Awareness
Venezuela troubles threaten 21 hearing-disabled citizens just given border passes for Colombia
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- Published on 25 February 2019
solidarity
The troubles in Venezuela may wreck hearing treatment for a group of 21-hearing-disabled Venezuelans just granted rights by Colombian authorities in the La Guajira department to move across the border between the two countries for hearing therapy and citizen advice.
A truly international WHO World Hearing Day is set for March 3
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- Published on 20 February 2019
Awareness
A key world hearing health awareness date for your diaries - March 3 - complete with support material and multi-language information to underline the chosen 2019 message: Check your hearing.
The female footballer with a CI who plays for Spanish champions
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- Published on 04 January 2019
CI
Making a career out of women's football in a male-dominated sports world is hard enough, but cochlear-implant-wearing Eunate Arraiza has ably met the even tougher challenge of reaching the elite with profound hearing loss.
Cuba celebrates 21 years of CI programme
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- Published on 18 December 2018
Implants
A total of 480 patients have now received cochlear implants (CIs) in Cuba thanks to the state's own CI programme, which chalked up 21 years of activity on December 4.
Starkey tops med-tech spend on political contributions as OTC war tenses
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- Published on 12 December 2018
Lobbying
All the big players in medical technology have been topped by Starkey-related political contributions of almost $700k in 2018 alone, mostly to Republican Party coffers.
Spain's AICE Awards 2018 honour Audio Infos and Audioenportada
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- Published on 03 December 2018
Associations
The AICE Federation (Spanish Association of Cochlear Implant Users) held its annual awards ceremony at a gala evening in Barcelona on November 24.
Pipedown defends hearing disabled from the sound of muzak
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- Published on 20 November 2018
Noise
"Freedom from unwanted music" is a cry many of us might utter silently, rushing out of supermarkets unable to stand another minute of royalty-free Coldplay or Shakira sound-alikes.
New WHO recommendations for leisure noise in Europe
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- Published on 31 October 2018
Guidelines
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released new guidelines for Europe "strongly" recommending noise exposure be kept to a safe yearly average of no more than 70dB*.
Documentary on how sound can be made available to deaf children
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- Published on 23 October 2018
Project
A pediatric audiology consultant and speech-language pathologist working in Brooklyn, New York (USA) recently produced a documentary called “The Listening Project” to get this message across.
Tinnitus depiction in Hollywood movie
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- Published on 09 October 2018
Tinnitus
The latest box office success in cinemas is ‘A star is born’ featuring Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga. Seasoned musician Jackson Maine (Cooper) discovers − and falls in love with − struggling artist Ally (Gaga).
