Hearing News Watch

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Saturday, June 3, 2023, CQ Partners attended the Living Heart Foundation and NFL Players Association’s (NFLPA) Professional Athletes Foundation’s (PAF) Health Screening at the Marriott Marquis Washington D.C. Held regionally throughout the year, this event gives former NFL players and their families medical care, testing, and connects them with resources for ongoing care. Joined by Sidorela

EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA – Starkey received recognition across all five categories of the 2023 Top Workplaces Culture Excellence awards for outstanding achievements in Work-Life Flexibility, Purpose and Values, Compensation and Benefits, Leadership, and Innovation. Issued by the nation’s leading employer recognition program, Top Workplaces, the award program is based solely on employee feedback, surveying over 27 million employees at 70,000 organizations

New insights into the effects of environmental chemicals on hearing loss have emerged as researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology combined music, mice, and microscopic imaging in their study. The team discovered that early exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), a carcinogenic compound found in industrial and consumer products, hindered mice’s ability to recover from sound-related trauma

VERO BEACH, FLORIDA — Following the successful launch of its first groundbreaking Hearing Center of the Future last month in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, hearing care retailer HearUSA today announced the opening of a second Center of the Future in Vero Beach, Florida at 2140 58th Avenue. Additional locations will continue to be announced throughout the year, according to James

NEW YORK, NY — Scientists from Columbia University, led by Dr. Nima Mesgarani, have made significant strides in understanding how the human brain processes speech in noisy environments. Their research, published in the open-access journal PLoS Biology, combines neural recordings and computer modeling to reveal the brain’s remarkable mechanisms when it comes to deciphering speech amidst background noise. One of

By Brian Taylor, AuD, Editor-at-Large It seems that a week doesn’t go by when yet another article is published demonstrating the association between hearing loss and other harmful conditions. Case in point, within a recent 10-day span, articles were published that continue to build a thorough evidence base indicating: Diabetes, obesity, hypertension, and smoking are linked with hearing loss and

EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA – Starkey has announced the promotion of two veteran leaders to the company’s executive team to continue to elevate Starkey and add to the current trajectory of growth in 2023 and beyond. Karen Spaeth has been named Chief Marketing Officer and Michael Tease has been named Chief Retail Officer. “As we continue to develop caring technology to help connect people to the

MILAN, ITALY – Amplifon (EXM; Bloomberg ticker: AMP:IM) has announced the signing of a new sustainability-linked revolving credit facility with a pool of banks for a total amount of €300 million euros. This new facility, with a 3-year term and an extension option for 2 additional years, enhances Amplifon’s financial flexibility, fortifies its liquidity position, diversifies funding sources, and extends

Visit Lauderdale, the official destination marketing organization for Greater Fort Lauderdale, has announced that it will host the Deaf Seniors of America (DSA) 17th Biennial National Conference. The conference is scheduled to take place at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino & Hotel in Hollywood from June 25 to 29, 2023. Visit Lauderdale, known for its commitment to inclusion and accessibility,

EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA – Starkey is proud to be title sponsor for Flags for Fort Snelling, an annual event that places an American Flag at every headstone of Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minnesota. Flags for Fort Snelling was created to honor fallen soldiers who passed in service of the United States of America. Over the course of Memorial Weekend, volunteers from Starkey will fill