Hearing Aid Blog

Mixed response to Golden Oldie card
ONE News - The long-awaited SuperGold card offers senior citizens discounts of up to 40% at businesses which have tendered to be part of the programme, including cheaper banking, insurance, hearing aids, car repairs and phone charges. Peters unveiled the card to

Fire Guts Waldoboro House
Lincoln County News - Although the smoke detector sounded, neither of her parents heard it, said Elaine Johnston, the Reeds daughter, because they had both removed their hearing aids before going to sleep for the evening. When Mrs. Reed smelled a tinge of smoke, however

Signs of new life
Aspen Times - Bearded and quick with a smile, the outdoorsman and certified ropes course instructor from Maryland was born deaf but can read lips and hears with the help of hearing aids. On a recent day of rock climbing near Lincoln Creek, waving his hands in the

Contest winner looks forward to emerging from ?silent world?
Dothan Eagle - Although it s always difficult to pick a winner for the contest, several people won this year by receiving help, said Julie Ann Rikard, the audiologist who fitted Brooks with her new hearing aids.

No-Cubicle Culture
BusinessWeek - At Oticon, a midsize Danish maker of hearing aids, the future started back in 1991. That’s when its chief executive, Lars Kolind, turned traditional notions of the workplace upside down. Kolind, a corporate renegade trained as a mathematician, swept

Feel the noise
Bismarck Tribune - Usually the only option is rehabilitative hearing aids. Sometimes cochlear implants can be an option.” There is a lot of noise that can be damaging though people aren’t even aware of it, according to Ness. He’s found that the noise in a cafeteria can

Volunteer Corner
Sierra Sun - Another project helps with affordable hearing aids. What are some specific fundraisers in this community? The annual community rummage sale, concerts in the park, pancake breakfasts where we team up with the Optimists Club. One of the biggest events

Gennum s considering strategic alternatives for VXP Image
Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal - BURLINGTON, Ont. (CP) - Gennum Corp. (TSX:GND), a Canadian semiconductor company that originally specialized in chips for hearing aids, said Wednesday it s considering “various strategic alternatives” for its VXP Image Processing Group. Gennum didn

Excerpts from “Dawn Evening or Night”
International Herald Tribune - I have one of my relatives, Madame, who has become deaf: his first name is Jacques, we have to find the money for his hearing aid! ” (p. 161) This scene occurs shortly after Mr. Sarkozy quit his job as interior minister, thus starting into the last

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Prayers answered with rescue of Sunapee elderly woman lost in woods
Union Leader - I lost my hearing aid,” she said as she was led to the waiting ambulance. “I got one in, but this one, I lost,” she said, motioning to her right ear. “We’ll get you a new one,” granddaughter Susanne French told her, holding one arm. “Well, it’s $1,000

At survivors’ expense
YNET News - Others, who do not require nursing, must wait six to 24 months before they can collect some aid from the fund, which pays survivors up to NIS 4,000 for medications, glasses, or hearing aids. Holocaust survivors expressed anger at Arbel’s conduct

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PRWeb - Major Media Opportunity with Trisha Yearwood and William Austin this Weekend Country superstar Trisha Yearwood is joining the Starkey Hearing Foundation’s mission this weekend and fitting 300 unerpriviledged children with hearing aids. - 2005-06-04

It’s what’s in her ears
Cincinnati Enquirer - But as little girls played and walked away with Deidre Downs’ crown, which she won in 2005, their parents became excited about what she was wearing behind her ears. They could see two thin transparent tubes, attached to tiny hearing aids about the

Health Care
PR.com - America Hears (www.americahears.com) is a 26-year-old, American-owned-and-operated manufacturer of hearing aids located in Bristol,

Able, not disabled: Attitudes about education, work have come a long
Marietta Times - People don t always understand what I am saying, and I don t always understand them, he said. I have lost some hearing and wear two hearing aids. I have speech problems, so we get confused. Challenges aside, Casto is proud of Spindler.

