Archive for March, 2006

March 2006
Atlanta Journal Constitution - Sfc. Melvin Reese, 38, Thomson, Ga., enjoys a bowl of Baskin Robbins ice cream as he enters the Sustainer Theatre for the opening of the movie Larry The Cable Guy: Health Inspector. Balad, Iraq Sgt. 1st Class Melvin Reese sat on a red vinyl and

Maynard Ferguson Never Tires Of Touring, Teaching
Hartford Courant - Maynard Ferguson, 77, a legendary big band star of six decades, has launched another one of his marathon tours of one-night stands with his Big Bop Nouveau ensemble that sets down April 10 at 8 p.m. for a concert at Manchester High School, 134 E

Hearing Care
Centre Daily - Judith Albrecht, Ph.D. and Janyce Mose, M.A., the audiologists at Albrecht Audiology are Fellows of both the American and Pennsylvania Academies of Audiology. They are also certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, licensed by

Meters have some Burbank merchants seeing red
Los Angeles Daily News - BURBANK - When the Burbank City Council in February considered a plan to install parking meters downtown, Barry Kessler fumed. The plan, which calls for installing 175 meters in and around downtown between Magnolia Boulevard and Angeleno Avenue, was

Wailer refuses to wait in vain for 60m of Marley’s royalties
Times Online - BOB MARLEY was the undisputed master blaster of black music who took reggae out of Jamaica and on to the world stage. But during a lawsuit laying claim to about 60 million of his estate yesterday, the High Court heard how a bassist and a

Update 6: Iraq Leaves Veteran in Personal Fog of War
Forbes - His 3-year-old son Nicholas’ first steps, the first time Liam, his newborn, smiled - Staff Sgt. Douglas Piper lived to see them. Then his scarred memory erased even those precious moments. “I can’t remember what they did yesterday,” Piper says

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Growing Old Gracefully
Mathaba.Net, UK - 16 hours ago… Usually the high-pitched tomes go first, so words with the sounds of F, S, and TH are confused. A hearing aid may be needed in some cases. …

Acacia Technologies CEO Scheduled to Appear on CNBC
Business Wire (press release), CA - 15 hours ago… activation, digital media transmission (DMT(R)), digital video production, dynamic manufacturing modeling, enhanced Internet navigation, hearing aid ECS, image …

Waiting for a gift from the sea’
Globe and Mail, Canada - 3 hours ago… It left us with only one question: If he was so smart, why didn’t he ever try to invent a hearing aid to compensate for his increasing deafness? …

Sonomax Hearing Healthcare Announces Extension of 10,540,000 …
CCNMatthews (press release), Canada - 17 hours ago… Technological advances in the hearing protection, hearing aid, and personal electronics fields presently lack the last piece of the puzzle - an interface that …

The Edmond Sun
Edmond Sun, OK - 6 hours ago… I can t see as well as I used to. I can t hear as well I have to have a hearing aid and I don t walk as well, she said. …

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Tuned to sounds of silence
Brisbane Courier Mail,  Australia - 11 hours ago… English explains that a hearing aid set to acoustic amplifier mode picks up everyday sounds, probably the usual mode for someone walking through the mall, but …

Now hear this
Longview Daily News, WA - 18 hours ago… “One night, she asked me how I was going to know when she wanted to have sex if I didn’t have a hearing aid,” recalls Rick … My parents bought me a hearing aid. …

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‘A tough spring so far’
Raleigh News & Observer - Bluegrass music and a moment of silence helped soothe a battered psyche Monday at UNC-Chapel Hill as students vowed to move on after an attack that injured nine students March 3 in a crowded campus plaza. “Think about the Carolina spirit that binds

Haits have found niche in hearing aid industry
Desert Sun - Howard Hait: You jump in with both feet, and don t expect it to be a 40-hour week. Jeannette Hait: Dedication, taking it seriously. If you run it like a business, it will succeed. And no matter what business you re in, advertise. After moving to

Hearing-aid technology advancing at alarming rate
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Audiologists and physicians who work to fight hearing loss see advances in technology aiding their efforts in the same striking way they are driving the success of hand-held electronic communication tools, iPods or portable game machines. “In the

Department of State puts disciplinary and licensing decisions online
Empire State News - Acting New York Secretary of State Frank Milano Tuesday announced that the results of disciplinary hearings for real estate salespeople and brokers, nail salons, barbers, security guards and other occupations are now available for public viewing on

Gennum stock drops after results miss expectations
Reuters Canada - OTTAWA (Reuters) - Gennum Corp. (GND.TO: Quote ) shares dropped as much as 9.6 percent on Thursday after the maker of specialized semiconductors posted first-quarter results that fell short of analyst expectations. The Burlington, Ontario-based

Donation helps Boal Barn turn up the volume
Centre Daily - Imagine listening to a musical in which songs are unintelligible. Or, picture going to a play and being unable to hear parts of the dialogue. Some theatergoers have experienced those problems at State College Community Theatre productions in the Boal

CombiMatrix Granted Key Nanotechnology Patent
dBusinessNews.com - Orange County - NEWPORT BEACH — Acacia Research Corporation announced today that its CombiMatrix group was granted a key patent in Europe (EP1185363B1), titled “Self-Assembling Arrays” by the European Patent Office. This European Patent was

