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3M is hoping the bankruptcy filing of subsidiary Aearo Technologies will contain the financial damage from 230,000 military earplug lawsuits. Whether the plan will work is now in a judge's hands.
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In this inaugural episode of the Dr. Cliff Show LIVE, Audiologists Cliff Olson and Rachael Cook answer the question "What is an Audiologist?" and what they do in treating hearing loss and a variety of other hearing and balance related disorders.
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The clinical validity and relative strengths of three tests (ASPN-S, DDT, and FPT) for identifying auditory processing disorder (APD) in 1,012 Polish-speaking children (6 to 9 years) with normal hearing sensitivity were assessed. In particular, the research underscores why early diagnosis can be beneficial for accurate programming of therapeutic goals.
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- Sonova to Purchase Chinese Hearing Aid Retail Chain HySound hearingtracker․com
- Best Buy expands over-the-counter hearing aid assortment after FDA ruling startribune․com
- Hearing-Impaired Veterans Fume at 3M’s Tactics on Earplug Suits news․bloomberglaw․com
- Sonova, GN raise prices | Paywall medwatch․com
- GN Hearing predicts slow start for OTC market | Paywall medwatch․com
- Cochlear expects net profit advance for next year | Paywall medwatch․com
- Manufacturers mull over OTC options as Best Buy announces new hearing aid line | Paywall medwatch․com
- A Canadian Audiologist's Perspective on OTC: CAA Editor-in-Chief Marshall Chasin, AuD canadianaudiology․ca
Audio/Video
- Dr. Cliff Short: OTC Hearing Aids will NOT Lower Hearing Aid Costs! It could RAISE them! youtube․com
- Dr. Cliff: ReSound Omnia Detailed Hearing Aid Review youtube․com
- ASHA Voices: When Brain Injuries Lead Patients to the Audiologist, with Gail Whitelaw & Nina Kraus leader․pubs․asha․org
Research
- Effect of Frequency Response Manipulations on Musical Sound Quality for Cochlear Implant Users journals․sagepub․com
- Reaching to Sounds Improves Spatial Hearing in Bilateral Cochlear Implant Users journals․lww․com
- Young Adult Alumni of Early Childhood DHH Programs: 79% scored as hearing acculturated, 1% as deaf, 20% as bicultural journals․lww․com
- Evaluation of a teleaudiology service in regional Australia tandfonline․com
- Peripheral hearing in Parkinson’s disease: a systematic review tandfonline․com
- Non-experts are adept at headphone placement for pure-tone audiometry with only a few instructions tandfonline․com