News on Hearing Aids for Children

A new, child-friendly FM receiver from Oticon Pediatrics aims to help audiologists in school sett...

Vote for your favorite video in AG Bell's "Why I Love Hearing Technology" contests. Participants have submitted a personal story and their connection to hearing technology.

June issue of "Pediatrics" reports a rising rate of emergency room visits for children after swallowing small, button batteries.

Study shows low cochlear implant failure, re-implantation rate in children.

Researchers discover that bone-anchored hearing aids are an effective treatment for children with bilateral or unilateral hearing loss.

The Oticon Safari Super Power hearing aid is designed exclusively for children. It comes equipped with high quality components essential for children with severe-to-profound hearing loss.

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.

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.

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.

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

Thomas, the hero of the new Plugged In comic strip, is a typical fun-loving...

New Oticon Safari provides a comprehensive family of dedicated child-friendly hearing instruments for the journey through childhood and...

McKenna McGough, a 10-year-old Texas girl born with a hearing loss, was embarrassed to wear her hearing aids until she saw an injured dolphin at a Clearwater FL aquarium. The...

AG Bell announced today that it has been awarded a three-year, $150,000 grant from the Oticon Foundation (The William Demant and Wife Ida Emilie Foundation) to support the...

Somerset, September 14 - A donation from Oticon Pediatrics to Hands & Voices, a nationwide parent-driven organization devoted to serving families with children from birth to...

Doctoral Students in Audiology Receive Hands-On Training in Hearing Aid Clinic Sept. 10, 2009 The UT Dallas Callier Center for Communication Disorders recently launched a new...

Approximately one in six per 1,000 newborns screened in the United States have congenital hearing loss and could benefit from early intervention. However, only 11 states...

ASHA Podcast Offers Parents Tips On Infants And Hearing Aids Consistency Of Use Important For Speech, Language Development (Rockville, MD - May 26, 2009) The barriers and...

Monday, May 04, 2009 - Children enrolled before they are six months old in a home-based program that teaches language skills to the deaf or hard of hearing are not only able to...

Los Angeles, CA - June 2, 2009 - The House Ear Institute, HEI, established Family Camp 24 years ago as a comfortable, open forum where parents raising a child with hearing loss...

Families of children with hearing loss ages newborn to 14 years are invited to Clarke's Family Weekend July 24th - July 26th to get together with other families, participate in...