Hearing Aid Technology

I woke up deaf one morning. It was during the Spring of 1971, I was living in Anchorage, Alaska. No warning, no nothing. I a 17 year-old high school student with perfec...

DENVER - August 2003 - Cochlear Americas, manufacturer of the Cochlear Nucleus line of implants and the world leader in cochlear implant technology, has forged yet another...

HH/Beck: Good Morning Dr. Staller. Thanks for joining me today. Before we get to issues related to cochlear implants, I wonder if you'd mind reviewing your education and...

(ROCKVILLE, MD-July 2003) The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will now allow the diagnostic analysis and subsequent reprogramming of a cochlear implant to perf...

Valencia, CA, July 17, 2003 - Advanced Bionics announces that the HiResolution' Sound (HiRes') processing strategy, an innovation in sound processing for the new HiResolution'...

Valencia, CA, July 16, 2003 - Advanced Bionics is investing millions of dollars in research and development so that users of its earlier cochlear implant systems can take...

Southlake, Texas...ENTtrader,Inc. has launched a new website called ENTtrader.com designed to facilitate the purchase and/or sale of new, pre-owned, and refurbished EAR, Nose and...

Washington, D.C. - Today the FCC adopted a Report and Order requiring wireless manufacturers and service providers to make digital wireless phones accessible to the more than 6...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced, on July 10, 2003, a rational, phased-in regulation requiring at least some wireless phones produced by every handset...

Valencia, CA, July 16, 2003 - Advanced Bionics announces that the new HiRes' Auria' - a new ear-level processor for the HiResolution' Bionic Ear System - has received approval...

HH/Beck: Good morning Steve. You and your colleagues published an article in October, 2002 called Payment Under Public and Private Insurance and Access to Cochlear whi...

Cochlear Implants and Seniors: When Hearing Aids Aren't EnoughJune 2003 (Washington, DC and Denver, CO)-Self Help for Hard of Hearing People (SHHH), the foremost membership and...

DENVER - June 2003 - Cochlear, the market leader in cochlear implant technology, recently announced the availability of Listen, Learn and Talk, a new auditory habilitation...

College Park, MD-How are kids with cochlear implants really doing in their social and emotional lives? Lots of opinions on this issue have been tossed around, but there are few...

I would like to offer a different view of the cochlear implant experience-based on my perspective, after six years experience wearing a cochlear implant. There are many personal...

HH/Beck: Hi Nathan, thanks for taking the time to speak with me today.Schepker: Hi Doug, nice to get together with you again!HH/Beck: Nathan, I know we covered your history and...

In Russia, children with disabilities can be denied an education. In America, we have IDEA. In Brazil, it is acceptable to deny employment to a person with disability, specific...

Will a completely implantable cochlear implant be available?

MED-EL announces the signature of an asset purchase agreement with Symphonix Inc, the Nasdaq listed Silicon Valley based developer of the world's first US-FDA and CE-approved...

First Lt. Jennifer Tay, First Lt. Nicole CioniAir Force Cochlear Implant ProgramWilford Hall Medical CenterSan Antonio, Texas.Over the past year, surgeons and at Wil...

For 42 years I lived a healthy life. During the winter of 1992, I became very ill. I had a temperature of 103 degrees, strep throat and ear infections. I was treated with...

Dr Franklin M. Rizer, II, neurotologist, died in a single plane accident earlier this month. Dr Rizer was a pioneer in cochlear implantation and he brought the of hearing t...

Back by popular demand, Advanced Bionics is pleased to announce the availability of the new Bionic Ear Association Kid's Calendar. Advanced Bionics' second calendar runs Apri...

Almost 90,000 Australians aged over 50 could receive the life-enhancing benefits of a cochlear implant but so far only 700 have the device, the global leader in cochlear implant...

Audibel, Bernafon, MicroTech, NuEar, Omni, Oticon, Phonic Ear, Qualitone and Starkey introduce a new Wireless Personal Communication system for the hearing impaired...