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Figures - The Private American Market Shows A Growth Of +4.9%

Good news for the hearing aid sector – American indicators are doing well. The Hearing Industries Association (HIA) has just published its 2009 statistics:...

Network - HAL to take over Geers

Dutch investment company HAL Holding's hearing aid retail subsidiary AudioNova International, and the shareholders of Geers Hörakustik have just signed...

Germany - Reimbursements at stake

Problems with health expenses have no borders and they increase with the size of the markets. It was perhaps the reason for the German authorities to cope...

Research - Zebra fish shows how Tmie is essential

A serendipitous discovery of deaf zebra fish larvae has helped narrow down the function of an elusive protein necessary for hearing and balance....

Study - Association between diabetes and hearing impairment

Mechanisms related to neuropathic or microvascular factors, inflammation, or hyperglycemia may be mediating the association of diabetes and hearing impairment,...

U.S. - Bone-anchored-hearing-aids: + 35.5% per year by 2016?

According to a new report by iData Research, the U.S. Bone-Anchored-Hearing-Aid market will increase almost tenfold by 2016, while the overall market for...

Brazil - Siemens Foundation increases its hearing aids donations to "Colombia Oye"

Since 2003, poor Colombians have been given hearing aids through ‘Colombia Oye’, a program which is under the responsibility of the first lady...

Manufacturers - Global Partnership Between Starkey And Otometrics

The American hearing aid manufacturer has just signed a global partnership agreement with Otometrics, a Danish corporation specializing in audiophonology...