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FY2010 Labor, HHS and Education Appropriations Bill Signed into Law – 1.1 days ago
December 20, 2009 – President Obama signed into law an omnibus fiscal year 2010 spending bill that combined six different appropriations bills which provide…
Study Casts Doubt on Caffeine Link to Tinnitus – 2.1 days ago
New research supported by Deafness Research UK has found that giving up caffeine does not relieve tinnitus and acute caffeine withdrawal might add to the problem. This is the…
Sting to Support Global Hearing Loss Campaign – 3.1 days ago
Grammy award winning singer songwriter Sting will lend his support to the Hear the World initiative, a global hearing loss campaign that helps raise awareness about the…
Meniere's Disease Affects Many – 4.1 days ago
Like many diseases, experts aren’t exactly sure what causes Meniere’s Disease, named after an 18th century French doctor who documented dizziness caused by inner ear…
Gordon Walker Elected President of Better Hearing Institute – 5.1 days ago
January 15, 2010 – The Better Hearing Institute (BHI) elected Gordon Walker, VP General Manager of Knowles…
AG Bell Announces 2010 Recipient of the Honors of the Association Award – 0.9 weeks ago
AG Bell has named Inez K. Janger as the 2010 recipient of its prestigious Honors of the Association Award, which is given to individuals who have demonstrated dedication to, and…
HLA- Florida Offers Chance to Win October Cruise for Two – 1 week ago
The Assocation is offering raffle tickets for a “Cruise for Two” on the newer Royal Caribbean ruise ship, Freedom of the Seas, sailing October 17, 2010 to the Western…
Hearing Aid Tax Credit Attracts Record 113th Co-Sponsor – 1 week ago
Washington, DC, January 26, 2010 – Hearing Aid Tax Credit legislation in the House of Representatives (H.R. 1646) shattered previous co-sponsorship records…
Dangerous Decibels Presents Educator Training Workshop Following National Hearing Conservation Association Conference – 1.2 weeks ago
Westminster, CO – The National Hearing Conservation Association announces that an Educator Training Workshop will be presented by Dangerous Decibels from…
Leadership Opportunities for Teens 2010 Applications Available! – 1.2 weeks ago
AG Bell’s acclaimed LOFT 2010 program will take place from June 20-24, 2010, at the Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek in Orlando, Fla., just prior to the
HLAA Convention 2010 in Milwaukee, June 17 - 20 2010 – 1.3 weeks ago
The Hearing Loss Association of America® would like to invite you to Milwaukee, Wisconsin for Convention 2010, June 17 – 20, at the Hilton Milwaukee City…
Human Echolocation: Using Your Ears To "See" In The Dark – 1.4 weeks ago
Bats don’t see very well. But they eat a bunch of mosquitoes by employing a form of sonar ? echolocation ? to snatch skeeters right out of the sky ? in…
Oticon Pediatrics Helps Kids Stay Plugged In to Fun with New Child Friendly Comic Book Series – 1.4 weeks ago
Thomas, the hero of the new Plugged In comic strip, is a typical fun-loving…
NIDCD Grantee Receives NIH Challenge Grant To Study Hybrid Cochlear Implant – 1.6 weeks ago
For many of the roughly 36 million American adults with some degree of hearing loss, a hearing aid does not provide enough help, and a cochlear implant risks permanently losing…
Hearing Motors That Rev Up Your Hearing – 1.7 weeks ago
A recent study from the University of Utah, co-authored by the Chair of the Bioengineering Department, Dr. Richard Rabbitt, has demonstrated that the human ear actually has tiny,...
Scientific Breakthrough Could Bring Repair of Hearing Loss Closer – 1.9 weeks ago
14 December 2009 – A new study into hearing has uncovered the secret of our extraordinary ability to perceive a range of sounds – from a pin dropping to the…
U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) and Federal Partners Launch Historic Six-City Listening – 2 weeks ago
January 15, 2010 – During this economic downturn with record-breaking unemployment rates, ODEP and its Federal partners are launching a six-city Listening Tour…
Hearing Coalition Continues Opposition to Hearing Aid Tax – Mon, Mar 1st 2010
Congress also considers children’s coverage mandate and payment disclosure rules
The election of Scott Brown (R-MA) to the Senate is likely to have a…
UA Professor Begins $5.6 Million Study of Treatment for Tinnitus Among Military Personnel – Mon, Mar 1st 2010
Tuscaloosa, Ala. – A University of Alabama researcher is embarking on a $5.6 million phase-three, randomized, controlled clinical trial to evaluate the…
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