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National Women's Health Week occurred May 10-16, 2009 and was coordinated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office on Women's Health (OWH). Among various...
Brain injuries are the number one killer and disabler of people under the age of 45 in Canada. These injuries are a common occurrence, with more than 50,000 Canadians a year...
Nashville, June 18, 2009: Vinton G. Cerf, Ph.D., will receive the 2009 HLAA National Access Award during the Opening Session of the Hearing Loss Association of America Convention...
New Television Ad Points Viewers To Safe Listening Web Site During Better Hearing And Speech Month (BHSM) (Rockville, MD - May 4, 2009) - A new television advertisement...
Global hearing awareness initiative encourages Americans to consider healthy hearing for spring 2009 Stafa, Switzerland - April 29, 2009Â - Each year, the arrival of...
Los Angeles, CA - May 6, 2008 - Throughout the month of May, the House Ear Institute is celebrating Better Hearing Month with a variety of online programs to raise awareness for...
Lip Reader, a new book to be released in May/June 2009, details the daily challenges of a severely hearing impaired multi-generational family and the impact hearing loss has on...
Bethesda, Maryland: The Hearing Loss Association of America will hold Convention 2009, June 18 - 21, 2009, at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville....
Most of us take healthy hearing for granted ? something we'll always have. The fact is, 28% of all Americans would benefit from a pair of hearing aids due to...
Group Aims To Build On Success Of Its Buds Chicago Concert (Las Vegas, January 8, 2009) After a tremendously successful debut in Chicago, the American Speech-Language-Hearing...
Be prepared for the new year by visiting It's a Noisy Planet. Protect Their Hearing. This national public education...
December 15, 2008 - The Hearing Loss Association of America and other leaders from the community of people who are hard of hearing or deaf met with members of the Obama...
New York City-Sonic Innovations, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNCI) and the New York Mets hosted the 2nd Annual Deaf and Hard of Hearing Awareness Day at Shea Stadium on September 14. As part...
(Rockville, MD - November 17, 2008) The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and WYNIT, Inc. recently agreed to work together to promote "America: Tuned In Today ....
Skodsborg, DK October 28 - Ida Institute today unveiled a newly designed website, www.idainstitute.dk, that provides a virtual gathering place for hearing care professionals and...
The Special Olympics for Special Competitors The Special Olympics is the brainchild of Eunice Kennedy Shriver who started a day camp at her home for young people with special...
New Web Site Offers Parents Resources to Help Tweens Avoid Hearing Loss from NoiseA new campaign to help parents of 8- to 12-year-olds teach their children how to avoid hearing...
Naerum, DK, September 16 - Ida Institute announced today that Sharmi Albrechtsen has joined the non-profit educational institute as a communications specialist. Albrechtsens resp...
The Ida Institute will convene its first educational seminar, Defining Hearing, September 25-27 in Skodsborg, Denmark. Distinguished faculty members Dr. Harvey Abrams, Kristin...
Michael H. Stone of Washington, D.C., has been named president of the board of trustees of the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA), the nation's largest organization for...
The Hearing Loss Association of Americas convention is an interactive and accessible event for people affected by hearing loss as well as family members and professionals....
The FDA has issued a preliminary public health notification regarding the possible malfunction of electronic medical devices caused by computed tomography (CT) scanning. Accordin...
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...
Hearing loss is a major health and quality-of-life problem in the United States; hearing loss is the second most self reported ailment after back problems. One way to this...
COPENHAGEN, June 2 The Ida Institute, an independent educational institute dedicated to fostering better understanding of the human dynamics associated with hearing loss, appo...