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ERLANGEN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Only one year after the transfer of the Siemens hearing aid business to Sivantos Group, the company celebrated a record first year in both revenue and earnings while introducing Signia, its new premium brand of hearing aids. With a strategy focused on profitable growth, Sivantos is creating a new stimulus with comprehensive initiatives to achieve the industry leading...

A recent study by Jamie Desjardins, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Speech-Language Pathology Program at The University of Texas at El Paso, found that hearing aids improve brain function in persons with hearing loss. http://elpasoheraldpost.com/utep-professor-shows-hearing-aids-improve-memory-speech/  

  A battery-operated device a little larger than a golf ball could one day help treat people with hearing loss by delivering medication directly into the cavity in their ear. Engineers at Draper, a non-profit research company in Cambridge, have been developing the device along with collaborators at Massachusetts Eye and Ear. This month, they showed that the device is...

Apple is all set to introduce a wireless noise-cancelling EarPod along with its new device iPhone 7 scheduled to be launched in September 2016. These headphones will have almost similar hardware specifications as are used in the regular hearing aids. The iPhone 7 is expected to be accompanied by several other features including no headphone jack, edge-to-edge display and a...

Meet the woman whose campaign to break disability stereotyping led to Lego toy milestone 83 PreviousNext 28/01/2016 - 19:01:18Back to Discover Home The woman who started the #ToyLikeMe campaign is celebrating a major breakthrough after Lego unveiled a new minifigure of a wheelchair user. Rebecca Atkinson, a journalist from London, saw Lego’s move as a big step towards ending “cultural...

Law360, Washington (February 1, 2016, 8:39 PM ET) -- Apple Inc. has asked the Federal Communication Commission not to adopt changes to its approach for ensuring cellphones are compatible with hearing aids, saying in a filing published Friday that the proposed criteria do not reflect improvements in technology engineered specifically for the iPhone. The way the FCC seeks to enforce...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given the green light for marketing of an over-the-counter testing system for hearing loss, reports MedDeviceOnline. San Leandro, California-based company iHear Medical has announced that it has received FDA clearance for sale of its iHearTest. The system is to be used at home to accurately and quickly determine the user’s hearing ability...

"A study of 5000 patients showed that high-dose, cold laser light can improve such hearing problems as tinnitus, oversensitive hearing, ear pressure, vertigo, and even hearing loss.4 Lutz Wilden, a medical doctor and LLLT specialist practicing in Germany (www.dr-wilden.de), said the study revealed that LLLT improved hearing loss by 20% on average, with younger patients showing improvement up to 25...

Video about Why Hearing Aids Cost So Damn Much - It's an issue that has troubled Americans for decades. From home makers to office workers to high ranking politicians. It has baffled scientists and left economists scratching their heads. The Issue? "Why do hearing aids cost so damn much?" To get at the heart of a hearing aid’s cost, we...

Types of Hearing loss :  A.  Degree and B. Shape A.  Degree of hearing loss refers to the severity of the loss. The table below shows one of the more commonly used classification systems. The numbers are representative of the patient's hearing loss range in decibels (dB HL). Degree of hearing loss  Hearing loss range (dB HL) Normal    –10 to...