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New Hearing Aids for Winner of Annual Drawing.



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Turning Down the Music: an ABC News 4 story about the possible danger of iPods.

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Multicenter Clinical Trial Compares Effectiveness, Side Effects of Common Treatments for Sudden Deafness

NIDCD-funded scientists at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (MEEI), and 15 other sites around the United States, are conducting the largest effort to date to compare two…

Zebrafish May Help Solve Ringing in Vets' Ears

Chicago – Ernest Moore, molecular pharmacology and audiologist at Northwestern University, developed tinnitus chronic ringing and whooshing sound in his ears wenty ago afte…

Tax Credit Website Delivers 6,500 Support Letters!

In just six weeks since the debut of www.hearingaidtaxcredit.org over 6,500 letters of tax credit support have been sent to Congress! Recent cosponsors Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA),...

The proVocanto Wins iF Product Design Gold Award and Red Dot Design Award

Design of miniature professional boom microphone stands out among thousands of award entriesMurten, Switzerland (April 2008) The proVocanto, an ingeniously designed b…

Genes Shown to Influence Hearing Loss Risk

In the past decade several studies have allowed scientists to glean valuable knowledge into development, function, and pathology of the inner ear.The research leads scientists to…

MED-EL Announces FDA Approval for the New Rechargeable DaCapo Battery and Charging System

Durham, NC (May 19, 2008) MED-EL has received approval by the US Food and Drug Administration for its new rechargeable DaCapo battery and charging system.The DaCapo was de…

Ida Institute Appoints Eight to Advisory Board

COPENHAGEN, June 2 The Ida Institute, an independent educational institute dedicated to fostering better understanding of the human dynamics associated with hearing loss, appo…

St. Jude Finds 'Dancing' Hair Cells are Key to Humans Acute Hearing

Memphis, Tennessee, May 7, 2008 – St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital investigators have found that an electrically powered amplification mechanism in the cochlea of the ear is…

AG Bell Adopts New Leadership Model

There is no better explanation as to what drives associations like AG Bell than the quote from anthropologist Margaret Meade, who once said, A small group of thoughtful people…

Looking for a Little Inspiration? Meet Kathy Buckley

Im hearing impaired, not deaf. I just dont listen. – Kathy BuckleyKathy Buckley is, indeed, hearing impaired. Shes also an extremely successful stand-up comedienne, a renowned…

Oticon Delta: Coolness Personified

The baby boomer generation is coming and hearing aid manufacturers are gearing up for this market bubble about to enter hearing aid age (depending on the amount of head banging…

Clarke School Announces Commencement Speaker

Clarke President Bill Corwin and the Board of Trustees announce that New York Times bestselling author Josh Swiller will address the Clarke School community at Commencement on…

SlimTip: Raising the Bar for Customized BTE and CRT Fittings

Stfa, Switzerland, May 2, 2008 For customized BTE and CRT fittings with superior cosmetics and secure retention, SlimTip from Phonak is the comfortable and durable SlimT…

HIA Helps Representatives Protect Their Hearing

HIA participated for the first time in the bipartisan Congressional Sportsmens Caucus annual Shoot Out in Glenn Dale, MD, May 13-14. The event featured a competition between…

Linking Low Frequency Hearing to the Cochlea's Curvature

By David F. Salisbury, Published: April 25, 2008Shape matters, even in hearing.Specifically, it is the shape of the cochlea the snail-shell-shaped organ in the inner ear conv…

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