Hearing in Medical News

Lipo-Flavonoid Launches New Video Testimonial

... pitch ringing sound in your ear, or constantly hearing the rushing sound of water or birds chirping. ... balance allowing for proper functioning of the hearing nerves, which stopped the ringing," explains ...   To take an online quiz to assess your hearing health or to see if you are at risk for ...

Allsup Answers Common Questions People Have About Social Security Disability

... several times. By the time applicants reach the hearing level, 90 percent have a representative on their ... . If your SSDI application has reached the hearing level, an experienced Allsup representative will ... percent of Allsup customers whose cases reach the hearing level do not have to attend ...

Abbott Testifies Before U.S. Congress on Role of Private Sector in Advancing Science Education

... WASHINGTON, July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- In a hearing today of the U.S. House of Representatives ... in Chicago later this year. Today's hearing focused on Chicago Public Schools as a large ... Daniel Lipinski of Illinois' 3rd District, the hearing included representatives from a variety of ...

Hearing Aid Savings Galore

... AidRight hearing Aids issues updated guide ... to save hundreds of dollars on new digital hearing aids need look no further. AidRight hearing Aids announces the release of their ...

Grant for brain tumor and deafness research

... pressure from the tumours affect the process of hearing leading to hearing loss or total deafness. The research will use a ... and why the tumours grow and eventually lead to hearing damage, and to test drug-based therapies designed ...

SETO Holdings, Inc. Enters Into Two Additional Leases for Two New Hearing Centers in Maryland and Virginia

... that it has executed two new leases for its third hearing center in Virginia at 10120 West Broad Street, ... Virginia (Short Pump area) and for an additional hearing center in Montgomery Village (Gaithersburg), ... Inc. For further information about Advanced hearing Centers, Inc. please go to ADVANCED's web site ( ...

SpeechEasy Seeks Proposals For Future Research Studies

... to the public in June 2001. Similar to a hearing aid, SpeechEasy is worn in or around the ear. But ... and delaying it slightly to trick the brain into hearing a second voice speaking in unison. Such ... of state licensed, ASHA (American Speech Language hearing Association)-certified speech language ...

Elton John, Billy Crystal, Tony Bennett, and Gladys Knight Help Starkey Hearing Foundation Raise More than $5 Million at Annual Fundraiser

... Bennett, and Gladys Knight resulted in Starkey hearing Foundation, the global leader in delivering the ... its mission of helping the world to hear. Starkey hearing Foundation hosted its Ninth Annual "So the World ... will enable the Foundation to distribute 50,000 hearing aids to children in need worldwide. ...

Phonak and Hear the World Wins International Stevie Award in Sixth Annual International Business Awards

... Leading hearing system manufacturer Phonak has won the ... to raise awareness about the importance of hearing and hearing loss. Stäfa, ...

Cochlear Americas Announces FDA Clearance of the Cochlear(TM) Baha(R) BP100 Sound Processor, the Industry's First Programmable Bone Conduction Hearing Solution

... the industry's first programmable bone conduction hearing solution. The Baha BP100 is an excellent choice for many children and adults with conductive hearing loss, mixed hearing loss or single-sided sensorineural deafness. ...

Anti-angiogenesis treatment improves hearing in some NF2 patients

... the angiogenesis inhibitor bevacizumab improved hearing and alleviated other symptoms in patients with ... schwannomas benign tumors on the balance and hearing nerves and the first to show that patients' hearing can be improved." NF2 is an inherited genetic ...

Drug Shows Promise in Nervous-System Tumor Treatment

... In small study, some patients had their hearing restored WEDNESDAY, July 8 (HealthDay ... of tumor, also called acoustic neuroma, causes hearing loss and can press on the brain stem, leading to ... (Avastin) shrank vestibular schwannomas, improved hearing and eased other symptoms in NF2 patients. ...

SoundBite(TM) Hearing System by Sonitus Medical Receives First Acceptance for Publication in Otology & Neurotology Journal

... the world's first non-surgical and removable hearing device to transmit sound via the teeth, today ... first peer reviewed article on its SoundBite(TM) hearing system. The article, featuring a preliminary ... co-authors, reported on key measurements of the hearing system related to oral function and oral health, ...

Cystic Fibrosis Treatment May Cause Hearing Loss

... for cystic fibrosis can cause sensorineural hearing loss, finds a new study. Researchers reviewed ... (14 percent) of them suffered from sensorineural hearing loss. Of those seven patients, 43 percent had ... were also at risk for sensorineural hearing loss, the study found. Pulmonary and sinonasal ...

