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“A world leader for otoplastic
consumables”
‘Anything but bland’. True to this
motto Detax were present at the EUHA Congress. The visitors
to the colourful Detax booth met a highly motivated
exhibition team using iPads for product presentations and
interactive promotions. Hands-on-demonstrations proved
why DETAX products count among the best the market
has to offer. The focus was on addition mini Junior +
Sensitive, the first ear impression silicone for children. The
new precision impression series has been perfectly adjusted
to the needs of little patients and the special requirements
for paediatric adaptions. It begins with the application of
the soft, easily flowing silicone, directly from the new
handy minimix cartridge with extra small mixing tips. The
big ‘standard injector’ becomes redundant, just like dyes,
flavouring or preserving agents, addition mini Sensitive is
skin-friendly & biocompatible. The extra short time in the
ear of only two minutes is child friendly as well!
Another highlight: addition protect XPress, impression
silicone particularly for adaptions of noise protection, fast &
effective, with minimised physical effort during application.
Ultimate precision, great cost / performance ratio and
extremely short time in the ear!
DETAX want to thank all visitors, they look forward to
seeing them again in 2012!
For further information contact: DETAX,
Web: www.detax.de or www.puretone.net
Widex receives
world's first wind
power consumer
label
Widex is among a group of
pioneering enterprises to receive
the newly-established
WindMade label – the world’s
first global consumer label for
companies that use wind energy.
The Danish hearing aid producer
procures its energy from a windmill
at the site of its new global
headquarters in Denmark. The windmill produces all the
energy needed for the company’s headquarters, including
the production.
Making hearing aids using ‘clean energy’ has made
Widex a role model across industries. In receiving the
WindMade label, Widex joins a select group of major
companies – including Deutsche Bank, Motorola and
PricewaterhouseCoopers – who have expressed their
commitment to renewable energy.
“These companies are at the forefront of the global
sustainability movement,” says Henrik Kuffner, WindMade’s
CEO.
WindMade is a non-profit organization backed by the
UN Global Compact and WWF.
For further information contact: Widex,
Web: www.windmade.org or www.widex.com
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A new and better hear-it.org
The world’s largest hearing and hearing loss-based website, hear-it.org, has been
modernised and reorganised. The most noticeable features are that it has a new
layout and can now also be read in Portuguese.
“We have tried to make the new hear-it easy and logical to use. We have therefore
built the website around four main areas: ‘hearing loss’, ‘hearing aids’, ‘tinnitus’ and
‘your situation’. ‘Your situation’ is also divided up depending on whether you suspect
that you might have a hearing loss, you actually have a hearing loss or are a relative or
colleague of someone with hearing loss. We also have our news section where we
continually publish the latest news about hearing and hearing loss. We hope that
users will welcome the new hear-it,” says Editor-in-chief Søren Petersen.
“We have launched a Portuguese version of hear-it.org to inform and support the
many Portuguese-speaking countries affected by hearing loss. This includes Brazil, of
course, but also Portugal and other Portuguese-speaking countries around the world,
where almost 300 million people live. One in six of these has a noticeable hearing
loss. That is around 50 million people,” says Secretary General Kim Ruberg, hear-it
AISBL, who is behind hear-it’s websites.
The first hear-it.org, which was in English was launched in 2000, and since then
hear-it.org has been launched in Spanish, German and French. Hear-it.org has been
named the best health website by The International Web Page Award. Since then,
the website has been greatly expanded and is today the world’s largest and furthest
reaching website on hearing and hearing loss.
For further information contact: Kim Ruberg, Secretary General, Hear-it AISBL,
Tel: +45 40 300 500, E-mail: hear-it@hear-it.org Web: www.hear-it.org
The fourth edition of Widex's corporate
magazine LISTEN is now available
This issue features articles
on art in sound and
sound as art, as well as a
report on a charity for
hearing impaired children
in conflict-stricken
Sri Lanka. One can also
meet the Widex brand
ambassadors and read
the dramatic story about
the birth of the Chilean subsidiary.
The magazine is available in several languages – to obtain a copy, contact
your local Widex distributor.
For further information on your local Widex distributor see the list on
Web: widex.com/contact
New Otometrics training
catalogue
In Otometrics’ training catalogue for 2012, you
will find two new courses 'Vestibular Days' and
'Patient Journey Days' besides our well-known
courses on REMs & RECDs and VNG/ENG.
'Vestibular Days' are aimed for all interested
in balance assessment. Our skilled instructors
will introduce the underlying theory behind Head Impulse and VEMP testing.
The Masterclass will also allow for hands-on experience with the new video
Head Impulse Testing device ICS Impulse designed in collaboration with Ian
Curthoy and Michael Halmagyi.
The 'Patient Journey Days' is a one day course aiming to refresh the patient
management skills of clinicians. The morning will include psychosocial aspects of
hearing loss and counselling techniques. This will lead on to investigating the
impact and benefit of hearing aids, their features and methods of verification
and measurement. The second part concerns different applications of the
patient journey.
For further information contact: GN Otometrics UK,
Tel: +44 (0)870 9000 675, Fax: +44 (0)1868 343 466,
Email: info@gnotometrics.co.uk Web: www.otometrics.co.uk
ENT & audiology news | JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2012 | VOL 20 NO 6