Hearing in Medical News

Cancellation of Senate Veterans Affairs Hearing in Yountville

YOUNTVILLE, Calif., July 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by the Union of American Physicians and Dentists: WHAT: A special hearing of the California Senate Veterans Affairs Committee at the Yountville Veterans Home has been CANCELLED . The ...

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

COLUMBIA, Md., July 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SETO Holdings, Inc. (Pink Sheets: SETO) is pleased to announce that it has executed two new leases for its third hearing center in Virginia at 10120 West Broad Street, Suite G, Glen Allen, Virginia (Short Pump area) and for an additional heari...

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

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- An evening of entertainment and fundraising that included performances by Elton John, Billy Crystal, Tony Bennett, and Gladys Knight resulted in Starkey Hearing Foundation, the global leader in delivering the gift of hearing, raising more than $5 m...

Joint Committee on Judiciary Holds July 14 Hearing On Bill to Increase Criminal Penalties for Assaulting Nurses

CANTON, Mass., July 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being issued by the Massachusetts Nurses Association: (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060525/NETH016LOGO ) WHAT: The Joint Committee on Judiciary has scheduled a hearin...

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

DENVER, July 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Cochlear Americas announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Cochlear(TM) Baha(R) BP100 Sound Processor, the industry's first programmable bone conduction hearing solution. The Baha BP100 is an excellent choice for many children...

Anti-angiogenesis treatment improves hearing in some NF2 patients

Treatment with the angiogenesis inhibitor bevacizumab improved hearing and alleviated other symptoms in patients with neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2). In a paper to appear in the July 23 New England Journal of Medicine , which is receiving early online release, researchers from Massachusetts Gene...

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

SAN MATEO, Calif., July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Sonitus Medical, Inc., a medical device company developing the world's first non-surgical and removable hearing device to transmit sound via the teeth, today announced the acceptance for publication of the first peer reviewed article on its SoundBite(TM) h...

Cystic Fibrosis Treatment May Cause Hearing Loss

Ear evaluation urged for youngsters taking common antibacterial medication THURSDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- A common antibacterial treatment for cystic fibrosis can cause sensorineural hearing loss, finds a new study. Researchers reviewed the medical records of 50 cystic fibrosi...

Siemens Hearing Instruments Introduces Affordable and Flexible Pure 300

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

Fathers' Hearing Affects Family Function and Fiscal Health

This Father's Day, and throughout the week leading up to it--National Men's Health Week--the Better Hearing Institute (BHI) is urging devoted dads to take care of their families by 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. (PRWEB) June 3, 2009 -- As people born in the generation called the "Baby Boomers" continue to age, hearing loss is becom...

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

BRIARCLIFF MANOR, N.Y., June 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SETO Holdings, Inc. (Pink Sheets: SETO) announced that it has acquired from Sanjay Srivastava 100% of the capital stock of Advanced Hearing Centers, Inc. ("ADVANCED"), a Maryland corporation formed in 2004, in exchange for the issuance of 7...

Global network formed to improve hearing implant outcomes

The Cochlear Implant Program at the London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) working in collaboration with researchers at The University of Western Ontario's National Centre for Audiology, has joined 16 other world-class centres to form HEARRING the International Network of Comprehensive Hearing Impl...

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 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new Consumer Reports investigation into hearing aids has found that consumers pay high prices and get mediocre fittings. The new report -- the first such report on hearing aids...

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 and Hearing Month in Times Square from May 11 through 28 in many cameo appearances. Siemens will air a 3...

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

BRIARCLIFF MANOR, N.Y., May 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SETO Holdings, Inc. (Pink Sheets: SETO) announced that it signed a definitive agreement to acquire from Sanjay Srivastava 100% of the capital stock of Advanced Hearing Centers, Inc. ("AHC"), a Maryland corporation formed in 2004 which provid...

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 Annual National Women's Health Week, a weeklong observance from May 10 - 16, 2009. Coordinated by the U.S. Department of Health and Hum...

Zila & Experts Testify at Congressional Hearing on Innovative Technology for Veterans; Urge Broader Use of ViziLite(R) Plus by VA for Oral Cancer Screening

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., May 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- At a congressional hearing today in Washington, DC, legislators were urged to press the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to immediately expand use of ViziLite(R) Plus, the FDA-cleared technology for the early detection of oral abnormalities th...

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

Siemens meets with members of Congress 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 of the Hearin...

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

NEWARK, Calif., May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- InSound Medical, Inc., today announced that Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry ("MD&DI") magazine selected the company's "100% Invisible" Lyric(R) hearing aid as one of the 32 winners of its twelfth annual Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA.) ...

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 are not usually covered by insurance. VidaCura.com and Nexear saves consumers money on over-the-counter hearing aids starting at under $400 and includes a no-risk 30 day trial. ...

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

SMITHFIELD, R.I., May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Howard Leight today officially introduced QuietDose (TM) -- the only personal dosimeter that measures and records a worker's actual in-ear exposure to noise over an entire work shift. The introduction is a major advance towards stopping the progression o...

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 employment opportunities. BHI is encouraging people of all ages who ar...

Children and teenagers at risk for noise-induced hearing loss, warn America's ENT doctors

(Alexandria, VA) Children and teenagers are frequently exposed to potentially damaging noise levels in schools, at home, and in sports, but there has been little reported on their risk for noise-induced hearing loss. In fact, three million children under the age of 18 have some hearing loss, and ...

Better Hearing Institute Joins HHS, Office on Women's Health in Promoting National Women's Health Week and Hearing Health

The Better Hearing Institute (BHI) announced today that it is joining the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Women's Health (OWH), in promoting National Women's Health Week, which kicks off May 10th. The effort is part of BHI's campaign to promote hearing health during...

