Hearing Aid Blog

Leslie Nielsen plays Minnesotan Bill Austin in ‘Music Within’
Minneapolis Star Tribune - In a comic cameo, Nielsen appears as Sawalich’s stepfather, Eden Prairie hearing-aid magnate Bill Austin, examining Pimentel (played by Ron Livingston) with a probe that fits in the auditory canal. Pimentel: “Hey, what are you going to do with that

High-tech firm puts down roots in Orlando
Orlando Sentinel - Smaller than a hearing-aid battery, the solid-crystal devices “promised to have significant benefits over anything that had come before,” she said. “We knew we were on to something.” Faris said Planar is recruiting nationwide to fill staff openings

Deaf athlete believes ‘anything is possible’
Herald News - Primous, who does not wear a hearing aid during practice or games, can understand his teammates or coaches if they talk face to face. An interpreter helps with communication during team meetings, including in the locker room. Shelly Fox, an

Clubs want eyeglasses - not candy on Halloween
Orange Leader - Hughes also said the Lions Club will accept hearing aid donations as well as the eyeglasses. A lot of people don t realize how big of a recycling project this has become, not only for the eyeglasses, but also for the hearing aids, Hughes said

Urgent need for used hearing aids
Boca Raton News - With offices in Delray Beach and West Palm Beach, a shortage of used hearing aid donations is forcing the Deaf Service Center Hearing Aid Bank, to start a waiting list of individuals needing them. The Deaf Service Center Hearing Aid Bank a program

Karate helps boy improve motor skills
Vindicator - The only visible evidence of his struggle for life as a young child are his two hearing aids and he pays them little attention. Al Sterchi, GTA Karate School instructor, said karate can be naturally beneficial to a child such as Daniel. The

An Ear for Profits
CNBC - which focuses on the 30 million people in the U.S. with hearing loss. That s what you call a gigantic addressable market, and Cramer thinks he has the stock to play it. Hearing loss can be embarrassing enough without bulky, unattractive hearing aids

Holocaust survivor brings history to at-risk students
Lexington Herald-Leader - Wearing a bright red turtleneck and hearing aids, he didn’t blend in with students wearing khakis and gray shirts. But somehow the Holocaust survivor related to these students — many coming from violent backgrounds — in ways others have not. Oscar

Local Girl Teaching Dog Sign Language
WOAI - Now with the help of a hearing aid she runs around like every other four year old, and wanted what most four year olds want Hannah has been asking us and asking us, begging us for a dog, says Laurie. So they found Baloo, a Jack Russel Terrier

Nampa man’s story focus of new Hollywood movie
NWCN - Sawalich’s stepfather, Bill Austin, is the head of hearing aid manufacturer Starkey Laboratories, and years earlier Austin had fit Pimentel with his first hearing aids. When Pimentel was speaking at a nearby conference, Sawalich

AidRight Hearing Aids Debuts Comprehensive Hearing Aid Information
Market Wire - ATLANTA, GA–(Marketwire - October 16, 2007) - With so many different hearing aid options, styles, and manufacturers, buying a hearing aid can be a confusing process. AidRight Hearing Aids , one of the largest digital hearing aid providers in the

Tripler Denies Deaf Woman’s Dog
KGMB9 - What they did to me was telling me I couldn’t use my hearing aid.” Service dog trainers say separating the animal from its handler is traumatic for both. “A medical facility may exclude such an animal in very, very select circumstances,” she said.

Coping beautifully
Allentown Morning Call - Beethoven’s Nightmare, which calls itself the world’s only deaf rock band, will play an original song called ‘’My Hearing Aid Ain’t Rockin’ Right.'’ Finkle is especially close to Signdance Collective, which she has presented around Philadelphia in

Homegrown hearing aid closer to market
Providence Journal - PROVIDENCE Bionica Corp. has filed for eight patents related to the Clio, a hearing aid it is developing in a Jewelry District loft. The small company, financed in part by The Slater Technology Fund, has resisted disclosing many aspects of its

Beauty shop’s amenities include free entertainment
San Antonio Express News - It’s just because you don’t have your hearing aid,” Josephine Adkins shot back while getting rollers put in her hair. Every Thursday, Sandy Wildberger welcomes the four regulars she calls her “golden girls” to the Cotton Top Beauty

Heroes in the hallways
Courier News - When we were singing the National Anthem with the soldiers, I got teary eyed,” Fears said. “And when a soldier told us that he lost most of his hearing in both of his ears and he relies on his hearing aids, I can’t even imagine what that’s like

IPods Can Help People Who Stutter
Science Daily - What makes the device special is that it is about the size of a hearing aid, and it can cost up to $4,900. A person s stuttering severity can really fluctuate over time, and it was a little more severe than I wanted when I started a faculty

Newport Lions Club plans 40th Antique Auto Hill Climb
Tribune-Star - Lions Clubs are an international service organization that sponsor such projects as the Leader Dog School for the Blind in Rochester, Mich., cancer research and treatment facilities at the Indiana University Medical Center, eyeglass and hearing aid

5 People Making News
KSTP - Joel Kramer: CEO of MinnPost.com Joel Kramer is the CEO and editor of an on-line paper called MinnPost.com. Bill Austin: hearing aid company CEO and philanthropist Patty Wetterling passionate about her new job Pawlenty elected to national chair Media