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Free Hearing Screenings at NAMM Convention for Audio and Music Pros (Newswise)
The House Ear Institute (HEI) will provide free hearing screenings to attendees and exhibitors on the show floor of the 2009 NAMM Winter Show at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. The screenings at NAMM are a service of the institute's Sound Partners hearing conservation program, and made possible through the support of Shure Incorporated and the NAMM show.
Read more...The gift of sound (The East Liverpool Review)
EAST LIVERPOOL - About two years ago, Megan Danver's world started to grow quiet. In that short span, her hearing degraded rapidly, and her audiologist was concerned.
Read more...Surgeons Attempt To Restore Hearing To Patient With Rare Tumor (Medical News Today)
Physicians at the University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago performed a rare surgery this week to restore hearing to a deaf patient. Marisela Leon, 44, has neurofibromatosis type 2 -- a rare genetic condition that causes tumors to grow on nerves in the brain or spinal cord, but most commonly on the auditory nerve.
Read more...Hints And Tips For Identifying Hearing Health Issues At Christmas (Medical News Today)
Social season generates peak in hearing aid sales and test requests Family gatherings and social get togethers over the Christmas period are a prime time to identify hearing problems and results in a peak of audiology tests and hearing instrument purchases in the New Year. Hearing loss is a gradual and painless problem that can happen at any age.
Read more...Physicians perform rare surgery to restore hearing to a deaf patient (News-Medical-Net)
Marisela Leon, 44, has neurofibromatosis type 2 -- a rare genetic condition that causes tumors to grow on nerves in the brain or spinal cord, but most commonly on the auditory nerve. Leon lost her hearing more than four years ago when surgery to remove a tumor damaged her auditory nerve.
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