Month: March 2008

Time to Get Educated

As I read contributing writer Renee DiIulio’s cover story on cochlear implants in this issue, I was shocked by a couple of points brought up in the article. One is that only a handful of clinics in the country perform cochlear

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No Sweat

What started as one man’s effort to keep his hearing aid dry led VanB Enterprises to create a product that helps extend the life span of the devices’ vulnerable components.

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A Shining Example

As everyone in the hearing health care field knows—or should know—May is designated as Better Hearing & Speech Month. I realize that it seems as though every health issue or other topic claims a special day, week, or

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Think of It as a Sign

I just finished reading a book about a priest who takes on a new congregation in a small town. As he tries to learn more about his parishioners, he meets one man with whom no one can communicate except his mother because he is deaf—an

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