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No matter where in the world we live, most of us are fans of the sports that we grew up playing.  In most of the world, “football” refers to what Americans call soccer.  Although it’s not quite the World Cup, in the US, the run to the Super Bowl is a major sporting event. American Football, or Gridiron Football,as it is

“Hope Smiles from the threshold of the year to come,  Whispering ‘it will be happier’…” Alfred Tennyson   New Year’s is a time of anticipation and hope that in the year ahead things will be done, aspirations completed, and new goals set. New Year’s Eve, the last day on the Gregorian calendar, is a time for making resolutions for the new year and

This post is a Reader’s Choice selection for 2013.   Around the world there is usually one individual that stands out as the person that began the profession of Audiology in their respective country.  These are often those that came to the US, or in later years, other countries as international students and took the profession home and began its practice.  These individuals are often

Dear Readers: During this holiday season, the editors at Hearing Health & Technology Matters (HHTM) are taking some time off. However, we are not leaving you without anything to read on our blog this week. Instead, we are publishing a special holiday edition filled with what we call our Readers’ Choices.  The Readers’ Choices are the posts published on each

Ceremonies for crossing the Equator  are famous.  The Shellbacks initiate the Pollywogs to the mysteries of the deep.  The ceremony is observed by sailors and other military personnel as well as cruise ships that cross the equator. While these ceremonies are quite common, there are other ceremonies that are not so well known.  In the northerly province of Newfoundland where it’s frequently dark

This past week the world was saddened by the passing of a truly historic figure and the “father of his country,” Nelson Mandela. As this is prepared at Hearing International, President Obama and four former US presidents, Jimmy Carter, George Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush  are on their way to Johannesburg, South Africa, for the memorial ceremonies. Archbishop emeritus Desmond Tutu, pictured above with

Last Thursday was Thanksgiving in the United States. Thanksgiving, one of the major American holidays of the year, is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November. It became an official Federal holiday during the Civil War, when President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national day of “Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens”, to be celebrated on Thursday, November 26, 1863.  THE HOLIDAY

As we saw last week in Part I of Hearing International‘s review of Titanium, the list of titanium benefits is lengthy. This makes the metal incredibly useful for a number of different industries, such as the automotive, aerospace and architectural applications. Since titanium resists corrosion, is biocompatible and has an innate ability to join with human bone (osseointegration), it has become a staple in the medical field. From

Cornwall, seen circled at left, is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England within the United Kingdom.  It is an English peninsula bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel.  It is also bordered to the east by the county of Devon and the River Tamar.  The county of Cornwall has a population of 536,000 and covers an area of 3,563 square kilometers. Historically, tin mining has long

  Clouds are an international focus of attention and the one at left from Australia is especially interesting as it is in the shape of an ear.  You can tell it’s Australia as there are Eucalyptus trees in the bottom of the photograph. There are other cloud formations that look like cochleas in the sky (right).   Clouds, of course, are a visible mass of liquid