David Kirkwood

A longtime observer of the hearing healthcare scene, David Kirkwood was editor-in-chief of The Hearing Journal from 1990 through 2010. Among the honors he received was a 2006 President’s Award from the American Academy of Audiology. Previously, he spent 15 years as editor and publisher of a weekly community newspaper in Scarsdale, NY. Before finding his way into journalism, he earned degrees in history from Cornell University (where he was an outstanding pinball player) and the University of California at Berkeley. When he isn’t blogging at Hearing Health & Technology Matters, David enjoys spending time with his wife, Annie, going to plays and movies in New York, traveling, and relaxing in their vacation place in Mid-Coast Maine. His other avocations include rooting for the Yankees and throwing tennis balls for his puli, Isaac.

Brass, drummers face more risk of hearing loss than the rest of the orchestra

WARSAW, POLAND— buy amaryl online amaryl no prescription As Marshall Chasin wrote recently on his Hear the Music blog, “Older musicians experience less age-related decline in hearing abilities than non-musicians.” However, that doesn’t mean they can’t get too much of a good thing. Musicians who are overexposed to the sound of music often suffer hearing loss. While this condition is

WNBA star Tamika Catchings has no disability on the hard court

INDIANAPOLIS–Tamika Catchings became the latest in a long line of great athletes who didn’t let hearing loss stop them from reaching the pinnacle of their profession. On September 22, the star forward of the Indiana Fever was named the 2011 Most Valuable Player in the Woman’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). For Catchings, who was born with a binaural hearing loss,

English professor accuses Pittsburgh police of causing her hearing loss

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ADA plans to “rock the boat”; advises audiologists to book early and save

BONITA SPRINGS, FL—Sign up early to “rock the boat” is the message being sent out to audiologists by the Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA). ADA is talking about its 2011 Convention, being held November 3-5 at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort in Bonita Springs. This year’s theme is “Rock the Boat: How to Practice, Manage and Lead in

Free captioning service provides phone access to people with hearing loss

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Dynamic Hearing to be sold for $5 million

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Direct-to-consumer hearing aid debuting at AARP Expo

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Staff at VA audiology clinic honored for cutting wait times

MOUNTAIN HOME, TN—The audiology staff at the James H. Quillen/Mountain Home VA Medical Center have received the National Veterans Health Administration Systems Redesign Champion Award. They were selected for the honor by the Under Secretary for Health for improving the efficiency of the Hearing Aid Evaluation Clinic without compromising the effectiveness of service delivery Prior to January 2010, the Hearing

It’s official: Siemens takes over HearUSA

WEST PALM BEACH, FL—The sale of HearUSA’s assets to Siemens Hearing Instruments, Inc., was completed on September 9. As reported in this blog on August 2, Siemens outbid William Demant, parent company of Oticon, for HearUSA, in an auction held after that company filed for bankruptcy last spring. To acquire the national network of hearing care practices, Siemens paid approximately

Under its new name, Hearing Health Foundation seeks to restore hearing

NEW YORK—The board of the Deafness Research Foundation announced September 14 that the organization has changed its name, effective immediately, to the Hearing Health Foundation (HHF). To signal the 53-year-old foundation’s unwavering dedication to hearing research, it unveiled a groundbreaking research consortium, the Hearing Restoration Project Clifford P. Tallman Jr., chair of the HHF board, said, “This is an exciting day