News on Hearing Aids

Students and recent graduates representing the next generation of hearing care professionals recently participated in two unique summer camps that combined seminars, discussions and workshops presented by Oticon.

Oticon, Inc. today announced the purchase a 162,000 square foot office building that will enable the company to move its administrative offices and laboratory facilities to one central location.

The recent 2010 Oticon Pediatrics Conferences focused on making it easier to help children with hearing loss achieve their full potential by addressing children’s abilities, needs and desires at every stage of their development.

AG Bell Listening and Spoken Language Specialists (LSLS) work with children who are deaf or hard of hearing and their families to develop spoken language and literacy through listening.

Parents of children with hearing loss often struggle to find guidance on raising their children with unique needs. One new website has opened up the lines of communication, offering advice and support to families of children with hearing loss.

Ear Gear Mini Curved Corded in beige has been chosen by Oticon Pediatrics to be included in all of their Pediatric kits from birth to 18 years of age.

Beltone held its 2010 National Meeting at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers in Chicago, Il...

Oticon, Inc, an international hearing aid manufacturer, today announced that Sheena Oliver, AuD, MBA has been appointed Vice President of Marketing.

Scanning the ear canal with 3-D imaging technology is faster, easier and more accurate making hearing aids fit with a tighter seal, necessary to prevent feedback between the microphone and receiver.

A University of Iowa research study on hearing loss in children is going mobile with 2 testing vans. Researchers will assess children ages 6 months to 6 years with permanent hearing loss in both ears, ranging from mild to severe.

By the time they reach school age, 1 in 20 children have hearing loss in one ear. That can raise significant hurdles for these children because loss of hearing in one ear hurts their ability to comprehend and use language.

Clark Teeple, a sophomore at Grand Haven High School in Grand Haven, Michigan, has been named the winner of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s (ASHA) annual Better Hearing and Speech Month (BHSM) Song and Video Contest. Watch the winning video.

Family Camp continues to be a popular program for children with hearing loss offering a comfortable, supportive atmosphere that fosters both verbal and sign language communication. It also helps build self-esteem, friendships, and respect for each other’s differences and decisions.

The new Oticon Agil Hearing Aid is the first hearing aid designed to enable people with hearing loss to minimize the cognitive energy expended in typical listening environments without compromising sound quality and speech understanding.

More than 900 hearing care professionals from across the country attended two recent conferences held by Oticon that looked at the impact of hearing loss on cognitive function and the ability to stay fully engaged in everyday activities.

Surgically implanted hearing aids anchored to the skull bone appear to be a durable treatment option that noticeably improves hearing among children with deafness in one ear, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery.

2010-02-08, Stafa, Switzerland - According to a survey conducted by Hear the World, a global initiative by leading hearing system...

SOMERSET, NJ March 15 - Oticon Inc. today introduced the most advanced signal processing concept ever with the launch of Oticon Agil, a second generation wireless hearing...

Millions of people around the world, especially in the developing countries, can't afford hearing aids. That is also a problem in the United States where hearing aids are...

Aspiring Entrepreneur Wins Yearlong Subscription to Lyric®   NEWARK, CA February 22, 2010 -- InSound Medical, manufacturer and developer of Lyric, the first 100...

February 16, 2010 - Kitchener, ON, Canada Unitron announced today the launch of new websites that exemplify the Company's brand, values

Murten, Switzerland, February 2009 - Phonak, leading hearing systems manufacturer, has launched a new YouTube contest ? named 'My Phonak FM & Me'...

February 10, 2010 - Kitchener, ON, Canada ? Unitron?, a global innovator of technologically advanced hearing instruments, has been named one of the Top 50 Best Small...

William F. Austin Scholarship and Outstanding Student Clinician Scholarships to be Awarded in August Minneapolis, Feb. 19, 2010

Minneapolis, MN (February 2, 2010) - Since pioneering Remote Microphone technology in 2008, ReSound has continued to expand this innovative technology so that...