Audiology News

" Abano Healthcare Group has confirmed it has sold its New Zealand audiology business to concentrate on hearing care in Australia and Asia.

Marion Thomason thought she was crazy. Several times a week, for seemingly no reason, she was overwhelmed by dizziness, a sensation of spinning that literally brought her to her knees.

Ava Martin seems less nervous than her parents as the three sit in an audiologist's office at UC Irvine Medical Center a few days after Labor Day.

Infants who are just a few days old cry with intonation patterns that reflect the language spoken by their parents, new research shows.

Date : Thu, 5 Nov 2009 14:53:46 +0400 AN EAR TO ISRAEL IN AZERBAIJAN By Karin Kloosterman Israel 21C http://israel21c.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7281:an-ear-to-israel-in-azerbaijan&catid=61:social-action&Itemid=140 Nov 4 2009 Israeli Anat Kochva, from the Hedim Institute, helping the hard of hearing on a special mission to ...

Bill Would Help Cover Cost of Hearing Aids for Children The following announcement is from State Representative Sean Garballey : Representative Sean Garballey testified Wednesday on behalf of legislation that would require insurance companies in Massachusetts to provide coverage for hearing aids for children.

Imagine having your child diagnosed with hearing loss only to find out insurance companies won't pay for hearing aids.

Hearing loss is often an underrated problem - at least to those who don't have it.

"This is a necessity for children," said Lee, whose two sons rely on $4,000-a-pair aids to hear.

The five-year study is believed to be the first large study of its kind testing the hearing of people with HIV/AIDS and comparing the results with those from people without HIV.

As many as one in seven people will experience tinnitus, or ringing in their ears, at some time of their life, but not enough is being done to support patients who experience this distressing condition, according to an extensive research review in the November issue of the Journal of Clinical Nursing .

A north Iowa youngster is hearing for the first time thanks to a special device.

Nov. 2 , 2009 -- Citing the fact that nearly 22 million American workers are exposed to hazardous noise on a daily basis and that occupational hearing loss continues to plague industry, the National Hearing Conservation Association has made a request to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to reduce the permissible exposure limit for ...

Home : Health : Tinnitus drives some sufferers to distraction Tinnitus drives some sufferers to distraction Date: Monday Nov.

Ray Dobson and the dog he now calls Goblin both had a problem. The little mixed-breed who was rescued from the streets of Puerto Rico needed a home.

During my recent travels in SE Asia, I was fortunate to spend an evening with Director Glyn Vaughan of All Ears Cambodia in Phnom Penh.

The next installment on my series about Caring for Senior Citizens . As issues come up in my own care of my 84-year-old mother-in-law, I'm passing what I've learned on to others.

An estimated one in 165 Canadian children under the age of six will be identified as having an autism spectrum disorder according to the Autism Society Canada.

A 91-year-old World War II veteran's seven-year battle with the Department of Veterans Affairs to increase his disability benefits is nearing an end.

All Cape Hearing Centers is a hearing-aid donation site, so you can bring your old hearing aids to its Sandwich or Plymouth location and receive a form for a tax deduction.