Hearing Aid Blog

26 years of dedication to the hearing impaired comes to an end
Devil’s Lake Daily Journal, ND - 13 hours ago… kids. She’s been involved in auditory training which helps students use their hearing aids to aid in maximum hearing potential. …

C4C donation tops last year’s
Neosho Daily News, MO - 1 hour ago… Children from the age of birth to 21 are treated. CMN also works with the Scottish Rite to buy hearing aids for children who need them. …

Brighton - Lions celebrate 60 years
Stirling Community Press, Canada - 11 hours ago… Each year they collect used eyeglasses which are sent to the Canadian Lions Eyeglasses Recycling Centre in Calgary and used hearing aids collected go to the …

Signs of change at Gallaudet
Peninsula On-line, Qatar - 10 hours ago… the coming generation. Hearing aids are better than ever. Implants are better than ever, Fernandes said. Progress in genetics …

Your Opinions
Battle Creek Enquirer, MI - 1 hour ago… Yet, while 95 percent of people with hearing loss could be successfully treated with hearing aids or listening devices, only 22 percent currently use them. …

That full-figured gal’s back on stage
The Herald, WA - 2 hours ago… darkened hotel bar. Her eyes aren’t what they used to be (she has macular degeneration) and she wears hearing aids. But the statuesque …

Dunn County Datebook
Dunn County News, WI - 10 hours ago… This program is free and open to the public. Attendees are encouraged to bring used eyeglasses and hearing aids for the Lions recycling programs. …

Q&A: John Low, Chief Executive RNID
eGov monitor, UK - 19 hours agoThere are 9 million people in the UK with hearing loss - that’s 1 in 7. Two million of these people have hearing aids and the Dept of Health estimates that a …

Medicare Part D
Consumer Reports (subscription) - 7 hours ago… counters, mail solicitations, and sales agents trying to cross-sell and upsell everything from memberships in HMOs to hearing aids, misinformation abounds. …

Upcoming events in SEK:
Pittsburg Morning Sun, KS - 2 hours ago… Beth will touch on hearing aids and hearing devices. Everyone is welcome to attend. * The Cherokee Attendance Center will have its field day at noon. …

Misty is a delightful and energetic 7-year-old girl who loves to …
The State, SC - 23 hours agoMisty has moderate to severe hearing loss and has been wearing hearing aids for about four years. She is fluent in American Sign Language. …

PRODUCT MARKETING NEWS
PharmaLive.com (press release), PA - 20 hours ago… Benefits include coverage for prescription drugs (Medicare Part D), routine vision care, hearing aids and the Silver Sneaker Fitness Program offering senior …

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… MyHearPod.com says “It’s time for hip hearing aid solutions.” To celebrate Better Hearing Month in …

PRWeb Press Release Service, The Original Press Release Marketing Company
… MyHearPod.com says “It’s time for hip hearing aid solutions.” To celebrate Better Hearing Month in …

A rebel with a cause
Statesman - LONDON, May 13. There were no fewer than four US presidents sat on the platform, in the rain, looking faintly ridiculous under a hastily assembled selection of umbrellas. This was Little Rock, Arkansas, at the opening of Bill Clinton s

Recycling for sight
Observer - Kindergartner Jennica DeAngelo together with second grader James Karalaus and fifth graders Tyler Feiner and John Nickerson examine some of the eyeglasses Brocton students collected for the Lion s Club Recycle for Sight program. 5/8/2006 - BROCTON

Talk Back: Medicare Part D
Newsday - Recently, World War II veteran Vincent Carini got a VA letter saying his prescription drug benefits may be dropped because he was not injured in combat. “I was too lucky,” joked Carini, not long after muttering, “It stinks,” as he heard Part D

Lions Club holds drive to recycle hearing aids, eyeglasses
Hawk Eye - The Burlington Noon Lions Club is celebrating 85 years of service with a drive to recycle used eyeglasses and hearing aids. Organizations and businesses are urged to provide a collection box for the glasses in the frames and for hearing aids

Single phone call could change life of hard of hearing
News Wales, UK - 20 hours ago… “Since 2001 digital hearing aids have been available as the standard fit NHS hearing aid, and nearly 10,000 people have been fitted with them. …

Man, 86, accused of causing death
New Straits Times, Malaysia - 9 hours agoKUALA LUMPUR: All eyes at the magistrate s court in Ampang yesterday followed a frail 86-year-old man, complete with hearing aid, shuffling towards the dock. …

NY should require hearing aid coverage
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, NY - 1 hour ago(May 12, 2006) The Rochester chapter of the Hearing Loss Association of America is right to complain that the average health insurance policy in New York …

Seniors let it ride at casinos
Sacramento Bee,  USA - 20 hours ago… “I have a $900 hearing aid, but when you call bingo, you gotta call it loudly,” said Ross, a smiling Sacramento woman of a certain age, her voice reverberating …

Acacia Technologies Licenses Resource Scheduling Technology to …
Business Wire (press release), CA - 23 hours ago… activation, digital media transmission (DMT(R)), digital video production, dynamic manufacturing modeling, enhanced Internet navigation, hearing aid ECS, image …

Quebec boy with rare condition sings for Pope
CTV.ca, Canada - 17 hours ago… years learning to sing. He uses a special hearing aid that transmits sound vibrations through his skull bones. Gabriel said he was …

The Pros and Cons of Buying Hearing Aids Online
American Chronicle, CA - 14 hours ago… On the other hand, you may need to be without your hearing aid for a longer period of time if you have to send it away for repairs. …

