Brookhaven benefits fight reflects U.S. trend
TMCnet - Up to $450 once every three years toward the cost of a hearing aid. Copyright (c) 2007, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Business News. For reprints, email tmsreprints@permissionsgroup.com, call 800-374-7985 or 847-635-6550, send
Is it time to revolt yet?
Online Journal - But in addition, I have two knee replacements, crushed nerves in the back, COPD, walk around with an Implantable defibrillator in my chest (and man, if a cop ever tasers me, I hope my wife owns them), wear a hearing aid and walk with a cane. I guess
Rants: It’s All About the Music
Wired News - The only thing I am sure of is that iPods will ensure that shares in hearing aid companies are a good buy. - - - Re: Give Your Tunes a Digital Boost By Eric Solomon From: Frankie Tan MPEG-4 SLS (scalable lossless to lossy) is a new ISO standard for
Listen to the experts
Billings Gazette - Give your taste buds and your ear drums a break and you will value that when the hearing aid ads start hounding your mailbox. (I know and the many they send me go straight into the circular file, aka, the garbage can.) dano Says: January 3rd
Conn. woman, 114, oldest on record
Denver Post - Stewart, said last month that she never smoked, never drank, did not need glasses and agreed to wear a hearing aid only reluctantly. He said when she’s asked about the secret to her longevity, Tillman invariably points skyward and says “Ask the
Know how to deal with those hard of hearing, vision
Coeur d’Alene Press - Quite simply, he asked me if the friend had a hearing aid. The light dawned, and I shrank in sheep-like fashion. I didn’t look for one, but I should have. The man is 70 years old and probably couldn’t hear me, especially with all the background noise
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NPR News - What do we need all this for?” he would ask loudly, for her hearing aid was turned down and the vacuum was shrilling. “Five rooms” (pushing the sofa so she could get into the corner) “furniture” (smoothing down the rug) “floors and surfaces to make
Hearing aids look high-tech
Baltimore Sun - And with so many people without hearing loss walking around with cell phone appendages clasped to their ears, it has made it easy for hearing-aid users to blend in with the rest of society. “We’ve actually heard from some of our patients that people
Phishing targets seniors
San Francisco Gate - What’s really inside is a pitch for hearing aids and an invitation from a Walnut Creek business, Posey’s Hearing Aid Center, for a free hearing test and a demonstration of “the Rhapsody Hearing System from Nu-Ear.” The return address of the mailer