Thanksgiving is upon us, and so it made sense to me to write about something I'm thankful for this week. No, I'm not talking about good health and good fortune, nor am I referring to my fiancé, family and friends. While I'm thankful for all of those things and more, I'm going to keep an audiologic bent on this one. And so, without further adieu, ...

After news reports showed the local community reaching out to help, a conscience-riddled burglar who stole two hearing aids belonging to 11-year-old Haley Osmond of Edmonton, Canada, anonymously returned one of them Monday. ''Shows that this guy at least has some conscience to him,'' Const. Jeff Benedict from Edmonton police said in an article in ...

Recent research from the University of Rochester Medical Center has shown that crossing a mouse with poor hearing and a mouse with even worse hearing results in a strain of mice who have ''golden ears''-meaning they retain great hearing, despite the onset of age. This unlikely result fascinates me, mainly because I can't quite wrap my head around ...

Is it OK for police forces to use acoustic warfare to disperse unruly crowds and political protestors? That's the question I'm currently pondering, as I'm sure are many in the hearing industry (and, to be honest, the entire country) after the events that transpired in Pittsburgh last week. For those who are unaware, a quick summary: Pittsburgh ...

Here in the U.S., a great deal of talk is swirling about government-regulated healthcare. Over in Europe, they've already got a universal healthcare option, so they're focusing on something else-regulating volume levels on MP3 players. The European Union has asked Apple, makers of the iPod, and other manufacturers, to ''display labels advising ...

Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) claim to have developed a low-power radio chip that is faster than any human-designed RF spectrum analyzer and could enable wireless devices to receive cell phone, wireless Internet, FM radio, and television signals, according to MIT Tech Talk. The key to this breakthrough? Basing the ...

The hype around swine flu seems to be winding down, but a recent warning suggests swine also may be linked to hearing problems for farmers. In a recent leaflet entitled ‘Farmwise--An Essential Guide to Health and Safety in Farming,' the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has concluded that ''large numbers of pigs in a building can create noise ...

Wisconsin is poised to become the first state to mandate coverage for cochlear implants in children, but a last-minute petition is being waged by some in the deaf community to persuade Gov. Jim Doyle to veto the decision. The main argument from the deaf community seems to be that cochlear implants are a threat to their culture and that requiring ...