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US Hearing Aid Unit Sales Increased by 8.7% in 2016
A net total of 3.65 million hearing aid units were dispensed in the United States during 2016, or 8.7% more than in 2015, according to statistics generated by the Hearing Industries Association (HIA),...
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AAO-HNS Updates Best Practices for Diagnosis and Treatment of Earwax Impaction
An updated clinical practice guideline from the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF), Alexandria, Va, published in the January 3 edition of Otolaryngology–Head...
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Starkey Hearing Technologies Launches Ear Health Product Line
Starkey Hearing Technologies, Eden Prairie, Minn, has announced the launch of the company’s Ear Health product line, which is now available for purchase by hearing professionals. The new complete Ear...
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New Earwax Impaction Solution to Be Launched by Eosera Inc
Eosera™ Inc, a Dallas-based biotechnology company, has announced the introduction of Earwax MD™—reportedly a solution for earwax impaction. The new product is said to offer a safe, effective, simple,...
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Otonomy Enrolls Patients for Phase 2 Trial of OTO-104 for Prevention of...
Otonomy Inc, San Diego, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative therapeutics for diseases and disorders of the ear, has announced the enrollment of...
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Study Suggests BrainHQ Training Program May Help Tinnitus Patients
In a study published online January 19 by JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, researchers found that a cognitive training program improved the tinnitus perception, memory, attention, and...
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Widex Publishes Supplement on Effortless Hearing, New BEYOND Technology
A special supplement in the January edition The Hearing Review, titled Going BEYOND – A Testament of Progressive Innovation, explains why Effortless Hearing is important, describes hearing aid elements...
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CareCredit Celebrates 30th Anniversary with Sweepstakes
CareCredit, Costa Mesa, Calif, a division of Synchrony Financial, is celebrating its 30th birthday. According to the company, it all started with a simple idea: Everyone deserves a smile. Patients...
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Letter: CAPD and the Need for Early Intervention in Children Younger than Age 7
Dear Editor: I write this letter on behalf of my colleagues and fellow audiologists who conduct auditory processing evaluations on children. It has become a matter of great importance to those of us...
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Letter: Don’t Dismiss Old Technology That Works! Offer Telecoils.
Dear Editor: The world has changed almost out of recognition in the last 100 years, yet we still depend on technologies that were introduced so long ago that their age is somewhat uncertain. The...
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Binaural Interference Present in About 17% of People, Says New Research
Bruna Mussoi, PhD, AuD About 1 in 6 people (16.7% of listeners) present with binaural interference—the condition of poorer speech recognition when listening with two ears versus one ear—according to...
View Article3rd International Meeting on Internet & Audiology to Be Held in July
Researchers and other interested people are invited to the 3rd International Meeting on Internet & Audiology, which will be held in Louisville, Ky, on July 27-28, 2017. The purpose of the...
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Oticon Becomes a Gold Sponsor of HearStrong Foundation
The HearStrong event included (l-r) Brian McCaskey, VP of the Chicago Bears Organization and HearStrong Foundation Board Member Ed Keller, founder of HearStrong Foundation and president of EarQ; Rasmus...
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Have We Really Come That Far?
EXPERT ROUNDTABLE: Music & Hearing | February 2017 Hearing Review The magnitude and consequences of hearing loss are still lost on most consumers. By Dan Beck The hearing conservation message to...
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Temporary Threshold Shift (TTS) Is NOT So Temporary
EXPERT ROUNDTABLE: Music & Hearing | February 2017 Hearing Review TTS may not be a direct predictor of hearing loss, but it does point to neural pathologies. By Marshall Chasin, AuD Temporary...
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Promoting Safe Sounds in the Birth City of American Music
EXPERT ROUNDTABLE: Music & Hearing | February 2017 Hearing Review Educating music lovers to take care of their hearing By John J. Hutchings, MD, and Bethany Ewald Bultman Hearing loss prevention...
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Ear Infections Over the Ages
EXPERT ROUNDTABLE: Music & Hearing | February 2017 Hearing Review OME remains the most common infection for which antibiotics are prescribed. By Kenneth Einhorn, MD Whenever the topic of hearing,...
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HIA Recommends OTC Hearing Devices Be Restricted to Mild Losses; Retain...
The Hearing Industries Association (HIA), Washington, DC, has recommended that, in the event the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) creates a new over-the-counter (OTC) category for hearing devices,...
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CDC Study: 1 in 4 US Adults Who Report Good Hearing Already Have Hearing Loss
According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (February 7, 2017), 1 out of 4 US adults who report excellent to good hearing already have hearing...
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GN Reports 12% Revenue Growth in 2016, 6% Organic Growth
GN Store Nord announced in its year-end fiscal report that the company experienced a revenue increase of 12% to $1.24 billion (DKK 8,651 million) in 2016, with 6% organic growth. The Copenhagen-based...
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