How I cope being partially deaf
CBBC newsround (audio), UK - 2 hours ago… I also have hi-tech equipment to help me hear in class - my teacher wears a microphone around her neck and I can hear what she’s saying through my hearing aid. …

America Hears, Manufacturer and Distributor of Digital Hearing Aids, Signs Contract with Licensed Fi
… Adobe PDF document. Dr. Brian Handy will help establish new hearing aid factory outlet store in California. Philadelphia, PA …

Online Special 2003 Tornado: FEMA reaches out, even to those hesitant
Jackson Sun - BRADFORD - The rough whine of chain saws and clanking of heavy machinery clearing debris occasionally enters Steve Slicis’ car as he drives around town. He passes a house on Woodrow Street and turns to glance behind him: “Those guys weren’t there

America Hears, Manufacturer and Distributor of Digital Hearing Aids
24-7PressRelease.com - Dr. Brian Handy Will Help Establish New Hearing Aid Factory Outlet Store in California /24-7PressRelease/ - PHILADELPHIA, PA, May 09, 2006 - America Hears , the premier manufacturer and provider of digital hearing aids, announced that it has signed a

Movies hurt hearing
Union - No, Charlotte, you are not alone in objecting to the unneccarily loud sounds in movie houses. I used to ask employees to turn it down. I gave up on that, but called the Health Department and asked if they had ever checked the decibel rating in movie

Article published Sunday, May 7, 2006
Toledo Blade - For a list of places to recycle dozens of items, from computers and batteries, to hangers and old hearing aids, call 419-213-2230 for a brochure from Keep Toledo/Lucas County Beautiful. In Wood County, request a copy of the Household Recycling

Good deeds her youth tonic
Akron Beacon Journal - Sue Starcher (right) visits neighbor Janet Garten at Kiwanis Tower in Coventry Township. She runs errands and also does volunteer work. Sue Starcher’s eyesight is no longer sharp, but she still notices the needs of people around her. When others in

For once, being one in a crowd
Columbian - Treca Young had been losing her sight for years by the time those around her realized she was going blind. Her eyesight didn’t change dramatically when she was diagnosed in sixth grade, but the way she was treated by her teachers and classmates did

Montague 8th graders take I-Pods to Lansing
WZZM 13 - Montague- WZZM 13 first told you about a problem last year with I-Pods and how they can damage your hearing. 25% of mp3 listeners are putting their ears at risk of hearing loss. And it’s not just on college campuses and in workout facilities where

New Implant for Hearing Loss
KCRG.com - Sometimes as we age, we feel like our bodies are failing us, especially when our hearing starts to go. The doctors who pioneered the cochlear implant for the deaf have invented a new implant for people with gradual hearing loss. The new device gave

DNA leads are sought in 1994 murder
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,  United States - 4 hours ago… the table. She had suffered from hearing loss since childhood and was not wearing her hearing aids, the neighbor recalled. When …

Reflecting on the past can be music to your ears
Contra Costa Times, CA - 23 hours ago… anyone’s ears. Most of today’s kids will need hearing aids before they are in their 40s instead of their late 60s and beyond. I’m …

No digs yet for the new Pensioner’s minister
Jerusalem Post, Israel - 11 hours ago… financial aid for institutionalized elderly; and financial aid to help pay for day-to-day caregivers and essential equipment such as hearing aids and glasses. …

Mothers Day gift guide
Long Beach Press-Telegram, CA - 2 hours ago… It is hearing-aid compatible and allows the user to filter out unnecessary background noise. The phone is available at Radio Shack for about $70. …

ETTC conducts free hearing tests in May
Kilgore News Herald,  USA - 11 hours ago… Jones said today people have options when it comes to hearing assisting devices: the hearing aid, amplifying telephone, personal headsets for televisions …

Students study living without your ears
Thunder Bay Source - Five Thunder Bay volunteers are about to find out what life is like, without one of our major senses. The exercise was announced Monday at Hammarskjold High School’s second annual Hard of Hearing Day. This Friday, five members of the community will

Ogunquit, ME 03907
York County Coast Star - The Volunteer Office of York Hospital announces the beginning of a new pilot program, Bridges, that will close the gap between inpatient care and home care for southern Maine patients. Services might include transportation home, prescription

Community Calendar
Brampton Guardian - Halton Hills Clean Up Day: The whole community is invited to show its civic pride and assist in the clean up of our town. Groups, families and whole neighbourhoods are gearing up to clean up their particular eyesores. All participants are invited to

Strickland faces challenger
Los Angeles Daily News - SACRAMENTO - Earlier this year it seemed like first-term Assemblywoman Audra Strickland, R-Westlake Village, was facing an easy path to re-election. She had no challenger in the primary and was a conservative incumbent in a heavily Republican

Latest Local News
Peterborough Evening Telegraph - HEARING loss affects nine million people in the UK. Increasingly, it is members of the younger generation who are being affected, and experts say it is the popularity of rock concerts, clubbing and personal stereos, which is to blame. Features writer

Sound of success
Columbian - Our age of big sound pretty much ensures that regional hearing aid franchise businesses such as that owned by Paula and Keith Cain in Vancouver have a promising future. And if there’s a good time to be losing your hearing, it’s now, because of recent

For once, being one in a crowd
Columbian - Treca Young had been losing her sight for years by the time those around her realized she was going blind. Her eyesight didn’t change dramatically when she was diagnosed in sixth grade, but the way she was treated by her teachers and classmates did