Cochlear Implants

Film tells story of cochlear implants
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Special-ed school move would set students back, parents cry
Relocating a group of special-needs students from their Chelsea school to free up space at another elementary school in the neighborhood would erase years of effort to teach disabled children effectively, claimed parents and advocates at a recent public hearing regarding the move.

Designing A Tool For Operations On People With Severe Or Profound Auditory Loss
A team of engineers from the CEIT-IK4 technological centre and doctors from the University Hospital of Navarra have designed a new tool for operating on the inner ear with maximum precision, reducing the possibility of damage to the auditory function during the surgery. This is the first micromanipulator specifically for operations involving cochlear and middle ear implants, of which about a ...

Can't Miss It: St. Patrick's Day
" St. Patrick's in Seattle " by JB_Scott from our Flickr pool IRISH WEEK FESTIVAL : The Irish Heritage Club's weeklong celebration concludes today. Activities include the St. Patrick's Day Mass for Peace , the Seattle Center St. Patrick's Day Celebration, and the Irish Seniors' Luncheon. For details check out their website . VOICES FROM EL-SAYED : Nestled in the Negev Desert, El Sayed is home to ...

Cancer news coverage should also focus on hospice and end-of-life care
Newspaper and magazine reports about cancer appear more likely to discuss aggressive treatment and survival than death, treatment failure or adverse events, and almost none mention end-of-life palliative or hospice care, according to a report in the March 22 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

Timing of float out of Stokes's hands
When Kerry Stokes unveiled his plan to fold WesTrac into the listed Seven Network, it seemingly reduced the prospects of 2010 being the year when the unstable ownership structure at Seven Media Group - the media business 47 per cent owned by each of Seven Network and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts - would be resolved.

KKR could damage Stokes's media ambitions
Will this be the year that Seven Media Group's unstable ownership structure is resolved?

Unique Hearing Correction Surgery in Bahrain
MANAMA — A Bahraini doctor has conducted a first of its kind hearing correction surgery in the Arab world.

Keeping it quiet in the office
Cardiff University scientists have developed Innovative sound-mapping software based on human hearing which could help architects design out unwanted noise in such spaces as open-plan offices and meeting spaces.

Selective hearing is all in the mind, finds new study that could help partially deaf
Scientists said the 'cocktail party' problem, where someone struggles to 'zoom in' on what is being said in noisy surroundings is more down to that person's brain and not their ear.