Author: DCOPITHORNE
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What Do I Have In Common With New York State Governor David Paterson?
David Paterson, the new governor of New York State, is demonstrating how and why he is able to do one of the world’s most demanding jobs even though he is blind.
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'Hearing-Aid Hacking' Gives The Inside Word On Assistive-Listening Technology
I just discovered a LiveJournal site called which gives great do-it-yourself advice on using assistive listening technologies with hearing aids.
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Can "Musicophilia" by Oliver Sacks Explain Why I'm Hearing Better?
I just picked up Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks, and it is a revelation for anyone with hearing loss and distortion of sounds that comes with it.
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FDA Warns Viagra, Cialis and Levitra May Cause Sudden Hearing Loss
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ordered makers of the erectile dysfunction drugs Viagra, Cialis and Levitra to post prominent warnings on their labels of the possilbity they may cause sudden hearing loss.
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Vaccination Can Lessen Meningitis Risk For Cochlear Implant Patients
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a new warning that cochlear implant patients make sure they get vaccinated against bacterial meningitis, a potentially deadly infection causing inflammation of the meninges, or lining of the brain.
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More Good News From WGBH NCAM: Easy Captions For Adobe Flash Videos
WGBH NCAM recently introduced a software utility that makes it easy to create captioned Adobe Flash videos.
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Stone Deaf Pilots Site Rocks With Hearing Assistive Technology Galore
I just discovered a GREAT site on assistive technology for deaf and hard-of-hearing people, Stone Deaf Pilots – The Deaf Tech Blog.
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AOL, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo! Collaborate On Web Video Captioning
AOL, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo have agreed to collaborate with National Center for Accessible Media to establish and manage a new International Captioning Forum to set standards for captioning on any kind of video presented on the Web.
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Gennum Abandons Hearing-Aid Market With DSP Chip and Headset Spinoffs
Gennum Corp. of Canada, long one of the leading suppliers of digital signal processing (DSP) chips and other technologies to the hearing-aid and headset industries, is abandoning the hearing-aid market with the spinout of its hearing instrument design and manufacturing operations to a private equity group and the sale of its consumer Bluetooth headset business…
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Buy Oticon Delta 'Think Pink' Hearing Aids And Fight Breast Cancer
Oticon is putting its money where its mouth is with donations to the American Cancer Society tied to purchases of its Delta hearing aids during Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October.