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WASHINGTON, DC — Leaders from the International Hearing Society (IHS) expressed their frustration this week in an email circulated to the organization’s members on July 22, which was obtained by Hearing News Watch. The ongoing congressional lobbying efforts by IHS towards the passage of the Veteran’s Access to Hearing Health Act of 2015 (H.R. 353) and its US Senate companion bill (S.

GRANDVIEW, WASHINTON—a rural school district in Washington state has settled a Federal Civil Rights case for $1 million dollars according to a recent news release. According to the report, the Grandview School District had claimed that student José Garcia was at fault for his inability to learn, due to “ineffective use” of hearing aids. Additionally the district had made claims

LIVONIA, MICHIGAN – The International Hearing Society (IHS) announced that it has received Certification of the new National Guidelines for Apprenticeship Standards for the Hearing Aid Specialist occupation from the US Department of Labor (DOL), Office of Apprenticeship. According to IHS, the newly registered apprenticeship program will provide a path for standardized training for Hearing Aid Specialists in the US; provide career matching services to

In response to our story about the Walgreens-Sonova partnership that published on July 8th, we received a clarification from Michael Isaac, Director of Media Relations for the Sonova Group and will share his response with our readers. Mr. Isaac was kind enough to provide Hearing News Watch with details of the relationship between Sonova and the pharmacy chain.   We

Editor’s Note: This post was last updated on 7/9/15, following a response from Sonova regarding the accuracy of the story. The company’s response to our story can be read here. Confirming rumors that have had the dispensing community buzzing the past two weeks, multiple sources have now confirmed with this blog that Connect Hearing is, in fact, piloting a partnership with Walgreens in select locations

WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND — Audiologists at industry-owned hearing clinics in New Zealand are being accused of exploiting vulnerable and elderly people for the sake of profit. Green Party consumer affairs spokeswoman Mojo Mathers, the country’s only deaf{{1}}[[1]]Mathers was born profoundly deaf, but does lipread and communicate orally in addition to using sign language[[1]] Member of Parliament (MP), expressed her concerns after

NEW YORK—The profession of Audiology was recently spotlighted among the best jobs in America. According to the editor’s at Time magazine, Audiologist claimed this year’s #1 spot as the best job in America. In the June 25 article, Time’s Maya Rhodan wrote that to determine this year’s “best job”, the magazine analyzed data collected from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and from CareerCast.com on work

SAN DIEGO—Turtle Beach Corporation has announced a distribution partnership with AuDConnex, a major hearing industry buying group, for the company’s soon-to-be-released HyperSound Clear device. The new devices are an industry first technology, and AuDConnex members will have the opportunity to offer the new devices to their patients once it becomes available. Making further inroads into the hearing care community, the company’s latest

BOSTON—A Spanish startup company is hoping to revolutionize the clean energy industry with their newly developed blade-free wind generator. Coming in at half the cost of traditional wind energy turbines, the company claims that the new devices are safer for birds, the environment, and eliminate any risk of noise pollution by operating in silence. After years of being plagued with lawsuits and

Kongebakken, Denmark–Danish hearing instrument manufacturer William Demant Holdings A/S announced the hiring Tuesday of René Schneider, for a newly created position of Chief Financial Officer. It was also announced that Søren Nielsen, the President of Demant’s flagship brand Oticon, was being promoted as Chief Operating Officer for the company. According to the press release, René Schneider comes to Demant from a position as