Category: Industry
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You Can Trade In Old Hearing Aids For $200 Back From America Hears
You can trade in two of your old aids for $200 off the price of a pair of new digital hearing aids from America Hears, Inc.
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Yes, You Can Buy Premium-Quality Digital Hearing Aids Over The Internet
I recently got a new pair of hearing aids, and I’m as excited as if I’d just bought a new sports car. One of the reasons I’m so happy is that I was able to take ownership of the process for the first time by getting them from America Hears, Inc., which sells and supports…
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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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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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Note To Steve Jobs: Why Isn't The Apple iPhone Hearing-Aid Compatible?
I can’t believe Apple failed to make its iPhone compatible with either hearing aids or cochlear implants.
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HearUSA Hires NFL Coaching Legend Don Shula To Promote Hearing Aids
HearUSA, he rapidly growing conglomerator of hearing-aid retail stores across the U.S., has hired Don Shula, the legendary former coach of the National Football League’s Miami Dolphins, to promote hearing aids among active Baby Boomers.
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Hearing-Aid Reseller Amplifon To Get Long-Overdue Image Makeover
The Deafness and Hearing Aids blog reports that Amplifon, the world’s largest hearing-aid retailer, has hired world-class advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi for a $14-million image makeover.
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'Boomer Babe' Says Phonak Audeo Hearing-Aid Ads Are Okay With Her
By blitzing consumer magazines popular with baby boomers (Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, etc.) with its edgy ads, the new Audeo open-fit behind-the-ear hearing aids have turned more heads of fashion-conscious boomers than anything I’ve seen.
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Advanced Bionics Is An Independent Cochlear Implant Maker Again
The acquisition by Boston Scientific, the world’s leading manufacturer of cardiac stents and other implant devices, of Advanced Bionics, one of the world’s three cochlear implant manufacturers, seemed a sure bet. But the marriage quickly soured and after several difficult years dissolved entirely last week.