Stephen Franklin, retired Air-Force veteran turned rocket scientist, talks about his triumph over hearing loss using Pure 700 hearing instruments in the Winter 2010 edition of Hearing Health magazine.

Quota International’s Sound Beginnings program supplies free hearing aid vouchers to individuals age 23 and younger.

During the month of December 2009, Siemens Hearing Instruments will be featured in forty 60-second spots on CNBC in five major US cities. These segments highlight Siemens long history of innovation and experience in the hearing healthcare business and encourage people living with hearing loss to seek help immediately.

Siemens Hearing Instruments, announced its third annual partnership with Quota International’s Sound Beginnings program. The alliance will be effective through September 2010.

Since moving to Maine in the 1990s, Lisa Klop, AuD, has grown a practice and established professional activities for her fellow audiologists. This article appeared in Advance for Audiologists, November 2009 issue, page 18 and is authored by Jolynn Tumolo.

Better Hearing Institute Urges People with Diabetes to Get Their Hearing Checked and Joins in Global Effort to Promote World Diabetes Day

Shawnae Jebbia, Miss USA 1998 joins The Balancing Act to talk about her exciting life after being crowned—then suddenly how everything came to a halt after she began to lose her hearing. After seeking the help of doctors, Shawnae was diagnosed with the onset of Meniere’s disease-- which was affecting her ability to hear.

Andrea Boidman, chief operating officer of Deafness Research Foundation (DRF) and publisher of Hearing Health, sat down with 1998 Miss USA Shawnae Jebbia at the DRF offices in New York City on June 3, 2009, to discuss Jebbia’s journey through the diagnosis and treatment of an early-onset of Meniere’s disease.

A new algorithm from Siemens attempts to mimic/restore the pinna effect for BTE fittings. This article appeared in the Hearing Review, September 2009 issue, page 20 and is authored by Josef Chalupper, PhD, Anna O’Brien, MAuD, and Jens Hain, Dipl Ing.

After years in pursuit, a retired cop finally arrests his hearing loss. Jim Cudo, retired Cleveland Police officer tells us his story about overcoming hearing loss and how his Siemens Life hearing aids helped him become a success in his new profession, grandpa to 11 year-old Courtney. This article appeared in the Hearing Review Products , September 2009 issue, page 12 and is authored by Alan Ruskin.