The Hunter Family Practice in Craigavon, Northern Ireland, has taken on some key industry players to scoop not one but two prestigious awards at the Management in Practice Awards 2008. The GP Practice fought-off stiff competition to win the Customer Care and Innovation in Training Awards, at this year’s ceremony.
The Deafblind Studies Board of Partners are now accepting applications from prospective students for the two year (part time) Certificate and Diploma in Deafblind Studies, which is due to commence in September 2009. To find out more, to download an application pack or to register an interest, visit the Deafblind studies [...]
The movement of facial skin and muscles around the mouth plays an important role not only in the way the sounds of speech are made, but also in the way they are heard according to a study by scientists at Haskins Laboratories, a Yale-affiliated research laboratory. “How your own face [...]
WHO: Manchester United legend Bryan Robson and actors Alan Halsall and Sue Jenkins (Coronation Street/ Brookside), The Co-operative Group Executive, RNID’s Chief Executive and staff from The Co-operative and RNID WHAT: Launch of The Co-operative charity of the year for 2009 with a giant alarm clock. WHERE: New Century House, [...]
More than 90 per cent of the general public believe those over 55 should be offered free hearing tests on the NHS according to a new RNID survey published today (Monday 26 January).
Finding cures for hearing loss, breast cancer and childhood cancer and a way to identify people at risk for tuberculosis are goals of the first recipients of grants from the Virginia and L.E. Simmons Family Foundation Collaborative Research Fund. The fund, a million initiative to discover new ways to diagnose and treat diseases, supports [...]
Siemens Hearing Instruments has launched Life™ and Motion™, two new hearing instruments developed for individuals who want discreet and fashionable devices that work with their lifestyle. The instruments are available in a range of colours and include state-of-the-art innovations such as automatic adjustment, excellent sound quality and suppression of wind [...]
By tweaking a system in the ear that limits how much sound is heard, a global team of researchers has discovered one alteration that shows that the ability of the ear to turn itself down contributes to protecting against permanent hearing loss. The report appears this week in PLoS Biology. “There’s some [...]
The audiographic measuring system makes it possible to make in situ diagnoses of possible hearing loss in cetaceans. In the case of beached animals, it is able to determine their chances of survival without having to be taken to a laboratory. Researchers from Spain, the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands and the United States were [...]
The digital hearing aids are also available without a proper prescription from the doctor. Some of the hearing aids that you are looking for, that go into your ear canal, range from0 - 0. They are really good in quality and are also very versatile. You do not need to worry as to which you [...]