Quota International of Bossier City to have style show
Shreveport Times - Bossier City Mayor Lo Walker and Bossier Parish Community College Chancellor Tom Carleton are among luminaries who will take the ramp as models for the Quota International of Bossier City style show. The Quota Style Show and Luncheon is April 4 at

Wallace to Stop Being ‘60 Minutes’ Regular
KFMB - Mike Wallace, the hard-driving reporter who has been with “60 Minutes” since its start in 1968, said Tuesday he will retire as a regular correspondent on the show this spring. A television news legend who was the last person an accused wrongdoer

Carrboro board meeting gets hot
Herald-Sun - CARRBORO — Talk of the town’s financial commitments turned emotional Tuesday night with heated exchanges and even an insult from one alderman to another. Originally slated as a worksession on the capital improvements plan, the discussion by the

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Learning Together
Syracuse Post Standard, NY - 49 minutes ago… Teachers often wear transmitters - headsets with. microphones - which are connected to receivers worn by children with cochlear implants or hearing aids. …

Research and Markets: Siemens Medical Solutions’s Sales Increased …
Genetic Engineering News, NY - 17 hours ago… imaging products, as well as related computer-based workstations, healthcare IT systems, oncology care products and audiology products such as hearing aids. …

Donations calendar
Austin American-Statesman (subscription), TX - 9 hours ago… Call Matt Pluckett, 465-1623. Children’s Hearing Aid Texas Financial donations needed to buy hearing aids for children. Donations can be made online. …

Community news: Joyce Spencer
Huntington Herald Dispatch, WV - 1 hour ago… four eat free. Please bring used eyeglasses, glasses cases, lenses and hearing aids to be recycled by the Lions. BUFFET BRUNCH: Be …

Some get justice, others find grief in hit-run verdict
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - 2 hours ago… lawyer, Scott Di Claudio, insisted that no one could have avoided hitting Peter as he darted into traffic around 6:40 pm Peter, who wore hearing aids in both …

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New Hearing Aid Device
KTEN, TX - 20 hours agoModern hearing-aids offer tremendous help, and now they’ve gotten even better. … Linda had developed pretty significant hearing loss and she needed hearing aids. …

ADB to help improve special education in Uzbekistan
Xinhua, China - 4 hours ago… Specialized schools will be provided with equipment appropriate for learners with disabilities, such as hearing aids and wheelchairs, while the general schools …

Not Your Grandpa s Hearing Aid
13WHAM-TV, NY - 9 hours ago… It’s much smaller than your grandparents’ hearing aids and allows a person to hear someone speak much clearer in a noisy situation. …

Mike Wallace ticks off the memories
Scripps Howard News Service, DC - 19 hours ago… most aggressive reporters. “Those days are way behind me,” Wallace says. “I’ve got two hearing aids and a pacemaker. My eyes don …

Raising the Bar for Verdi
CU Columbia Spectator, NY - 1 hour ago… frenzied level, it seemed a miracle that everyone was so clearly audible; I suspect that some audience members needed to turn their hearing aids down. …

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America Hears, Manufacturer and Distributor of Digital Hearing Aids, Hires New Audiologist
… course of my career in the hearing aid industry to assist America Hears in …

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America Hears, Manufacturer and Distributor of Digital Hearing Aids, Hires New Audiologist
… course of my career in the hearing aid industry to assist America Hears in …

Cleveland Clinic Audiologist Warns Great Lakes Geek about iPods and Other MP3 Players
… damage to the ears. A hearing aid may be used to manage the …

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Cleveland Clinic Audiologist Warns Great Lakes Geek about iPods and Other MP3 Players
… damage to the ears. A hearing aid may be used to manage the …

America Hears, Manufacturer and Distributor of Digital Hearing Aids, Hires New Audiologist
… course of my career in the hearing aid industry to assist America Hears in …

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Mike Wallace says he’ll no longer be regular ‘60 Minutes’ …
San Diego Union Tribune, United States - 11 hours ago… The son asked his father, Do you hate getting old? . I had my hearing aid fixed today so that I could properly hear you, the elder Wallace responded. …

SeeControl Appoints Dale Fuller to its Board of Directors; Leading …
TMCnet - 15 hours ago… Engineers (IEEE), and serves as Chairman of the Let them Hear Foundation, which offers a Cochlear Implant and Pediatric Hearing Aid Programs providing services …

Sonomax Announces $4.6 Million Licensing Agreement: Oilind Safety …
CCNMatthews (press release), Canada - 13 hours ago… aids. Discussions are well advanced with major retailers in both Canada and the US to set up store-within-store hearing aid outlets. …

Five Year Old Shalani Seeks Help To Undergo Cochlea Implant
Bernama, Malaysia - 6 hours ago… “Shalini, our third child, has been receiving treatment in Ipoh Hospital since three years ago and in fact received a hearing aid costing RM9,200 in 2004 but …

Homecoming delay hard on 48th
Oxford Press, OH - 19 hours ago… 22. “Those Bradleys are a powerful presence out there,” said Staff Sgt. David Squires, 47, who works for a hearing aid company. …

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