Congenital Hearing Loss

Today, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie released a letter he wrote to House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mark Takano regarding the committee’s decision to exclude VA from testifying before the committee during a  hearing  on the department’s handling of whistle blower complaints. In the letter, Wilkie expressed disappointment with the committee’s new, one-sided approach, a departure from the holistic oversight the committee has conducted for years. “When the committee holds a hearing to air criticisms of the Department, while simultaneously preventing the Department from participating to offer context and defend itself, the Committee’s efforts risk appearing more like a political press conference than a hearing aimed at a balanced look at serious issues.  If this is how the Committee intends to conduct oversight of the Department in the future, an exclusionary approach could chip away at the Committee’s oft stated goal of bipar...

The Senate president said it would be "premature" to conduct hearing on the appointment of Laura Olton. Under state law, must be a Rhode Island "elector" to be a commissioner, but she has lived till now in Wellesley, Mass. PROVIDENCE — Senate President Dominick Ruggerio has pulled the plug — at least for now — on Gov. Gina Raimondo's nomination of former National Grid lawyer Laura Olton to chair the state's rate-setting Public Utilities Commission. With time running short on the legislative session expected to end Friday, and no confirmation hearing scheduled yet on the Olton appointment, Ruggerio on Tuesday issued a late-day statement that said:    “It would be premature to conduct an advice and consent hearing on the appointment of Laura Olton to the PUC while she is not a qualified elector of this state as required by statute. Therefore, the Senate Environment & Agriculture Committee will not be scheduling a hearing on her appointment prior to the ...

UNIONTOWN, Pa. - A high school football player in Uniontown said his eardrum was ruptured during a hazing incident. The student is suing the school district and coaches, claiming they did not do enough to stop it. You can now customize your  WPXI News App  to receive alerts for Fayette County news.  CLICK HERE  to find out how. The suit says the victim was hit in the head and ear when he was sleeping, and claims the coaches then made fun of the student following the incident because of his hearing loss. "The incident with my client was wholly preventable if the coaches charged with the protection of these students had done their job and made sure that when these students were placed in a large open area they were supervised," attorney Joel Sansone said. The alleged incident happened in August, 2018 at 1 a.m. The victim's lawyer told Channel 11 that after the incident the coaches made fun of his hearing loss. "It's bad enough that you dont do your job ins...

SEATTLE , June 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Sound Pharmaceuticals today announced positive top-line results from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-center Phase 2b study in Meniere's Disease (MD). The study consented 149 adult patients with active MD, including a hearing loss at baseline of > 30 dB in one of three low frequencies, to receive either placebo, 200, or 400 mg SPI-1005 by mouth, twice daily for 28 days, with follow-up assessments at 4 and 8 weeks after the start of treatment. The pre-specified audiometric endpoints were to determine if SPI-1005 could improve hearing sensitivity or thresholds in dB by a clinically relevant difference vs placebo. In the trial, clinically relevant improvements in hearing loss (≥10 dB gain from baseline at one low frequency) using pure-tone audiometry (PTA) were significantly higher in the 400 mg dose group vs placebo (61% vs 37%, p<0.023), a relative improvement of 65% over placebo at 8 weeks. Clinically relevant im...

We are approaching a time in which the majority of drivers will make their actual car purchase online, rather than just complete their research phase online, which is currently the case.    Getty While people may have no problem buying clothing, furniture, or even major appliances, online, when it comes to a purchase as big as a car, today’s consumers still want to be able to see it, feel it, and test drive it before handing over their hard-earned money—right? Well—not entirely. According to recent research by Google , the car buying process is moving totally online. Although it hasn’t happened yet, we are likely approaching a time in which the majority of drivers will make their actual car purchase online, rather than just complete their research phase online, which is currently the case.  How can automotive brands take advantage of this shift, rather than get left behind? Here are three key strategies that automotive brands can use in order to reach today’s dr...

Hundreds of freshmen at Mainland High School lost the chance to earn $600 worth of college credit this year, and the school's principal is under investigation after giving those students a "placebo" exam instead of an official one. Of the 414 freshmen enrolled in a new Advanced Placement Seminar course at the Daytona Beach school this year, only 78 of them took the final exam that would give them college credit if they passed. [PREVIOUS: Food Brings Hope forges bright future for Mainland student] The remaining 336 students and their parents most likely don’t know they took a “placebo” test, thanks to plans by school officials to make it look like the real thing. But come July 5, when scores are released by the organization that puts out AP exams, more than three-quarters of the students in the class won’t be able to find an official score. And neither will colleges. The News-Journal obtained a 25-page summary of a Volusia schools investigation that indicates blunder ...

