Susceptibility to Otitis Media Largely Inherited.
There's a strong genetic component to otitis media. That finding emerged from a 13-year prospective study of 140 sets of same-sex twins or triplets conducted by Dr. Margaretba Casselbrant of the department of pediatric otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh and her colleagues. Although previous studies have...

What'dja say?
Occupational Hearing Services (OHS), a hearing education company, estimates that 20 percent of the U.S. population has a hearing loss or ringing in the ears, mostly from exposure to loud noise. Often the hearing loss is so subtle that the people around the victim notice if first--the person with...

A preliminary study of the effectiveness of an otolaryngology-based multidisciplinary falls prevention clinic.
Abstract Because the cause of falls is often multifactorial, efforts to identify risk factors and promote prevention would benefit from a multidisciplinary approach in which the contributions of a broad range of body systems are considered. We describe the practices and procedures followed at the otolaryngology-based multidisciplinary...

Speech science primer; physiology, acoustics, and perception of speech, 5th ed.
078177117X Speech science primer; physiology, acoustics, and perception of speech, 5th ed. Raphael, Lawrence J. et al. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2007 345 pages $77.95 Hardcover P95 Designed for beginning speech...

The path of speech technologies in computer assisted language learning; from research toward practice.
9780415960762 The path of speech technologies in computer assisted language learning; from research toward practice. Ed. by V. Melissa Holland and F. Pete Fisher. Routledge 2008 256 pages $95.00 Hardcover Routledge studies in...

Finding a voice.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In the heart of the capitol city, the nationally-known Magnolia Speech School is bursting at the seams. Since its beginnings in 1956, the school has served over 3,000 children from every county in Mississippi and from 22 other states. Families relocate to Jackson, and others...

Disability subgroup to build evidence base.
The National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research (NCDDR) at Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL) recently announced that it has developed a disability subgroup. The subgroup will provide support and resources for disability researchers who are conducting systematic reviews, which rigorously analyze research findings and summarize its evidence,...

Pennsylvania College of Optometry achieves university status, changes structure.
On July 1, 2008, the Pennsylvania College of Optometry (PCO) will officially make the transition from a college to a university, and will be called Salus University. Salus is a Latin word for health and well-being. In a letter written to friends of the PCO Department of Graduate Studies...

Neighbor to Neighbor.
The following students were named to the honor roll for the second semester at Bancroft School. Berlin: Megan Anderson, grade 10, high honors; Nicole Manning, grade 10, honors; Nicole Booman, grade 9, honors. Boylston: Allison Bennett and Benjamin Trotter, both in grade 11, were awarded...

Bacou-Dalloz.
Bacou-Dalloz Hear Today: What You Need to Know About Hearing Conservation Programs By Brad Witt, Audiology and Regulatory Affairs Manager Hearing Safety Group, Bacou-Dalloz Hearing loss can be a slow process causing irreparable damage to one of the body's most important senses. In...