Hearing aid. (Policy & Practice).
Your referral will determine whether an audiologist's hearing test is covered by Medicare. A new CMS program memorandum to carriers stipulates that if a physician refers a beneficiary to an audiologist to evaluate signs or symptoms of hearing loss or ear injury, the audiologist's diagnostic services should be covered--even...

Up from depression.
THE ARTICLES on antidepressant drugs by Gordon Marino and Betty Smartt Carter were lively, but both leave the mistaken impression that autidepressants induce a false euphoria ("Job on Prozac," "Taming the beast," Aug. 9). Marino in particular seems to worry that antidepressant drugs encourage a "get happy, take a...

Hearing aid. (Policy & Practice).
Your referral will determine whether that hearing test by the audiologist will be covered under Medicare. A new program CMS memorandum to carriers stipulates that if a physician refers a beneficiary to an audiologist to evaluate signs or symptoms of hearing loss or ear injury, the audiologist's diagnostic services...

Letters in the Editor's Mailbag.
Byline: The Register-Guard Parents teach empathy A huge round of applause for Amy Metzger (Commentary, April 28) for having the courage and strength to share the story of her family and her son, who suffers from an "invisible disability." It takes a great deal of...

Business Beat.
Byline: The Register-Guard PEOPLE Nick Marquardt has joined Brad's Cottage Grove Chevrolet in Cottage Grove as manager of the used car sales division. He has 10 years experience in the automotive sales industry. Also, Don Greer has joined Brad's Chevrolet as service manager. He has...

Hearing disorders merit early detection.
Byline: Jane Eyre McDonald For The Register-Guard Imagine not being able to communicate simple thoughts such as "Thank you" or "I love you." For millions of Americans with speech, language or hearing disorders, this is reality. For them, words don't come easily or at all. ...

Business Beat.
Byline: The Register-Guard PEOPLE Philip Farrington has been appointed director of land use planning and development for PeaceHealth Oregon Region. He will head the regulatory process for PeaceHealth's RiverBend site in Springfield as well as for work at the Hilyard campus in Eugene. Prior to...

Business Beat.
Byline: The Register-Guard PEOPLE Lara Johnson has been named "of counsel" with the law firm of Johnson Clifton Larson & Corson in Eugene. In the litigation department since 1993, her areas of practice include personal injury, nursing home litigation, motor vehicle collisions, employment law and...

Letters.
Take my dog, please As a trainer of tracking dogs, I was interested in your article about attempts to duplicate electronically the scenting ability of dogs ("Eau, brother!" SN: 2/19/00, p. 125). Even if these expensive, high-tech artificial dog noses are successful, however, they are not likely...

Watchful Waiting Is Best for Otitis in Very Young.
Prescribe watchful waiting rather than antibiotics for young children with acute otitis media, recommended researchers in the department of general practice at the University Medical Center in Utrecht, the Netherlands. In a prospective, double-blind trial of 240 children aged 6-24 months with acute otitis media, treatment with...