Ontario's medical regulator has revoked an Ottawa man's medical licence after determining he committed professional misconduct by using his own sperm to inseminate several patients and using the wrong sperm with several others while he was a practising fertility doctor. Bernard Norman Barwin's behaviour, which spanned decades, was called "appalling" and "beyond reprehensible" in his public reprimand. A discipline committee of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario has revoked Barwin's medical licence effective immediately and ordered him to pay a fine of $10,730 within 30 days.  An uncontested statement of facts read before the committee lays out the cases of more than a dozen patients who say they suffered irreparable harm as a result of Barwin's actions. A lawyer for the regulator had told the discipline committee Barwin's actions traumatized entire families and left them forever altered. Some patients discovered their chil...

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Green Bay mother charged in OWI crash with 3 kids in vehicle, pleads not guilty    Fox11online.com GREEN BAY (WLUK) – A mom whose blood alcohol level was allegedly triple the legal limit when she crashed her SUV – with three kids inside – has pleaded ... http://bit.ly/2Xx7f8h

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Advanced Audiology offers free hearing screenings to the community, and there are a number of reasons to take advantage of this valuable resource, according to Santa Clarita audiologist Nola Aronson. #1 – To establish a hearing baseline in the case of an accident Even if a person has no issues with their hearing, Aronson stressed the importance of establishing a baseline through a free hearing screening.  In the case of an accident that results in hearing loss, having a baseline on file with Advanced Audiology can help in getting worker’s compensation or insurance claims approved, according to Aronson.  Related:  Santa Clarita Audiologist Nola Aronson Of Advanced Audiology: The Future Of Hearing Devices “One of my patients got in a car accident a year after she got her normal hearing baseline, and the airbag went off next to her ear. She lost her hearing,” Aronson said. “We were able to prove to the insurance company that it was from the accident, not from her age, n...

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A pretrial hearing is scheduled in the case of a man charged with fatally gunning down five people at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Maryland. The hearing before Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Judge Laura Ripken is set for Tuesday in Annapolis. Attorneys for the defense and the prosecution are expected to argue about what information they will be required to share with each other before the trial of Jarrod Ramos begins in November. Ramos, 39, is charged with first-degree murder in the June 28, 2018, shooting deaths of Gerald Fischman, Rob Hiaasen, Rebecca Smith, Wendi Winters and John McNamara. His lawyers have filed pleas of not guilty and not criminally responsible , Maryland's version of an insanity defense. Police say they captured Ramos hiding under a desk after the shooting. https://abcn.ws/2YcQmNp

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Ear-Based Hearing Aids Market 2019: Growth & Profit Analysis, Forecast By 2025    Amazing Newspaper Ear-Based Hearing Aids Market report firstly introduced the Ear-Based Hearing Aids basics: Definitions, Classifications, Applications and Market Overview; ... http://bit.ly/2ZIGQ4Y

The chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee announced Monday that the panel will hold a hearing next month on Facebook’s plan to develop a cryptocurrency-based payments platform. The Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing on Facebook’s Project Libra on July 17, Chairwoman Maxine Waters Maxine Moore Waters On The Money: S&P hits record as stocks rally on Fed cut hopes | Facebook's new cryptocurrency raises red flags for critics | Internal IRS watchdog rips agency's taxpayer service | Apple seeks tariff relief Facebook's new cryptocurrency raises red flags for critics Facebook's crypto experiment will languish on Capitol Hill MORE (D-Calif.) announced Monday afternoon. The Senate Banking Committee will hold its own hearing on the social media giant’s crypto project the previous day. David Marcus, the co-creator and leader of Project Libra, is expected to testify at the hearings, according to sources. A Facebook spokesman declined to confir...

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[unable to retrieve full-text content] White House says Kellyanne Conway won't show up to Hatch Act hearing    CNN White House lawyers told the House Oversight Committee on Monday that senior counselor Kellyanne Conway will not appear at a hearing on Wednesday after ... https://cnn.it/2KC86id

Please enable Javascript to watch this video My Hearing Centers needs you to take part in a special program called the 30 Day Challenge.  They need 50 people who have problems hearing to evaluate a new hearing instrument called Activus.  It's 100 percent digital, high-definition hearing device.  It has been clinically proven to make hearing effortless, every day, in every situation. To get involved, you must call My Hearing Centers at 801-685-3350.  Hearing consultations will be held at no charge at My Hearing Centers locations.  Participants will try hearing aids risk-free for 30 days. If you or someone you know is suffering from hearing loss, it's important to address the problems as soon as possible.  One of the immediate effects of hearing loss is that people become more isolated and tend to withdraw socially.  Recent studies have shown there is a direct correlation between these factors and anxiety, depression, dementia, stroke, heart at...

Hearing aid market has undertaken many changes in the past few years. Companies are focusing on new product development and improve their service by providing a variety of products. Companies provide a wide variety of hearing aids: standard hearing aids & custom hearing aids. Custom hearing aids are specially made for each patient by taking an earmold impression. Custom hearing aids are specially molded hearing aids to suitable for individual ear shape. Basically custom hearing aids are available in the four categories. Invisible-in-canal is the smallest custom hearing aid. It is almost invisible as it fits deep inside the ear canal. Invisible-in-canal custom hearing aids are suitable for people who have mild to moderate hearing loss. In-the-ear custom hearing aid covers severe hearing loss and is available in the half shell and full shell.  Custom hearing aids also available with different features such as wireless connectivity, which can connect with the smartphones.  T...

