Profession
Audio Infos LATAM #58: Yes to implants -along with retraining
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- Published on 23 August 2017
Magazine
Summer issue of bilingual Audio Infos Latin America is already available on our renovated free-access digital platform.
20th Oticon Audiology Summer Camp
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- Published on 18 August 2017
Training
This year, the Oticon Audiology Summer Camp celebrates 20 years of providing graduate students in audiology with a unique opportunity to gain relevant, practical professional world knowledge and insights.
Dr. Héctor Ruiz: “Implant indications on the increase”
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- Published on 15 August 2017
Associations
Cochlear implants have made a tremendous contribution since they were brought in for the only sense-related organ that can be replaced. This has proved a major revolution.
"BAEPs must always be seen as a support resource for behavioural audiometry tests”
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- Published on 10 August 2017
Electrophysiology
Interview to Spaniard Dr. José Juan Barajas, recipient of the International Award in Hearing American bestowed by the Academy of Audiology and founding father of the Canary Islands clinic that carries his name.
Connecting audiologists through global networking
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- Published on 31 July 2017
profession
A professor from the University of Texas Dallas is leading a collaborative project to connect audiologists across the world through a single, linked, global network.
Mouse brain study: returning to the immature phase to improve learning
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- Published on 20 July 2017
Research
Researchers in the United States have found that the auditory system in the adult mouse brain can be induced to revert to an immature state, improving the animals’ ability to learn new sounds, reports Scientific American.
Levy on equipment and appliances used by the disabled
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- Published on 18 July 2017
Taxes
The Indian government’s new goods and services tax (GST) law would put a levy of 5% on assistive devices for people with disabilities, report several of the country’s newspapers.
Assessment of Hope for Hearing program in Michigan
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- Published on 14 July 2017
Program
The University of Michigan recently assessed the results of its partnership program with the Hope Clinic, the Hope for Hearing program, which provides free hearing aids to adults who do not have medical insurance.
New study on the benefits of OTC hearing assistive devices
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- Published on 13 July 2017
OTC
A recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) has shown that people with mild-to-moderate hearing loss might benefit from relatively affordable over-the-counter devices.
The Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) in full support of OTC bill
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- Published on 26 June 2017
OTC
As the vote on the US Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act of 2017 draws near, positions are beginning to crystallize. The HLAA has announced its full support for the bill and has issued an Action Alert to encourage consumers to urge their representatives to vote for the new legislation, reports Business Wire.
