An advanced audiology practitioner received a national award for his research into hearing services in Swansea Bay, UK. His study revealed that audiology services are used the most by patients living in deprived areas. The findings aided in the planning of new clinics to improve access to hearing health services.
Shari Eberts is joining Hearing Review as one of its newest advisory board members. As a hearing health advocate, Shari brings a passion for helping those with hearing loss and sharing her knowledge and expertise.
Charles Liberman, in August of 2022, lead a team of researchers at the Mass Eye and Ear, where the team was awarded a second, five-year, $12.5 million P50 Clinical Research grant to continue their research on cochlear synaptopathy.
“Eddie the Elephant’s Magical Ear” is the story of Eddie, an endearing and adventurous elephant whose day is turned upside down when he breaks and loses his ear and discovers he can no longer hear!
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Chief Editor Kathryn Sutherland sat down with Mike Halloran and David Molella to discuss recent changes in the company.
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Starkey announced that its Chief Health Officer, Archelle Georgiou, MD, has been named a 2022 Women’s Health Leadership TRUST Award winner in the Health and Wellbeing category.
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The award is reportedly one of the highest honors given in hearing science and was presented to Dr Liberman in a ceremony in Paris, France, on October 20, 2022. The Scientific Grand Prize carries a €100,000 (USD $98K) honorarium.
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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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Dewpoint Therapeutics, Inc announced that biomolecular scientist Anthony (Tony) Hyman, a co-founder of Dewpoint Therapeutics and Director of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG), was awarded the 2023 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for discovering a new mechanism of cellular organization mediated by phase separation of proteins and RNA into membraneless liquid droplets called condensates.
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Ron Buck, President and Founder of MedRx, Inc, has announced he will retire after 38 years in the hearing healthcare space and 28 years at MedRx.
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According to the announcement, Lowery has extensive experience working in the hearing care industry and is an expert when it comes to coaching private practice owners to improve their business model to successfully increase revenue.
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In his new role, Winter will lead Oticon’s product strategy, digital strategy, and communication and campaign strategy. He joins Oticon, Inc from Demant headquarters in Denmark, where he served as director, commercial operations.
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WS Audiology announced the formation of WSA Americas and appointed medical device and WSA veteran Carsten Buhl to serve as president of the new regional business unit, effective immediately, reporting to Eric Bernard, WS Audiology Group CEO.
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In her new role as Starkey Chief Marketing Officer, Steinbring oversees the marketing team to help customers leverage new tools and resources, launch products around the world, and effectively communicate the value and benefit of better hearing technology to customers and the patients they serve.
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On January 8, 2011, a gunshot to the head almost permanently silenced former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords. But Giffords refused to back down from her mission of public service. Working with speech-language pathologist Fabi Hirsch, PhD, over the past decade, Gabby Giffords has regained her ability to speak and today uses her voice to advocate for gun safety and for the two million Americans living with aphasia.
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Neuroscience company Cognivue announced that it has recruited 16 national leaders for its new Audiology Advisory Committee.
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InnoCaption, a mobile app-based provider of real-time captioning of phone calls for the deaf and hard of hearing, announced that Co-CEO Joe Duarte has been granted the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Hearing Loss Association of America’s (HLAA) 2022 Convention in Tampa, Fla.
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The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), one of the National Institutes of Health, announced, with deep sadness, the passing of former NIDCD director Dr James Byron Snow, Jr, MD, who died on May 28, 2022. Dr Snow made significant contributions to research and clinical practice in otolaryngology (diseases of the ear, nose, throat, and related structures of the head and neck) and is considered a pioneer in the field.
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