When Gail Ogrodnik heard crashing through the woods near their heavily wooded home on Vancouver Island, she reached quickly for her 18-month old grandson walking beside her. Cougars and black bears were common—but really, who knew what might be racing toward them? It was only Gail’s German Shepherd. It turns out Gail’s dog, Oliver, had […]
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What would you do with your first exposure to sound? That’s an easy question for 6-year-old Sayan, in Kolkata, India. Make noise all night long. Grace Strangis, founder of the Pathways to Children organization, a non-profit based in Minneapolis, MN, recently traveled to Kolkata, India to a school she started there: Jan Seva School. Besides
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AIC Kijabe Hospital in Kenya is a non-profit, faith-based hospital with a staff of over 700 people, including many international volunteers. The hospital’s goal is to provide compassionate healthcare regardless of the patients’ ability to pay for the services. The hospital cares for over 130,000 patients, and has one of the busiest operating rooms in
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It took just one phone call to remind Angela Waite, Audiologist at ENT Specialty Care Center at Physicians Regional in Naples, FL, why she does business with ReSound. Alan Dimmitt, Founder of Liberty Youth Ranch in Bonita Springs called Angela requesting help for one of his residents – a 13-year-old girl who had lost her
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“I wear them all the time,” says Ben Merrill about his ReSound LiNX™ hearing aids. Ben, a 71-year-old retired Information Systems Director, began noticing the signs of hearing loss back in 2008. Whenever he and his wife, Pat, watched TV, he had a hard time understanding what was being said and often had to ask
Talking to a loved one about their hearing loss isn’t always easy. This Mother’s Day, ReSound’s Director of Marketing Communications, Jennifer Seelman, sat down with her mom to talk about her mom’s hearing loss and how hearing aids have improved her quality of life. When and how did you first realize that you had hearing
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At a recent ReSound training in New Orleans, Steve Brown, an audiologist at Ears 4 Hearing in Southeast Missouri, asked our Chief Audiology Officer, Laurel Christensen, some advice on a patient he was treating. Patient profile: 61-year old male Long-term severe hearing loss Surgical equipment specialist Wearing RIC hearing aids from another manufacturer The patient
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Hearing for Humanity is a program at Arizona State University with the mission of providing sustainable humanitarian audiological and rehabilitative services in Malawi, Africa. In June 2013, Hearing for Humanity returned to Malawi for the 3rd time to provide humanitarian audiology. ReSound provided 50 hearing aids and batteries for this trip. We interviewed Ingrid McBride,
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As hearing care professionals, we are too familiar with the impact of long-term exposure to loud music and headphone usage. There are many stories of musicians facing the effects, such as tinnitus sufferers, Will I Am of the Black Eyed Peas, Chris Martin of Coldplay, Eric Clapton and Neil Young, just to name a few.
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By Amber Hilderman, University of Kansas Student The Audiology department at the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) has participated in a medical mission trip for the past few years. Our mission trip consisted of working six days while the last day we were able to take advantage of the local activities and culture. The
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