Latest Sensorineural hearing loss Stories
Novel System Is Worn in the Mouth, Conducting Sound Via the Teeth PITTSBURGH, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After experiencing sudden hearing loss in his right ear more than four years ago, Paul Getsy got used to craning his neck to hear better and driving with his window up so he was more likely to hear his passengers speaking. In December at Allegheny General Hospital (AGH), he was fitted with SoundBite, a new hearing system that's enabled him to pick up most of the...
NEW YORK, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Profoundly hard of hearing since two years old, Lou Ferrigno revealed last night on The Celebrity Apprentice that he recently underwent a surgical procedure to restore his hearing, with the Esteem® Device, manufactured by Envoy Medical Corporation. The device is a fully implantable prosthetic cochlea stimulator, designed to do just that. It has no microphones or speakers. It is invisible. Except that Lou knows it was implanted, he has no...
SAN FRANCISCO, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Newborn Possibilities Fund, a grant making program established by CBR (Cord Blood Registry), today announced it has provided a grant to the Memorial Hermann Foundation in Houston, Texas. Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital and CBR are conducting the first FDA-regulated, Phase 1 safety study of the use of cord blood stem cells to treat children with sensorineural hearing loss. The grant will provide financial support to help with...
CENTENNIAL, Colo., May 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cochlear Americas, the world's leading implantable hearing solutions company, announced today the launch of its smartphone support application for Nucleus® Cochlear Implant recipients. The Nucleus Support App joins the Baha® Support App as part of Cochlear's mobile support initiative, which provides information and assistance to recipients whenever and wherever they need it. (Photo:...
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Hearing-screening clinicians looking for a convenient way to effectively test the middle and inner ear will be pleased to hear about Mimosa Acoustics' OtoStat, a portable, touch-screen, handheld hearing screener. Mimosa Acoustics will be demonstrating OtoStat this week in Boston, MA at the American Academy of Audiology's annual conference, AudiologyNOW!. OtoStat is available for pre-order now with delivery beginning on July 1st....
The first national treatment guideline for sudden hearing loss, a frightening condition that sends thousands in the U.S. to the emergency room each year, was published this month in the journal Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery. The guideline was developed by a 19-member panel led by Robert J. Stachler, M.D., an otolaryngologist in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. Detroit, Michigan (PRWEB) March 19, 2012 The first national...
The first national treatment guideline for sudden hearing loss, a frightening condition that sends thousands in the U.S. to the emergency room each year, was published this month in the journal Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery. The guideline was developed by a 19-member panel led by Robert J. Stachler, M.D., an otolaryngologist in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. "In most cases, patients will have multiple visits with...
CENTENNIAL, Colo., Feb. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cochlear Americas, the world's leading implantable hearing solutions company, announced today that it has launched its new support app for Baha 3 recipients. The Cochlear Baha® Support App, which can be downloaded for free from the App Store or from the Android Market, provides information and assistance for Baha users wherever they may be, and whenever they may need it. Developed from user feedback, the app helps Baha...
A surgeon at Children’s Memorial Hospital recently performed the first Alpha 1 bone conduction hearing implantation in the youngest child in Illinois. Clara Beatty, a 9-year-old with Treacher Collins syndrome, has aural atresia, a condition in which her ear canals and middle ears did not develop. The recently FDA approved hearing system provides the latest technology that has many advantages over prior generation devices. Chicago, IL (PRWEB) January 23, 2012 A surgeon at Children’s...
NEW YORK, Oct. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Hearing Health Foundation, long at the forefront of trailblazing initiatives in hearing and balance science, today hosted the 2011 Summit: The Promise of Cell Regeneration, the first public-focused health conference bringing together the nation's leaders in the field of cell regeneration research in the ear to discuss current research and potential therapies to restore hearing through the Hearing Restoration Project (HRP). To view the multimedia...