Siemens Hearing Instruments Introduces Affordable and Flexible Pure 300

... ERLANGEN, Germany, July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Siemens hearing Instruments, Inc., the largest manufacturer of hearing instruments in the world, continues to show their ... to personalizing solutions for those with hearing loss by launching the new Pure 300 RIC ...

Allsup Outlines Advantages of Representation to Overcome Long Wait for Social Security Disability

... Disability Insurance (SSDI) application and hearing process each year. "Don't wait for ... it's less likely that you will have to attend a hearing about your SSDI benefits. But if you do, an ... of Allsup customers do not have to attend a hearing because Allsup requests an on-the-record decision ...

Cardin Calls on NIH to Utilize Small Businesses for Extramural Research Projects

... NIH declines to attend field hearing exploring use of Recovery Act funds ... Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD ), chaired a field hearing today of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small ... small businesses, participated in the hearing with Senator Cardin. "With our nation's ...

Fathers' Hearing Affects Family Function and Fiscal Health

... up to it--National Men's Health Week--the Better hearing Institute (BHI) is urging devoted dads to take ... taking care of their own health--including their hearing health. hearing health affects every aspect of family life, ...

Online Store Offers Affordable Digital Hearing Aids For Baby Boomers

... MyHearPod.com provides digital hearing aids for a reduced price by allowing the customer to service and clean the hearing aids themselves. ... the "Baby Boomers" continue to age, hearing loss is becoming more and more prevalent. ...

SETO Holdings, Inc. Completes Agreement to Acquire Advanced Hearing Centers, Inc. and Has Disposed of All Existing Business; New Management has been installed

... Srivastava 100% of the capital stock of Advanced hearing Centers, Inc. ("ADVANCED"), a Maryland ... of SETO to Mr. Srivastava. ADVANCED provides hearing services and retails hearing aids from 11 locations in Maryland and one in ...

Global network formed to improve hearing implant outcomes

... the International Network of Comprehensive hearing Implant Centers of Excellence. These centres, ... Allen, is one of the largest audiology and hearing research centres in the world. The cochlear ... to focus on traditional cochlear implants, hearing preservation surgery and research. Dr. Parnes ...

Howard Leight Selects Tiziani Whitmyre for Public Relations Services

... June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Howard Leight/Sperian hearing Protection, LLC, a leading global provider of passive and intelligent hearing protection solutions and champion of progressive hearing Conservation Programs, has selected Tiziani ...

Record-Breaking Internet Pharmacy Prosecution Nets Millions for Iowa Law Enforcement

... from its illegal operation, and a sentencing hearing has not yet been set. The owners of MWS also ... was ordered to forfeit $37,698.47. A sentencing hearing has not yet been set. Eleven physicians ... was ordered to forfeit $465,955. A sentencing hearing has not yet been set. Dr. David Baron, 63, ...

Otix Global, Inc. to Become Parent Company of Sonic Innovations, Inc.

... and brand developing and distributing leading hearing instruments and services, and Otix Global, Inc. ... much more than a developer and manufacturer of hearing instruments, and it is now necessary to create a distinction between the Sonic Innovations hearing instrument brand and the company's various other ...

Consumer Reports: Hearing Aid Shoppers Pay High Prices, Get Mediocre Fittings

... Comprehensive guide to purchasing and owning a hearing aid YONKERS, N.Y., June 1 ... -- A new Consumer Reports investigation into hearing aids has found that consumers pay high prices and ... The new report -- the first such report on hearing aids since 1992 -- offers a comprehensive guide ...

Social Security Disability Backlog Worsens, So Make Sure You Qualify Before You Apply

... Disability Insurance (SSDI) application and hearing process each year. The Social Security ... 755,000 pending claims in fiscal year 2009 at the hearing level, where SSDI decisions are reviewed by ... By the time claimants reach the hearing level, or the second appeal, about 90 percent of ...

$22 Million Initiative Aims to Reverse New Jersey's Nurse Faculty Shortage, Avert Health Care Crisis

... Partnership Launches at State Legislative hearing TRENTON, N.J., May 28 ... its future health care demands. Launched at a hearing before the state Senate's Health, Human Services ... county and institution. Speakers at the hearing warned that New Jersey is heading for a serious - ...

