Hearing and Balance Associates of Northwest Florida

Raves (Yes, It’s True) for New Hearing Aid
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/15/health/15well.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"><img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/04/14/science/well_757575.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"></a>A new type of hearing aid, called the Lyric, appears to have overcome many of the problems associated with traditional hearing aids.

Multitasking, Then and Now
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/30/jobs/30boss.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"><img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/03/30/business/30Boss.75.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"></a>My family taught me that using time productively meant more than just speeding through school.

Cochlear Implant Supports an Author’s Active Life
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/26/health/26brod.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"><img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/02/26/science/26brod.751.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"></a>For the author of a new memoir, cochlear implants opened a “whole new world.”

Early Action Proving Crucial to Hearing Success
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/04/health/04deaf.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"><img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/09/03/health/04HEARING_75.gif" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"></a>For a baby who is born deaf or hearing-impaired, early action by both parents and doctors may be essential to his or her social development.

Wall of Sound
Trying to make sense of what he couldn’t quite hear.

The Day the Music Died
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/12/fashion/12hearing.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"><img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/07/11/fashion/12hear75.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"></a>Baby boomers, after years of making noise, face hearing loss and a new group of devices they once made fun of.

For Some Who Lost Their Hearing, Implants Help
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/03/health/03brody.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"><img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/10/02/health/brod.7575.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"></a>Perhaps as many as one million people in the United States could benefit from a cochlear implant.

Bearing the Gift of Hearing
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/01/jobs/01boss.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"><img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/09/30/business/01boss.1.75.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"></a>"What changed me was seeing in people’s eyes what it meant to finally be able to hear."

Hearing Loss Is Common, but Often Untreated
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/26/health/26brod.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"><img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/09/25/science/brod.77575.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"></a>Hearing loss is the third most common chronic condition among older Americans, after hypertension and arthritis.

The Hearing Aid as Fashion Statement
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/24/business/yourmoney/24novel.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"><img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/09/24/business/24novel.2.75.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"></a>Sharp designs and colors fight the impression made by older devices.

It's Bluetooth for the Ears: A Hearing Aid Takes Calls
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/15/technology/circuits/15hearing.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"><img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2005/09/14/technology/15hearing.75.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"></a>The ELI hearing aid from Starkey Laboratories uses the Bluetooth wireless technology now included with many cellphones to avoid interference by, in effect, moving the telephone into the hearing aid.

Hearing Aids Listen to Each Other to Create a More Natural Sound
Siemens Acuris wireless binaural hearing aid

The Brainy Hearing Aid Extracts Meaning From Noise
A new hearing aid from Oticon, aiming to mimic natural hearing, incorporates artificial intelligence software.

COMPANY NEWS; SONIC INNOVATIONS SHARES FALL ON REDUCED OUTLOOK
Stock of Sonic Innovations Inc, maker of hearing aids, drops 38 percent after company lowers its second-quarter earnings forecast, citing cutbacks in health care benefits in Germany

When Necessity Meets Ingenuity: Art of Restoring Whats Missing
A new exhibit reminds us that not all prosthetics advancements are driven by war.