
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The 69th Annual International Hearing Society Convention starts on Thursday night at 6 PM with the Opening Reception at the Town and Country Resort in San Diego.
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The “Usher Syndrome Society Translational Research Grants” are intended to support translational research on Usher syndrome in either preclinical research and/or mechanism-based therapeutic development. The USH Society has committed to funding up to $500,000 over two years for research projects that include well-documented research collaborations across sensory modalities and across scientific disciplines.
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We Hear You (WHY) announced that “Miami—We Hear You” was named “Best Film on Disability” in the June 2021 Monthly Awards of the Cannes World Film Festival. As a monthly winner, the film is automatically entered in the Annual Competition for a chance to become a Grand Winner and be screened in Cannes during the festival’s annual Award Ceremony in 2022.
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Future Friday will be held this year, for the second time, focusing on major topics associated with the future of hearing aid acoustics. The Congress will take place on September 15-17, 2021 at Deutsche Messe Hannover.
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The program is free to register for all students in audiology doctorate programs, “immersing them in in-depth, interactive sessions and empowering them with knowledge and insights as they prepare for careers in the hearing care industry,” according to Signia.
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Earlens announced that it has won “Best Leadership Team” and Earlens CEO Bill Facteau has been named one of this year’s “Best CEOs for Diversity” among small and mid-sized companies by Comparably, a workplace culture and compensation site.
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Audigy announced that 800 professionals representing independent hearing care and ear, nose, and throat practices across the US and Canada gathered for intensive learning and discussions about the future of the industry during Summit 2021: Momentum, June 17 and 18.
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The Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA) will be holding its annual convention, AuDacity 2021, at the Marriott Downtown Waterfront Hotel in Portland, Ore, from October 25-27.
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