
After news reports showed the local community reaching out to help, a conscience-riddled burglar who stole two hearing aids belonging to 11-year-old Haley Osmond of Edmonton, Canada, anonymously returned one of them Monday. "Shows that this guy at least has some conscience to him," Const...

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Two articles from our recent update detail humanitarian trips to South Africa. For more information: http://audiology.advanceweb.com/editoria l/content/editorial.aspx?cc=210370
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UT-Dallas instructor brings goodwill, education to Africa.

Recent research from the University of Rochester Medical Center has shown that crossing a mouse with poor hearing and a mouse with even worse hearing results in a strain of mice who have "golden ears"-meaning they retain great hearing, despite the onset of age...

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ADVANCE for Audiologists posts frequent news updates on our Web site. Check out the latest news: http://audiology.advanceweb.com/General/ Newslink/News.aspx?ctiid=1298

Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center are beginning a five-year study on the strength of a $1.9 million grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders that will compare the hearing of people with HIV/AIDS to people without HIV...

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Check out the latest feature stories on our Web site, including our top story Educate Your Patients' Caregivers:
http://audiology.advanceweb.com/Article/ Educate-Your-Patients-Caregivers.aspx
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Although the country is still in the midst of a major economic crunch, it's important not to overlook/undervalue the importance of quality office help...

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I just became aware of From Silence to Sound , a documentary that tells the story of the first recipient of a bilateral cochlear implant in Oklahoma. The film is slated to play at the New York International Film Festival on Friday, Oct. 23, 2009, and because of that, I received a press release...

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Our latest top story covers the Mosquito, a high-frequency noise device that store owners are using to scare off loitering teenagers: http://audiology.advanceweb.com/Article/ Mosquito-Noise-Devices.aspx
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Looking at the pros and cons of a high-frequency device that stores are using to scare off loitering youngsters.

Over the course of the last two weeks, I've blogged about some pretty political stuff, offering up lengthy opinion pieces on government volume control and acoustic warfare. This week, I thought I'd take a lighter approach and focus on something a bit less controversial and a bit more fun...

Is it OK for police forces to use acoustic warfare to disperse unruly crowds and political protestors? That's the question I'm currently pondering, as I'm sure are many in the hearing industry (and, to be honest, the entire country) after the events that transpired in Pittsburgh last week...

Tiffani
My short article on how audiologists can help parents cope ... http://soundcheckmama.blogspot.com/2009/ 10/delivering-diagnosis-your-child-is-de af.html

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David G. Myers, PhD, wrote up a special report from the First International Hearing Loop Conference, held in Zurich, Switzerland. Read all about it on the ADVANCE Web site: http://audiology.advanceweb.com/article/ SPECIAL-REPORT-First-International-Heari ng-Loop-Conference.aspx

















