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Location at the Ear Identified as an Increase Risk of Skin Cancer Recurring or Spreading

The risk of cutaneous squamous-cell carcinoma (skin cancer) recurring or spreading around the body is increased when tumour thickness exceeds 6.0 mm or when desmoplastic growth*...

A Sonar System for the Blind

Echolocation is a method of perceiving the world by emitting noises, then listening to the reflections of these noises off objects in the environment. Animals use echolocation…

American Speech-Language Hearing Association, Parents Choice Foundation To Form National Coalition Of Musicians To Promote Safe

Childrens Music Star Justin Roberts To Give First Ever Listen To Your Buds Concerts Rockville, MD July 14, 2008 The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Parents…

Tune-Deaf People May Hear a Sour Note Unconsciously

Findings Could Help Scientists Study ConsciousnessPeople with tune deafness arent able to tell when a musician accidentally strikes the wrong note in a song, but their brains…

Sonic Innovations Establishes Donation Fund for the Armed Forces Foundation

Utah-based company to donate up to $50 for each Velocity hearing aid purchase to help improve the quality of life for U.S. service men and womenSalt Lake City-Sonic Innovations,...

Researchers Discover Hope for Victims of Hearing Loss In Common Aquarium Fish

Researchers at the University of Washington recently published the results of a study conducted on zebra fish those freshwater staples of any home aquarium. These zebra have…

ASHA Submits Comments to ED on NCLB Proposed Rules

ASHA submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Education in response to its notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would make changes to the No Child Left Behind (NCLB)...

'Drowning in Sound'

Dr. Marsha Green’s quest to regulate ocean noise impacts ~Rob Parsons June 26, 2008 The world’s oceans are reeling under a myriad of impacts. A large part of this is to man’s…

Mark Ross, Ph.D., Awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Hearing Loss Association of America at HLAA Convention 2008

June 12, 2008 – Reno, Nevada: Mark Ross, Ph.D., received the Hearing Loss Association of America’s (HLAA) Lifetime Achievement Award during the Opening Session of HLAA’s co…

OMRF and Hough Ear Institute Develop a Promising New Approach to Prevent Hearing Loss

Oklahoma City, June 23, 2008 Explosions. Jet engines. Bursts of gunfire.In todays military, soldiers can be hurt by more than just bullets, and one very sensitive area has un…

Oticon Pediatrics Adds New Products, Features and Services to Popular National Loaner Bank Program

Somerset, NJ July 15 To better assist hearing care professionals in providing optimum care for infants and toddlers newly identified with hearing Oticon Pediatrics has in…

Oticon Seeks Nominees for Its Focus On People Awards

On June 1, 2008, premium hearing aid manufacturer, Oticon, Inc. announced it was seeking nominees for this years Focus on People Awards.This award is in its 11th year and honors…

Smoking and Weight-Gain Linked to Hearing Loss

June 10, 2008- Smoking is a risk factor in the development of age-related hearing loss, one of the largest ever studies into risk factors for hearing loss has found.The study led…

Sudden Hearing Loss Could Indicate Future Stroke

Study highlights:Patients hospitalized for sudden hearing loss were more likely to suffer a later stroke than some other patients.The findings havent been duplicated in other…

Bilateral Cochlear Implants: A Case When Two Are Definitely Superior to One

Indianapolis – May 29, 2008 A study of cochlear implant patients seen by Indiana University School of Medicine physicians is the first research to show evidence that impl…

'Summers Here and the Time Is Right For Dancin In the Street'

~Martha and the VandellasYou betcha summers here. Cookouts, sunny days at the beach, sun block, surfs up come on, its the most fun time of the entire year. What a bummer the i…

Usher Syndrome: A Debilitating Disease Impacts Hearing and Vision

Last year, Bill Barkeley, a 45-year-old Michigan native, accomplished a truly awe-inspiring feat he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, an inactive volcano in northeastern Hundre…

Patients with Communication Problems are at Risk of Hospital Complications

The prospect of hospitalization is scary. Nobody likes being sick, and even less so having to undergo medical treatment in a hospital. But for people who have communication…

Sleep Your Way to Better Hearing

There is no scientific evidence to suggest that missing an occasional nights sleep is going to have a lasting adverse effect on our physical and emotional well-being.But things…

Oticon Seeks Nominees for Its Focus On People Awards

On June 1, 2008, premium hearing aid manufacturer, Oticon, Inc. announced it was seeking nominees for this years Focus on People Awards.This award is in its 11th year and honors…

Actor Richard Thomas: John Boy Lives With Hearing Loss

Time sure does fly. It seems only a few years back that we all enjoyed the extremely successful TV series, The Waltons. The stories were heartwarming, the characters real and the…

Who Says, 'It Isnt Easy Being Green?' Rayovac Introduces Mercury-Free Hearing Aid Battery

Its the power plant in your hearing device, the brawn behind the brains. Hearing aid batteries have become smaller, more powerful and longer-lasting through industry research and…

Wind Farms: Good for the Environment, Bad for the Ears?

Here is the good news: wind energy is clean and renewable. It doesnt produce toxic waste that causes environmental damage, or deplete natural resources such as coal, oil or gas….

The Blast in the Ears: Good Hearing Among War's Casualties

Most of us wear helmets to protect our heads from injury while biking or playing football. In the historical context, however, helmets were thought of as military, not sports…

Improved Hearing? The Answer May Be In Your Aquarium

Who knew fish had ears?Well, theyre not exactly ears in the way we usually think of them a couple of projections sticking out of the head of a human or other higher life (L…

Lions Club Launches Affordable Hearing Aid Drive: Largest Service Club Takes on Hearing Loss

The Lions Club is known globally for its good works especially its drive for used eye glasses that can be refitted and donated to those who otherwise couldnt afford Octobe…

Earbud Ear: Fast Track to Hearing Loss

MP3 Players and Hearing LossThe next time you drop off the kids at school, notice how many youngsters have those ubiquitous white wires draped over their shoulders. These kids…

Cocktail Party Ear: 'Please Pass the Pigs in a Blanket.'

The brain is an amazing mechanism.Youre at a crowded do with lots of noise, the band is playing and the noise level keeps going up with each round of drinks. Been there? Youre…

MAY IS BETTER HEARING AND SPEECH MONTH. Did You Hear That?

Come on. Admit it. If you remember where you were the day the music died, (February 3, 1959), chances are the old hearing just aint what it used to be.May is Better Hearing and…

War Vets and Hearing Loss: Heroes and Hearing

Hearing loss is the number one war-related injury on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan. With the extensive use of improvised explosive devices, insurgents are creating…

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