Children Speak Up: A Parent's Hearing Loss Hinders Relationships

From denial to missing important details: A new survey reveals that boomers' relationships with their adult children can suffer when a parent has a hearing impairment ST. LOUIS, April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In conjunction with Better Hearing and Speech Month in May, Energizer Battery,...

Calif. Nurses to Gather for First Major Hearing on Bill to Establish Guaranteed Healthcare for All Californians

California One of Eight States Considering Similar Bills OAKLAND, Calif., April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Leaders of the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee will join the first major hearing this year, in the Senate Health Committee tomorrow, on a bill that would...

Hispanic Children More Likely to Have Hearing Loss

Second study finds rare eye disease missed, mistreated among urban youngsters FRIDAY, April 3 (HealthDay News) -- Children from Hispanic or low-income families are more likely to have hearing loss, and a serious but rare eye disease is often missed or mistreated among urban preschool...

Sonic Innovations Celebrates Company's First Receiver-In-Canal Hearing Aid

Sonic officials say the new Sonic Touch(TM) hearing aid is smallest receiver-in-canal product available SALT LAKE CITY, April 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sonic Innovations, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNCI ) will celebrate its first receiver-in-canal ("RIC") device, Sonic Touch(TM), at the Audiology NOW!...

Bipartisan Policy Center Founder Bob Dole Introduces Governor Sebelius at Confirmation Hearing to Be Next HHS Secretary

Former Senate Majority Leader Dole says 'the time has come' for health care reform WASHINGTON, March 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) Founder and Advisory Board member Senator Bob Dole introduced fellow Kansan and friend Governor Kathleen Sebelius at her confirmati...

Interleukin Genetics Receives NYSE Amex Staff Determination, Requests Oral Hearing Before the Listing Qualifications Panel

WALTHAM, Mass., March 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Interleukin Genetics, Inc. (NYSE Amex: ILI ) announced today that the NYSE Amex LLC (formerly known as the NYSE Alternext US and the American Stock Exchange) has issued a delisting notification to the Company as it has not accepted the plan as...

Coalition to Protect Senior Care Applauds Senate Finance Health Subcommittee Hearing on Long Term Care Improvement as Part of Broad Health Care Reform

JOPLIN, Mo., March 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Coalition to Protect Senior Care -- a national coalition of frontline clinicians and caregiver groups providing quality skilled nursing care -- commended the Senate Finance Health Subcommittee for raising visibility on the need to include long t...

Statement From Larry Minnix, President & CEO of the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, on the Senate Finance Committee Hearing 'The Role of Long-term Care in Health Reform' and the Reintroduction of the CLASS Act

WASHINGTON, March 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "Today was a monumental day on Capitol Hill for the millions of Americans who need and provide long-term services and supports. We commend the Senate Finance Committee for examining the role of long-term services and supports in this year's heal...

Researchers studying hearing loss find auditory regions of the brain convert to the sense of touch

RICHMOND, Va. (March 24, 2009) Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine researchers have discovered that adult animals with hearing loss actually re-route the sense of touch into the hearing parts of the brain. In the study, published online in the Early Edition of the Proceedings ...

Starkey Hearing Foundation Partners With GRAMMY Foundation(R) to Announce SoundMatters(TM) Initiative: GRAMMY-Nominated Artist Taylor Swift, Along With Emerging Artists Crosby Loggins, Jimmy Wayne and GRAMMY-Nominated Sara Bareilles Lead the Way in the Pr

MINNEAPOLIS, March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- On Feb. 1, Starkey Hearing Foundation (SHF) and the GRAMMY Foundation(R) kicked off the SoundMatters (TM) campaign in more than 950 Best Buy locations. With a goal of communicating the importance of hearing and hearing loss prevention to young music fan...

NoiseBuster(R) Safeguards Hearing by Utilizing Cutting-Edge Technology to Attenuate Power Equipment Noise

Professional-Grade NoiseBuster Active Noise Reduction Earmuff Delivers Best Hearing Protection WILTON, Conn., March 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The NoiseBuster Active Noise Reduction ("ANR") Safety Earmuff is specifically designed to reduce the noise generated by lawn, landscape and garden power equip...

Siemens to Donate Hearing Instruments Through Second Annual Partnership With Quota International

Program gives the gift of sound to children in need PISCATAWAY, N.J., March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Siemens Hearing Instruments, Inc., one of the largest manufacturers of hearing instruments in the world, has renewed its partnership with Quota International to provide free hearing instruments to d...

Listening Up in a Down Economy: Hearing Aids Prove to Be Effective 'Job Preserver' in Economic Tsunami

As millions struggle to hang on to their jobs in a tumultuous economy, the Better Hearing Institute (BHI) reminds American workers that maximizing their ability to hear well is a smart job security strategy. Treating hearing loss early is critical for optimal job performance. To facilitate a time...

Settlement Hearing on Schering-Plough Corporation Securities Litigation to be Held on June 1, 2009 at 2:00 P.M.

PHILADELPHIA, March 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs in the Schering-Plough Corporation Securities Litigation class action suit announced the following: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY IN RE: SCHERING-PLOUGH CORPORATION SECURITIES LITIGATION ...

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. Requests an Appeal Hearing After Receiving Notice of Delisting From Nasdaq

NEW YORK, March 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: KERX ) today announced that it has requested a hearing to appeal to a Listings Qualification Panel ("Panel") the determination of The Nasdaq Stock Market to delist the Company's common stock from The Nasdaq Capit...