The House Financial Services Committee plans to hold a hearing on July 17 on Facebook Inc.'s Libra cryptocurrency, according to an announcement Monday from the committee's chairwoman, Rep. Maxine Waters. The California Democrat said earlier this month that she wants Facebook FB, +0.76% to suspend plans for its crypto offering until Congress and regulators are able to study it more closely. The Senate Banking Committee is due to hold a hearing on Libra on July 16. Waters also said her committee will hold a hearing on July 10 on monetary policy, as well as a hearing on July 24 on the merger of SunTrust Banks Inc. STI, -0.19% and BB&T Corp. BBT, -0.29% https://on.mktw.net/2Fs9saY

Michael Jackson performs during his "Dangerous" tour in Singapore in 1993. Ten years after the singer’s death in 2009, listening to his music has become a fraught experience. (Agence France-Presse/Getty Images) Pop music critic June 24 at 12:37 PM You’re not listening to him anymore, but you still hear him. At nightclubs, restaurants, weddings, shopping malls, grocery stores, ballgames, house parties, block parties, cookouts, spin class, the pool, the dentist, the gym. Not in your headphones, though. Not in your car, not in your house. Just anywhere and everywhere else. For a blink back in March, there was this funny idea that his music might silently drop out of circulation, that the discussion around “Leaving Neverland” — the profoundly damning HBO documentary that made his alleged child abuse more visceral than ever before — could somehow pull these melodies down from the sky. But now it’s June. The windows are open, and the voice of Michael Jackson is back...

Sacramento – On Wednesday, June 26, at 10 am, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will urge the Joint Legislative Audit Committee to approve an audit on the use of automated license plate readers (ALPR) by state law enforcement. ALPRs are camera systems that scan the license plates of vehicles in order to track people in real time and create search databases of driver’s historical travel patterns. As a mass surveillance technology, ALPR captures information on every driver, regardless of whether their vehicle is under suspicion. Several years ago, California lawmakers passed legislation to regulate ALPR use, including requiring publicly available usage policies and guidelines for how the information is accessed. State Sen. Scott Wiener, who previously supported EFF legislation to protect drivers’ from ALPR surveillance, filed the request for the audit. At the hearing Wednesday, EFF Senior Investigative Researcher Dave Maass will explain that many California law enforcement age...

Muscular dystrophy (MD) refers to a group of inherited muscle disorders caused by mutations in genes that generate proteins that play an essential role in muscle structure and function. The disease causes progressive weakness and wasting of muscles in different parts of the body, including the arms, legs, head, and neck. In some types of muscular dystrophy , weakness in the facial and oral muscles that control the use of the tongue, lips, soft palate, cheeks, and diaphragm results in problems with speech quality ( dysarthria ) and voice quality ( dysphonia ). Speech problems by MD type In patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) , speech problems may precede muscle weakness. Some of the speech problems experienced by patients with DMD include late onset of speech, problems with finding words, and non-fluent speech. In facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) , those diagnosed in their teens or early adult years do not generally experience problems with speech product...

Hearing aid is a small electronic device designed to improve hearing by making sound audible to a person with hearing loss. Hearing aid devices can be classified as behind the ear hearing aids, receiver in the ear hearing aids, in the ear hearing aids, completely in the ear hearing aids, and in the canal hearing aids. Hearing aids are used for various types of hearing loss such as sensorineural hearing loss, conductive hearing loss, and single-sided deafness.  The research report on  Global Hearing Aids Market  2019 keenly analyzes significant features of the industry. The analysis servers market size, latest trends, drivers, threats, opportunities, as well as key market segments. It is based on past data and present market needs. Also, involve distinct business approaches accepted by the decision makers. That intensifies growth and make a remarkable stand in the industry. The Hearing Aids market will grow with a significant CAGR between 2019 to 2028. The rep...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – A Kentucky law that created a new hurdle for zoning appeals could get its first high-profile test as Hurstbourne residents weigh whether to challenge last week’s Topgolf ruling. The 2017 law lets the winning side in local planning and zoning lawsuits request that losing parties post a bond up to $250,000 if they want to appeal the case further. In her ruling last Thursday , Jefferson Circuit Judge Ann Bailey Smith upheld decisions by Louisville’s planning commission and Metro Council that rezoned land for Topgolf’s Oxmoor Center project and granted other permits and waivers. Six residents of nearby Hurstbourne filed lawsuits seeking to nullify those approvals. The residents have 30 days to appeal. If that happens, Topgolf or Louisville Metro government could ask the circuit court to impose a monetary bond and hold a hearing to determine if the challenge is “presumptively frivolous,” based on what kind of ruling is being appealed and whether there is a “re...