What If New Jersey Didn't Have Enough Nurses?

... $22 Million Initiative to Launch at State Senate hearing Thursday; Focus on Nurse Faculty Shortage, ... Those questions will be explored at a legislative hearing on nursing issues sponsored by the New Jersey ... its future health care needs. The legislative hearing will take place: 10 a.m., Thursday, May 28 ...

It's How You Listen That Counts

... Evergreen Speech & hearing Clinic presents a safe listening concert at the ... at 8pm, audiologists from Evergreen Speech and hearing Clinic will join forces with musicians Daphne ... Bad Timing and 4th Avenue to bring the message of hearing awareness to attendees of the fourth annual Turn ...

Sonitus Medical Secures Strategic Investment and Technology Advancement Agreement From In-Q-Tel

... the world's first non-surgical and removable hearing device to transmit sound via the teeth, today ... developing a nearly invisible In The Mouth (ITM) hearing and communication platform that relies on the ... via the teeth to the inner ear. Its SoundBite(TM) hearing system is designed to help people who are ...

Siemens Promotes May is Better Speech and Hearing Month on America's Largest Stage

... Educating the public about hearing loss and the importance of hearing health PISCATAWAY, N.J., May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Siemens hearing Instruments, Inc. celebrates May is Better Speech ...

SETO Holdings, Inc. Signs Agreement to Acquire Advanced Hearing Centers, Inc. and Will Dispose of All Existing Business; New Management to be Installed

... Srivastava 100% of the capital stock of Advanced hearing Centers, Inc. ("AHC"), a Maryland corporation formed in 2004 which provides hearing services and retails hearing aids from 11 locations in Maryland and one in ...

Siemens Hearing Celebrates 10th Annual National Women's Health Week

... Recommends Four Tips for Women's hearing Loss Prevention PISCATAWAY, N.J., May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Siemens hearing Instruments, Inc. (SHI) celebrates the 10th ... life. In observance of the event, Siemens hearing recommends the following four tips ...

Siemens Joins the Hearing Industries Association on Capitol Hill to Promote the Hearing Aid Tax Credit Act

... in support of the 31.5 million Americans with hearing loss PISCATAWAY, N.J., May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Siemens hearing Instruments, Inc. will be on Capitol Hill this week promoting the hearing Aid Tax Credit Act (H.R. 1646), alongside members ...

Patients Call for Continued FDA Preemption Authority

... Representatives Energy & Commerce Committee hearing on the Medical Device Safety Act of 2009, ... see in courtrooms and what we will see in the hearing tomorrow -- that the thousands of patients who ... patients will remain in Washington for tomorrow's hearing and meet with their members of Congress about the ...

'100% Invisible' Lyric(R) Hearing Aid Wins Medical Design Excellence Award

... selected the company's "100% Invisible" Lyric(R) hearing aid as one of the 32 winners of its twelfth ... what a huge breakthrough Lyric(R) represents in hearing aid technology," said InSound CEO David Thrower. ... cleared device that resides completely in the hearing canal where it can stay up to four months while ...

In Time for Better Hearing and Speech Month: VidaCura.com and Nexear Offers Consumers an Alternative to Traditional Costly Hearing Aids

... About 1 in 6 baby-boomers suffer from hearing loss. hearing aids often cost thousand of dollars per pair and ... Nexear saves consumers money on over-the-counter hearing aids starting at under $400 and includes a ...

Howard Leight Introduces QuietDose(TM): In-Ear Dosimetry Measures Noise Exposure in Real-Time to Help Prevent Workplace Hearing Loss

... stopping the progression of occupational hearing loss and ensuring employer compliance with hearing safety regulations. " hearing Conservation Programs are only as good the data ...

Listening Up in a Down Economy: Better Hearing Institute Launches Public Service Campaign for Better Hearing and Speech Month

... The Better hearing Institute (BHI) launched today a public service campaign for Better hearing and Speech Month: Listening Up in a Down Economy. The campaign focuses on how hearing health affects job security, performance, and ...

Hear Indiana holds 6th Annual Talk Walk Run at Fort Harrison State Park to Celebrate Deaf Children Who Listen and Speak

... May 4 /PRNewswire/ -- In honor of Better hearing and Speech Month , Hear Indiana will hold its 6th ... to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Newborn hearing Screening in Indiana. Same-day registration and ... has completely changed the lives of children with hearing loss, we truly are Doing Deaf Differently ! ...