“The Minneapolis Star-Tribune” reports that over 200,000 people have joined a mass tort against 3M, alleging that Aearo’s Combat Arms earplugs “were knowingly defective, imperceptibly loosening and leaking in noise.” The Combat earplugs were acquired by 3M as part of its $1.2 billion purchase of Aearo Technologies in 2008.
Despite the fact that deaf people are unable to enlist in the US military, teacher Keith Nolan hopes to persuade the Department of Defense (DOD) to reconsider their policy by using the program to demonstrate the skills his students have.
As the result of a whistleblower lawsuit, 3M has agreed to pay $9.1 million to resolve allegations that it knowingly sold its dual-ended Combat Arms Earplugs, Version 2 (CAEv2) to the US military without disclosing defects that hampered the effectiveness of the hearing protection device.
Judge Berle M. Schiller—a US District Court Judge—issued a stay for the proceedings “pending the formation of a multi-district litigation and transfer to a court associated with it for judicial economy,” according to the article.
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Higdon succeeds Interim CEO Margo Amgott and assumes his new position on May 28, 2019.
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Starkey Hearing Technologies is thrilled to introduce a product that can help give millions of people, their families, and caregivers peace of mind.
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Hearing aid net unit sales in the United States increased by 2.5% during the first quarter (Q1) of 2019, totaling 1,000,653 units—the second time unit volume has ever exceeded 1 million in a quarter.
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Powered by the Velox S platform, the upgraded OpenSound Navigator (OSN) is said to provide a 360° listening experience that is “more effective in supporting the brain to help veterans manage listening to multiple speakers in noisy environments,” according to Oticon.
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In a segment of “CBS This Morning” shown online, Dr Jon LaPook spoke with two veterans who now have partial hearing loss and tinnitus after using the earplugs.
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Hearing care professionals looking for knowledge and tools to differentiate their practice, elevate their standard of care, and improve their profit and loss statement can explore tools and resources offered through Oticon Business Development.
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Otoharmonics Corporation, a US veteran-owned company offering sound therapy for tinnitus management, announced it has been awarded a five-year Federal Supply Schedule Medical Equipment and Supply contract, making Levo available immediately to patients receiving care within the Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense, Bureau of Prisons, Indian Heads Services, and Public Health Services.
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Oticon is a proud supporter of Homes For Our Troops (HFOT), a privately funded, 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization that builds and donates specially adapted custom homes nationwide for severely injured post-9/11 veterans, to enable them to rebuild their lives.
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Veterans alleging that they have permanent hearing loss and tinnitus as a result of defective combat earplugs sold by 3M—the Maplewood, Minn-based conglomerate corporation—have filed at least 11 lawsuits against the company this month, according to an article in the “Star Tribune.”
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Hearing aid net unit sales in the United States increased by 6.2% in the third quarter (Q3) compared to the same period last year, according to statistics generated by the Hearing Industries Association (HIA), Washington, DC.
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With the addition of five new custom styles, including what’s said to be “the smallest hearing aid style Oticon has ever produced,” the expanded Opn family will expand its open sound experience in styles and performance levels to satisfy a wide range of veterans’ hearing needs and preferences.
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Within a span of 8 months in 1946, two papers dramatically changed the course of audiology and our ideas about hearing aid selection and fitting. James Jerger, PhD, takes a retrospective look at why these papers were so important and what we might learn from their then-controversial positions.
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According to HIA statistics, the US hearing aid market has experienced sales gains of 5.9% and may exceed 4 million hearing aid units dispensed by the end of 2018. Here’s a summary of the US hearing industry statistics through the third quarter of this year, including a look at the most-common styles of hearing aids sold.
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“In 2017, Health Canada required that the patient medication information for mefloquine be updated to warn that in some people, dizziness, vertigo, tinnitus, and loss of balance may become permanent,” said Dr Remington Nevin, executive director of The Quinism Foundation.
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