Archive for April, 2008
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.
Like many good friends, Kathy Stocki and Mary Rose Fumanti have a lot in common.
The Maryland School for the Deaf has been an integral part of Frederick since 1868, but is very different today than at its foundation.
ROCKFORD – Katie Rich says she wants parents to know there are choices when it comes to kids who have lost their hearing.
Oscar-winning actress Marlee Matlin is deaf.
LOS ANGELES -- Hunched at the bottom of a staircase on a bustling movie set, Jeff Daniels practices his second voice.
They arrived in Germantown the last of January, 21 stark white life-sized fiberglass horses, ready to be adopted and painted, then displayed around the city in celebration of the Germantown Charity Horse Show's 60th anniversary this year.
After unsuccessfully trying to get insurance coverage for a much-needed cochlear implant for his hearing-impaired son, former North Platte resident Kevin Fries received some great news last week. Fries said the company that manufactures the cochlear implant has agreed to pay both for the device and also for the surgery and resulting hospitalization, a combined cost of well over $100,000.
Australia is at the forefront of research into the bionic eye - but risks being gazumped by moneyed-up Californians, researchers warn.
PRESSURE is mounting on the Government to make a quick decision on funding for the Australian bionic eye - one of Kevin Rudd's pet projects from the 2020 Summit - as it emerged that British researchers may have a time edge on the local project.
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