Charter Raceway Park Rained out this Week
Who Won - Everyone is encouraged to bring in their old glasses and hearing aids and receive a coupon for one dollar off any regular scheduled event. Any Lion s member who comes to the track in Lion s attire or has their membership will be admitted into the

It is ear training with hearing aids
Aspen Times - I’m the totally deaf man who watches concerts through 10-by-50 binoculars. I am proposing the development of a laptop computer musical ear-training course for art music fans who are dependent on hearing aids. I myself began wearing one or two hearing

Tenants flock to new incubator
Orlando Sentinel - Audigence produces software to increase the speech recognition capabilities of cochlear implants and hearing aids. ColorSculpt has developed an image-capture system that can produce three-dimensional, sculpture-like portraits. SeaWatch designs Web

Arkansas man, 93, shoots robber after being beaten unconscious, police
Arizona Daily Star - Officers reported finding a set of keys, two hearing aids, a CD player, an MP3 player, a Craftsman drill bit set and three pocket knives inside Williams’ pockets. Police plan to charge him with residential burglary, second-degree battery, theft of

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Bridget Gilmour, the 2008 Telethon child
News.com.au - She also has severe hearing problems and wears a hearing aid. Bridget has been treated by the Telethon Speech and Hearing Centre since she was four. Her family hopes she will be suitable for a cochlear transplant. “Bridget just gets on with things

Electrifying injuries from iPods, MP3s
Post-Bulletin - The injury happened two summers ago and despite treatment, the man still has less than 50 percent of normal hearing on each side, must wear hearing aids and can’t hear high-pitched sounds. “He’s a part-time musician, so that’s kind of messed up his

Junk food ads dominate children’s television.
Hellenic News - Moreover, “because some insurers are offering lower premiums and co-pays, as well as perks such as eye exams, hearing aids and acupuncture treatments, there’s ample incentive to switch.” However, while most “eligible seniors and disabled have chosen

North Jersey Media Group
NorthJersey.com - Across the state, most parents of hearing-impaired children are forced to pay out of pocket for hearing aids, but the high and frequent cost can be crippling to the average middle-class family. Garfield man charged in beating death of elderly neighbor

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IPod diminuendo, if you please
Computerworld - Perhaps wearing those uncomfortable earbuds are preparing their wearers for an adulthood wearing hearing aids. Yes, I’m stereotyping too-loud iPods (or what-have-yous) as a younger generation phenomenon. But I’ve practically never passed an adult

Bush headlines fundraising event for Coleman
KARE - One of the company’s claims to fame is that President Reagan was fitted with one of its hearing aids in 1983. The Austins were traveling and unavailable for comment, said Heather Sauber, the couple’s personal assistant. Sauber confirmed that the

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La Crosse Tribune - One of the company s claims to fame is that President Reagan was fitted with one of its hearing aids in 1983. The Austins were traveling and unavailable for comment, said Heather Sauber, the couple s personal assistant. Sauber confirmed that the

more RIDGEFIELD PARK and neighboring towns
NorthJersey.com - Across the state, most parents of hearing-impaired children are forced to pay out of pocket for hearing aids, but the high and frequent cost can be crippling to the average middle-class family. Potent assault rifle has cops on alert For some North

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NorthJersey.com - Across the state, most parents of hearing-impaired children are forced to pay out of pocket for hearing aids, but the high and frequent cost can be crippling to the average middle-class family. Potent assault rifle has cops on alert For some North

Upstate Focus: An Editorial Project
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Mike took the trouble to call me to tell me he picked it up. Unfortunately, even with my hearing aids on, I am not sure that I got the correct phone number that was left on my answering machine, and could not reach him to thank him personally.

ABC News World Headlines
WBKO - The injury happened two summers ago and despite treatment, the man still has less than 50 percent of normal hearing on each side, must wear hearing aids and can’t hear high-pitched sounds. “He’s a part-time musician, so that’s kind of messed up his

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PRWeb - Major Media Opportunity with Trisha Yearwood and William Austin this Weekend Country superstar Trisha Yearwood is joining the Starkey Hearing Foundation’s mission this weekend and fitting 300 unerpriviledged children with hearing aids. - 2005-06-04

18 month wait for grandma’s hearing aid
Earthtimes - There are more than half a million people waiting for hearing aids in this country. “We think the government needs to bring in 18-week target guidelines. It is an issue of quality of life.” Copyright 2007 by UPI