Richard Giancola Joins Sophono as Global Sales and Marketing Vice President
Hearing implant maker Sophono Inc has named Richard (Rick) Giancola as its new vice president of global sales and marketing.
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Sophono Receives $7 Million Private Equity Investment for Business Development
Sophono Inc, maker of a magnetic and implantable bone conduction hearing device, has closed on $7 million in growth capital financing. The company will use the new financing to fuel product and business development efforts.
Read MoreReport: US Hearing Aid Market Potential Remains High, But Cochlear Implants May Catch Up
According to a new hearing device report by iData Research, the United States hearing aid market is still growing and will continue to grow until 2018. Open fit devices and RICs are growing in market share, but cochlear implant sales may increasingly take market share away from all hearing aid devices.
Read MoreAmerican Market Report for Hearing Aids and Audiology Devices Released
Reportlinker.com has released “US Market for Hearing Aids and Audiology Devices & Audiologist Survey 2012,” a new investment and market research report for the hearing health care industry.
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Listening Is Where Hearing Meets Brain …in Children and Adults
Research continues to find close links between cognition and hearing
Read MoreSurvey Reveals Market Share Gains and Losses for Hearing Aid Top Brands
According to a new report by iData Research, a majority of surveyed audiologists say that patients who chose Phonak, Starkey, and Oticon hearing aids indicated that quality and customer service were most important to their choice, while price and ease-of-use were more important for Siemens, Lyric, Unitron, and other brands.
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Self-efficacy and Successful Hearing Rehabilitation
Self-efficacy should be built as a first or critical requirement of hearing rehabilitation in order to reach the goal of improved communication and quality of life.
Read MoreFDA Clears Cochlear Americas’ Baha 3 Power
Cochlear Americas announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Cochlear Baha 3 Power sound processor, a programmable bone conduction hearing solution for children and adults with conductive hearing loss, mixed hearing loss or single-sided sensorineural deafness.
Read MoreHeuser Hearing Institute Research Symposium on Spatial Hearing and Hearing Loss
The Heuser Hearing Institute and the University of Louisville will present an international research symposium on spatial hearing and hearing loss April 15 & 16 in Louisville, Ky.
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Listening Is Where Hearing Meets Brain…in Children and Adults
It has been said that “audition matters more as cognition declines, and cognition matters more as audition declines.” So what happens when an older person in cognitive decline or a young child with little cognitive/sensory experience is also faced with a hearing loss? This article reviews some of the fascinating links between hearing and cognition, and makes the important point that hearing and listening are two very different, and interconnected, things.
Read MoreA Market Update and the Top-20 Trends in Hearing Care, Part 1
A review of recent hearing industry market conditions, as well as speculation on what the future might hold in the next several years for hearing care professionals.
Read MoreCEIT-IK4 Designs Tool for Operations on People With Severe or Profound Auditory Loss
The micromanipulator is a surgical working tool that aims to aid surgeons in situations involving very small dimensions that are highly sensitive, such as the inner ear.
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Good Vibrations
Ear Technology Corporation’s Dan Schumaier discusses single-sided deafness and TransEar, the product he created to treat it.
Read MorePilot Study Charts Effectiveness of Trio of CROS Hearing Aids in Adults With Unilateral Inner Ear Deafness
Researchers say it would be beneficial for patients with unilateral inner ear deafness to be offered a trial with at least the BAHA CROS hearing aids.
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