Archive for April, 2008
Alexandria, Va. - Three studies published in the May 2008 edition of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery reveal substantial new findings in several areas of hearing health, including research that indicates that patients with profound hearing loss benefit substantially from having cochlear implants placed in both ears, rather than one, as is the common practice.
Last week, we reported on Kevin Fries’ battle in trying to obtain insurance coverage for his son’s cochlear implant and the miracle that occurred when the manufacturer offered to pay for the implant as well as the surgery. Before Fries received this miraculous news, he was preparing to seek help from the Let Them Hear Foundation’s Insurance Advocacy Program, a team of legal professionals who ...
It has been almost 20 years since Marc Lépine walked into a classroom at Montreal’s L’École Polytechnique, ordered the men out of the room and proceeded to kill six young women. He murdered eight more as he made his way through the building, ultimately turning the semi-automatic rifle on himself.
Advanced Circulatory Systems, Inc. announced today that its ResQPOD® technology has been inducted into NASA's Space Foundation Technology Hall of Fame. The award recognizes the technology developed with NASA in their Kennedy Space Center research laboratory to treat orthostatic intolerance -- or the body's inability to adjust to an upright position, causing potential symptoms of nausea, rapid ...
Pioneering gene surgery promises to restore the vision of people with certain forms of blindness, it was reported this week. But how does it really feel to regain one's long-lost sight, asks Joanna Moorhead
Life & style: How does it really feel to regain one's long-lost sight, asks Joanna Moorhead
Pioneering gene surgery promises to restore the vision of people with certain forms of blindness, it was reported this week. But how does it really feel to regain one's long-lost sight, asks Joanna Moorhead
By Carol Cole-Frowe THE NORMAN TRANSCRIPT (NORMAN, Okla.) NORMAN, Okla. — Football gave so much to Eric Thunander. In high school, it gave the deaf young man a way out of a tough childhood and some normalcy despite his disability.
Washington, April 28: A new hybrid device combining hearing aid and cochlear implant designed for patients who can benefit from both is under evaluation by medical scientists.
A new hybrid hearing aid/cochlear implant device designed for patients who can benefit from both is being evaluated by otolaryngologists, as part of a national study.
