September 16, 2019 / Hearing

FDA permits balloon device to treat Eustachian tube dysfunction

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today permitted marketing of a device that uses a small balloon to treat persistent...

September 16, 2019 / Hearing

Starkey Halo 2 named finalist for Tekne Awards

The Minnesota High Tech Association (MHTA) has named Starkey Hearing Technologies as a finalist in the Healthcare-Established category for the...

September 16, 2019 / Hearing

Sign language proves helpful for children with rare speech disorder

Using sign language with intensive speech therapy may be an effective treatment for children with a rare speech disorder called...

September 16, 2019 / Hearing

Congressional staff and hearing advocates tour research labs

The Friends of the Congressional Hearing Health Caucus (FCHHC) hosted a tour of the National Institute on Deafness and Other...

September 16, 2019 / Hearing

Help for individuals with uneven hearing loss

Estimates are that millions of people have asymmetric hearing loss, where there is more hearing loss in one ear than...

September 16, 2019 / Hearing

Bayat Foundation and Starkey Hearing Foundation provide gift of hearing

Fulfilling their pledge to enrich the lives of the Afghan people with the three precious gifts of Hearing, Healing and...

September 16, 2019 / Hearing

New gene identified in age-related hearing loss

A large screening program has identified several genes associated with age-related conditions including hearing loss, retinal degeneration and osteoarthritis. The animal...

September 16, 2019 / Hearing

Ida Institute offers new tinnitus tools

A set of three new Tinnitus Management tools from the Ida Institute aim to help both patients and hearing care...

September 16, 2019 / Medical

Tricare to provide coverage for auditory implants

The Department of Defense (DoD) has reversed its policy and will cover Auditory Osseointegrated Implants (AOIs) as prosthetic devices for...

September 16, 2019 / Hearing

Magnetic pulses could provide tinnitus relief

In the largest U.S. clinical trial of its kind funded by the Veterans Affairs (VA) Rehabilitation Research and Development Service,...