2025 NIOSH Hearing Loss Prevention Award Nominations Open
NIOSH is now accepting nominations for the 2025 Safe-in-Sound Excellence in Hearing Loss Prevention Award, recognizing efforts in preventing occupational noise-induced hearing loss.
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Starkey Evolv AI Now Available Through VA, DOD
Starkey announced that the Evolv AI is now available through the Veterans Affairs Administration (VA), Department of Defense (DOD), and other federal agencies.
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Boeing Mesa Arizona Wins Annual Safe-in-Sound Award
This year’s award for innovation in hearing loss prevention goes to Vertical Lift, AH-64 Apache Helicopter of the Boeing Company in Mesa, Arizona.
NIDCD Awards $972K Grant to Gateway Biotechnology for Tinnitus Drug Development
The award, a Small Business Innovation Research Grant (SBIR), will be used for further research and development for tinnitus prevention and treatment.
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ASHA Issues Warning About Long-Range Acoustic Devices
This level of sound surpasses the average auditory threshold of pain and greatly exceeds the volume of a jet engine taking off. Exposure at this level is capable of causing not only permanent hearing loss but also migraine, balance, and other auditory symptoms, according to a statement issued by ASHA.
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Military Group Settles with Man Alleging Hearing Loss
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts—a chartered military organization—settled a lawsuit with a man who alleged that he now has permanent hearing loss and tinnitus after attending a group event where howitzers were fired.
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Oticon RemoteCare Now Available Through VA, DOD
Oticon RemoteCare “expands the potential for VA audiologists to assist more veterans remotely, helping them to meet vital hearing healthcare needs when in-person appointments cannot take place or when veterans are unable to travel to the office.”
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Sensorion Receives Approval for Additional Military Sites in Phase 2 Drug Study
The new centers will recruit volunteer military personnel exposed to impulse noise during their professional activities and suffering from hearing loss.
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Maryland School for the Deaf Holds ‘Unofficial’ Cadet Program
Despite the fact that deaf people are unable to enlist in the US military, teacher Keith Nolan hopes to persuade the Department of Defense (DOD) to reconsider their policy by using the program to demonstrate the skills his students have.
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Starkey Hosts Veterans at Minnesota Vikings Game
On December 8, Starkey hosted 10 veterans and two active servicemen and their guests, in its US...
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Zeteo Tech Develops Hearing Protection for Military Dogs
The Canine Auditory Protection System, known as CAPS, is designed to prevent short-term hearing loss in military working dogs, which can result from high-decibel noise in training, transport, and operations.
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Report Shows Deaf Veterans Face Unique Barriers In College
Of the 37,000 deaf veterans enrolled in college, they are older than typical college students, take more developmental courses, are more likely to be enrolled in online programs, and do not complete a bachelor’s degree at the same rate as hearing veterans.
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Oticon Xceed Now Available Through VA and Defense Department
Built on the Velox S platform, the new power hearing aid features BrainHearing technology “proven to deliver better speech clarity and better short-term recall while reducing the listening effort people with severe-to-profound hearing loss struggle with in day-to-day listening situations.”
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SPECIAL REPORT: Veterans with Hearing Loss: Unique Needs and Audiological Considerations
This special report reviews the demographics and special considerations that hearing care professionals should keep in mind when treating hearing loss and tinnitus in this patient population. Featuring comments and research from leading experts like James Jerger, PhD, Richard Danielson, PhD, Colonel LaKeisha Henry,
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Oticon Government Services Supports Hope for Veterans During 5K Run/Walk Event
The June 13 event took place on the VA Campus in Lyons, NJ. As part of the Flag Day celebration, Oticon employees also donated non-perishable food items to stock the non-profit’s Veterans Food Pantry.
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3M Combat Earplug Lawsuits Moved to Florida Federal Court
Judge Berle M. Schiller—a US District Court Judge—issued a stay for the proceedings “pending the formation of a multi-district litigation and transfer to a court associated with it for judicial economy,” according to the article.
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Hearing Health Foundation Appoints Timothy Higdon as CEO
Higdon succeeds Interim CEO Margo Amgott and assumes his new position on May 28, 2019.
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Starkey Livio AI Rechargeable Now Available to Veterans, Active Duty Military, and Indian Health Services
Starkey Hearing Technologies is thrilled to introduce a product that can help give millions of people, their families, and caregivers peace of mind.
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