News on Hearing Aid Technology

Valencia, Calif., July 23, 2009 - Advanced Bionics recently announced the launch of their Bionic Ears for Kids kit, which contains the newest addition to the Bionic Family,...

New technology to hear vibrations through the skull bone has been developed at Chalmers University of Technology. Besides investigating the function of a new implantable bone...

Richardson, Texas (June 29, 2009) - Noisy restaurants are one of the banes of people who have received cochlear implants. Although the high-tech devices restore partial hearing,...

Denver, Colo., (July 10, 2009) - Cochlear Americas announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the CochlearTM Baha BP100 Sound Processor,...

A new application for iPhone and iPod Touch called soundAMP claims to be the "first assistive application that turns your iPhone and iPod touch into an interactive hearing...

London, ON -The Cochlear Implant Program at the London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) working in collaboration with researchers at The University of Western Ontario's National...

Lifetone HLTM Bedside Fire Alarm and Clock meets the code, available now Chicago - (June 18, 2009) - Smoke alarms have saved countless lives, but fire risks remain for the...

Comprehensive assessment tool for infants and toddlers expands BRIDGE to Better Communication Program June 17, 2009 - (Durham, NC) - The MED-EL Corporation today...

VALENCIA, Calif., May 15, 2009 - In the first such online community of its kind, Advanced Bionics®, the only U.S.-based manufacturer of cochlear implants (or "bionic ears"),...

New Phonak solutions offer intuitive wireless connectivity with mobile phones, TV, MP3 players or computers Stafa, Switzerland, April 1st 2009 - Phonak introduces a new...

Sound and WAY Beyond Allows Adults and Teens to Perfect Their Listening Skills at Home Denver - April 27, 2009 - Cochlear Americas, the world's leader in advanced hearing...

For persons with hearing loss, large group events like business meetings are often quite challenging and the key to "plugging in" to routine business activities is all about...

UT Dallas Study Links Devices With an Overall Improved Quality of Life Feb. 18, 2009 - For years, hearing scientists have known that cochlear implants improve the communication...

General anesthesia can be tolerated by patients older than 65 New York - February 26, 2009 - Contrary to conventional medical wisdom, a new study by NYU Langone Medical Center...

Lip reading is a critical means of communication for many deaf people, but it has a drawback: Certain consonants (for example, p and b) can be nearly impossible to distinguish by...

The cochlear implant is a remarkable technology that helps people with severe hearing loss to understand speech, even when on the telephone. Listening to music, however-even a...

Free Rehabilitation Programs Expand BRIDGE to Better Communication  Durham, NC - (February 12, 2009) - MED-EL Corporation announced today that the company has launched a...

Research Reinforces Importance Of Early Detection And Intervention (Rockville, MD - January 29, 2009) Research reported in the February 2009 issue of the Journal of Speech,...

Beijing, China, January 15, 2009 - Cochlear Limited, West China Hospital and the House Ear Institute have joined forces to commence a landmark project to study the long-term...

NPR to Receive Stevie Wonder "Vision Free Award" at CES Captioned, Braille, and Radio Reading Service Radios will Serve Millions of Hearing and Visually Disabled Worldwide;...

Cochlear Americas invites you to share your next family vacation with them in Disneyland! The third Cochlear Celebration takes place March 26-29, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency Orange...

Alexandria, VA - Patients with cochlear implants may want to steer clear of certain magnetic imaging devices, such as 3T MRI machines, because the machines can demagnetize the...

Leipzig, Germany, October 15, 2008 - iSense, the new wireless communication system, optimizes speech comprehension in noisy environments. The system was designed specifically for...

Sprint Nextel has announced efforts to adapt its services for the hearing loss community. The carrier has launched Sprint WebCapTel On the Go, a no charge mobile Web-based...

Chicago, IL Security in the courtroom just improved as non-secure assisted listening devices (ALD) for the hard of hearing (HoH) are being replaced by a wireless High-Defi...