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The word audiology is made up of two roots: Audio and Logy. ‘Audio’ refers to ‘hear’ and ‘logy’ to ‘the study of’. In essence, audiology is the study of hearing - as the inner ear is also required for balance, this is also included in the study. In medical terms it is the branch of science dedicated to the study of hearing, balance and their associated disorders.

Tax credit legislation can pave way for affordable hearing aids

Hearing aids for as many as ten million Americans living with untreated hearing loss could soon become a reality if Congress acts, according to Stephen Hansbrough, CEO of HearUSA (Amex: EAR), one of the nation's largest hearing care companies.

18 Nov 2009

With state budgets tight, services are cut; Kansas looks to avoid mandates

California cut program budgets aimed at providing care for the poor while in Wyoming, the programs themselves are forced to close their doors because of a funding shortfall. In Kansas, lawmakers are examining — ahead of final consideration of health care reform in Congress — how they can shield themselves from health care mandates to carry insurance.

3 Nov 2009

Siemens Hearing Instruments introduces new hearing solutions at the ADA 2009 Convention

Siemens Hearing Instruments, Inc., (www.usa.siemens.com/hearing) one of the largest manufacturers of hearing instruments in the world, today announced several new product models and enhancements at SPLASH: The Academy of Doctors of Audiology's (ADA) 2009 Convention held October 29-31, 2009, in Clearwater, Florida.

30 Oct 2009

VitaSound Audio's Neuro-Compensator technology inbuilt into Sonomax Hearing Healthcare's Sono3 hearing aid

Sono3(TM), the innovative hearing aid based on patented instant custom fit technology from Sonomax Hearing Healthcare Inc. appears to have found the perfect partner in the revolutionary Neuro-Compensator(R) software technology that has been developed by Vitasound Audio Inc.

28 Oct 2009

Canada's first nationwide hearing healthcare structure launched

Lifestyle Hearing Corporation has officially launched Canada's first nationwide hearing healthcare structure called the Lifestyle Hearing Network. This initiative aims to provide Canadians coast to coast with a consistent source of premium medical clinics devoted to audiology.

23 Oct 2009

Failure to correct hearing loss may lead brain to forget how to hear and understand speech

Most of the 28 million Americans living with untreated hearing loss may not be aware that failure to take corrective action could result in the brain actually "forgetting" how to hear and understand speech, warns HearUSA audiologist Cindy Beyer.

19 Oct 2009

HearAtLast Holdings opens new tinnitus clinic in Canada

(PINKSHEETS: HRAL) HearAtLast Holdings, Inc., a leading provider of suitable affordable solutions to clients with hearing needs in the billion dollar hearing loss market, announced today that the Company is in the final development stage of a new Tinnitus Clinic located in the prominent Kingsway Community of Toronto, Ontario Canada.

22 Sep 2009

URMC expert to give free talk on hearing loss

Ann Clock Eddins, Ph.D., director of Audiology at the University of Rochester Medical Center, will present a free talk from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, at the Hahnemann Club, 201 Stoutenberg Lane, located on the campus of The Highlands at Pittsford (off of Rt. 31, just east of the village of Pittsford).

21 Apr 2009

Extra workplace decibels increase risks of work-related accidents and road collisions

The majority of the 650,000 employees from Quebec's manufacturing sector - specifically those working in metallurgy and sawmilling - are exposed to noise levels that exceed governmental norms.

11 Mar 2009

Physicians perform rare surgery to restore hearing to a deaf patient

Marisela Leon, 44, has neurofibromatosis type 2 -- a rare genetic condition that causes tumors to grow on nerves in the brain or spinal cord, but most commonly on the auditory nerve. Leon lost her hearing more than four years ago when surgery to remove a tumor damaged her auditory nerve.

22 Dec 2008

New guidelines for dealing with earwax

Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) specialists in the U.S. have come up with new guidelines for dealing with earwax.

2 Sep 2008

Earwax removal - new guidelines

The American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) will issue the first comprehensive clinical guidelines to help health care practitioners identify patients with cerumen (commonly referred to as earwax) impaction. The guidelines emphasize evidence-based management of cerumen impaction by clinicians, and inform patients of the purpose of ear wax in hearing health.

1 Sep 2008

Smoking and obesity linked to hearing loss

One of the largest studies into the risk factors for age-related hearing loss has found that smoking and body mass index (BMI) are two of the main culprits whereas alcohol has a protective effect, but high levels of work noise remain the biggest risk.

11 Jun 2008

Smoking and body mass index found to be risk factors in age-related hearing loss

Smoking and body mass index (BMI) are risk factors in the development of age-related hearing loss, says one of the largest-ever studies into risk factors for hearing loss - but alcohol has a protective effect.

11 Jun 2008

Old age is the new middle age - Health Secretary Alan Johnson says

Health Secretary Alan Johnson today called on the NHS to rise to the challenge of providing more and better preventative care for older people.

21 May 2008

Youngest patient worldwide to have auditory implant in the brain stem

A team of ear, nose and throat specialists and neurosurgeons at the University Hospital of Navarra, led by doctors Manuel Manrique Rodríguez, specialist in ear, nose and throat surgery and Bartolomé Bejarano Herruzo, specialist in paediatric neurosurgery, have successfully operated on a 13 month-old girl from Murcia, who had been born deaf due to the lack of auditory nerves.

27 Feb 2008

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Tax credit legislation can pave way for affordable hearing aids

With state budgets tight, services are cut; Kansas looks to avoid mandates

Siemens Hearing Instruments introduces new hearing solutions at the ADA 2009 Convention

VitaSound Audio's Neuro-Compensator technology inbuilt into Sonomax Hearing Healthcare's Sono3 hearing aid

Canada's first nationwide hearing healthcare structure launched

Failure to correct hearing loss may lead brain to forget how to hear and understand speech

HearAtLast Holdings opens new tinnitus clinic in Canada

URMC expert to give free talk on hearing loss

Extra workplace decibels increase risks of work-related accidents and road collisions

Physicians perform rare surgery to restore hearing to a deaf patient

New guidelines for dealing with earwax

Earwax removal - new guidelines

Smoking and obesity linked to hearing loss

Smoking and body mass index found to be risk factors in age-related hearing loss

Old age is the new middle age - Health Secretary Alan Johnson says

Youngest patient worldwide to have auditory implant in the brain stem

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