Hearing Aid Assistance

The 2005 Medicare Fee Schedule (MFS) and Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) for Audiologists is now available to ASHA members. This ASHA document provides ov...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) accepted comments submitted by ASHA to create a new Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC) for cochlear implant follow-up...

In 2003, Energizer embarked on a national campaign titled Energizer EZ Change ''Its Hip to H.E.A.R.'' to understand issues and demographics related to ''baby boomers,'' hearing,...

Written by: David Fabry, Ph.D., Director of Clinical Research, Phonak Hearing SystemsWarrenville, IL November 6, 2004 - On November 4-6, over 550 attendees from 32 were...

An Oak Park, Michigan home is made safe and communication-friendly for the deaf parents of a blind and autistic son on back-to-back episodes of ABCs Extreme Makeover: Home...

The Audiology Awareness Campaign arranged for audiologists to speak at 27 meetings in 9 different cities this past June and July at the National Youth Leadership Forum on...

Los Angeles--The House Ear Institute (HEI) has received a $10 million gift from Wallis Annenberg through the Annenberg Foundation to support its "Campaign for Building a...

e-bay Auction Benefits H.E.A.R. and HEI's Sound PartnersSan Francisco, CA, September 21, 2004. The Mix Foundation for Excellence in Audio has announced that it will present the...

Los Angeles and San Francisco - October 12, 2004 - Celebrating a five-year partnership, the Audio Engineering Society (AES) and the House Ear Institute (HEI) will again offer...

Portland, OR Aug. 26, 2004 The American Tinnitus Association (ATA) recently appointed Richard Salvi, Ph.D., to a two-year term as Chair of its Advisory Committee (SAC...

Portland, OR Aug. 24, 2004 The American Tinnitus Association (ATA) recently installed W.F. Samuel (Sam) Hopmeier as chair of the organizations Board Directors. The all-volunt...

Elkins Park, PAThe PCO School of Audiology continues its steady growth this fall with the development of a new Audiology Clinic on the first floor of the North Building at the...

Los Angeles and New York - September 17, 2004 - Jennifer Derebery, M.D., the first woman president in the 108-year history of the American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and...

My two-year-old son was recently diagnosed with a moderate to severe hearing loss. He is now wearing hearing aids. What resources are available for learning about hearing loss and hearing aids?

As we enter the 21st century, it is encouraging to see an expanded interest among audiologists in providing organized programs of support for new hearing aid users and their...

Noted Chinese dissident poet can hear again after visit from The Santa Claus of Hearing, William Austin(August 25, 2004) Despite being told by medical experts that he never...

New Financial Assistance Program to Help Secure Treatment for TinnitusPORTLAND, Ore. - June 28, 2004 - The American Tinnitus Association (ATA) today announced the creation of a...

On May 29, 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa set foot on the summit of Mt. Everest the highest point on EarthSir Edmund Hillary is a man everyone wants to talk to a sought-...

Starkey Laboratories proudly announces the 2004 recipients of the inaugural William F. Austin Scholarship. Five outstanding and well-qualified audiology graduate students sel...

Birmingham - The Alabama Ear Institute (AEI) has been awarded a grant from the Crippled Children's Foundation to support AEI's Parent-2-Parent Network.The P2P Network unites...

Helen Keller was often quoted as saying blindness separated her from objects, while deafness separated her from people. Communication is what makes us human, and the exchange i...

Building off the momentum of last year's record setting fundraiser, The Starkey Hearing Foundation's 2004 "So The World May Hear" Awards Gala is slated for Tuesday,...

LOS ANGELES - May 12, 2004 - The House Ear Institute's 19th annual Family Camp was held at Camp Hess Kramer from May 21 - 23 in the beautiful Santa Monica Mountains overlooking...

What would you do if you couldnt communicate with family and friends, neighbors, and colleagues? What if you couldnt let others know what you need, what you want, or how feel?...

DENVER - June 2004 - Heather Whitestone McCallum, the first deaf woman to be crowned Miss America and recent Cochlear Nucleus 24 Contour' recipient, will share her experience...