Neosensory Wins Honorable Mention in Fast Company’s 2021 World Changing Ideas Awards
PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA — The winners of Fast Company’s 2021 World Changing Ideas Awards were announced this week, honoring the businesses and concepts that combine new levels of innovation with social good. Neosensory, founded by Stanford neuroscientist and internationally bestselling author Dr. David Eagleman and neuroengineer Dr. Scott Novich, has been selected as an honorable mention in Health…
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An Update on the Florida Legislative Session
by Paul Martin With the 2021 Florida legislative session wrapping up this week, it is a good time to discuss the progress made towards modernizing the Sunshine State’s hearing aid regulations. The last four months of political wrangling have shed light on outdated rules that are in dire need of modernization. Underneath the noise about…
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New ASHA Poll of U.S. Adults Reveals Widespread Inaction on Hearing Loss
ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND — With hearing loss ranking as one of the most common chronic health conditions that U.S. adults experience, affecting an estimated 48 million people nationwide, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) released new polling results that reveal an overwhelming disconnect between the high value that Americans say they place on their hearing and their low willingness to…
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AudioCardio Selected as Finalist in Fast Company World Changing Ideas Awards
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA — The winners of Fast Company’s 2021 World Changing Ideas Awards were announced today, honoring the businesses, policies, projects, and concepts that are actively engaged and deeply committed to pursuing innovation when it comes to solving health and climate crises, social injustice, or economic inequality. Hearing health startup AudioCardio has been selected as…
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Jury Awards $6 Million in Damages in 3M Earplug Lawsuit
3M was found liable on Friday for hearing damage suffered by three U.S. military veterans who accused the company of covering up design defects in its earplugs, according to Reuters. The case is seen as a blow to 3M, which is currently facing over 200,000 similar claims. The jury awarded each of the plaintiffs $2.1…
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Call for Abstracts: 2021 Virtual Conference on Computational Audiology
The call for abstracts has been announced for the Virtual Conference on Computational Audiology (VCCA2021), which is set to take place on on 25 June 2021. • Abstract submission deadline 8 May 2021 • Registration is free and will open from 25 May 2021 Program highlights: VCCA2021 will cover a wide range of…
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First Ever Bone Anchored Awareness Day Set for May 3rd
Oticon Medical is launching an annual recurring awareness day, Good Vibrations Day, to celebrate and raise awareness about bone anchored hearing as a treatment. Today, more than 250,000 people from all over the globe use some form of bone conduction hearing device. May 3 is meant to celebrate them and the treatment—regardless of brand—by providing…
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Beltone and Clorox® Team Up to Help Provide a “Safe & Sound” Hearing Care Environment
GLENVIEW, ILLINOIS — As states continue to relax COVID-19 related restrictions, Beltone announced today it will incorporate Clorox® products into its existing cleaning protocols at participating locations in North America to help provide what the company likes to call a “safe & sound” environment for in-person hearing care. “The health and well-being of our patients is our number…
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Center for Hearing and Communication Celebrates 26th Annual International Noise Awareness Day
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – The Center for Hearing and Communication (CHC), a leading nonprofit hearing health care center in New York that provides comprehensive services to people of all ages who are hard of hearing, deaf or deafblind, today celebrates the 26th Annual International Noise Awareness Day (INAD). Established by CHC in 1996, INAD…
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Starkey’s Livio Edge AI Honored as a 2021 Medical Design Excellence Award Finalist
EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA – Starkey has announced that Livio Edge AI has been chosen as a finalist in the Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Products category in the 2021 Medical Design Excellence Awards competition. Since 1998, the MDEAs have recognized achievements in medical product design and engineering that improve the quality of healthcare delivery and accessibility. “At Starkey,…
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