Links

Hearing Aid Industry

History of Hearing Aids
http://becker.wustl.edu - Early Electrical Hearing Aids (1947)
http://www.entnet.org - Ear Trumpets and Acoustical Appliances

Hearing Loss Statistics
http://www.ridbc.org.au - Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children
http://www.wi-shhh.org - Hearing Loss Statistics
http://www.medoto.unimelb.edu.au - Cochlear Implant and Hearing Aid Innovation
http://www.rnid.org.uk - Info_Factsheets, General Statistics on Deafness
http://news.bbc.co.uk - elderly are missing out...stats
http://www.xcse.dk/uk/200224uk.pdf - growth for the hearing industry in tact
(Hearing aids – 262,000 entries in google)

Top Six Hearing Aid Manufacturers
http://www.siemens-hearing.com
http://www.oticon.com
http://www.phonak.com
http://www.gnresound.com
http://www.starkey.com
http://www.widexusa.com

My Hearing Aids
http://adapto.oticon.com

Information Shortcuts
http://www.shhh.org - Useful information on how to select a hearing aid that's right for you...
http://www.hearinglossweb.com - Site covering all aspects of hearing loss. Includes forum...
http://deafness.about.com - Story on the deaf girl in the latest survivor series...
http://www.earaces.com - What is an audiologist...
http://www.hearingcenteronline.com - Q&A by audiologists...
http://seniorhealth.about.com - Help in the US...
http://www.hearinghealthmag.com - Articles covering anxieties related to hearing loss...
http://www.therubins.com - A white paper: why people won't wear hearing aids...
http://info.chsd.org - story for parents with hearing impaired new born...
http://www.earmold.info - ear molds and you...
http://www.beginningssvcs.com - for parents...
http://www.hinduonnet.com - even India re stigmas...
http://www.songbirdhearing.com - graphs of affected...
http://society.guardian.co.uk - UK Government offers $94 mil in funding for next 2 years...
http://www.heareasy.com - general pricelist...
http://www.usnews.com - article about a US politician gaining strength from high tech hearing aids...
http://www.asha.org - Hearing aids - myths and facts...
http://www.websmith.demon.co.uk - kids in favour for coloured aids...

Marketing and Brand Power

http://www.brandchannel.com - Brand on the horizon
http://www.brandchannel.com - Life saving brands - US Vice President Dick Cheney. Has branding made health and medical devises fashionable?
http://www.brandchannel.com - Will online Rx get easier to swallow? Pharmaceuticals companies are now using the web, but after being mistrusted and maligned for profiting from people’s ills, can the internet improve their image?
http://www.brandchannel.com - Forget Best Practice – think Uncommon Practice - : People who deliver a great brand experience
http://www.brandchannel.com - 1-2-3 Success! - Build Your Personal Brand and Expand Your Success
http://www.brandchannel.com - corporate brands - Companies come and go, but what invariably live on are the brands.
http://www.brandchannel.com - Building a great brand is serious business - a blend of art and science. What Makes a Brand Great?
http://www.websmith.demon.co.uk - Attitudes of Hearing Impaired Children and their Parents to the use of Colourful Hearing Aids
http://sis.windhover.com - Hearing Aids: Innovators Must Change the Channel
http://cleo.ninemsn.com.au - from geek to chic – mobile telephones as an example
www.business.bham.ac.uk - brandtaxonomy.pdf A taxonomy of brand linkages: the brand-relationship-interaction (BRI) matrix.
http://www.brandchannel.com/Developing_Integrated_Multi.pdf - Developing integrated Multiple brand experiences Differ – brand driven innovation
http://www.in-the-e-zone.com/e-book-zone/idealetter.htm/Ideavirus.pdf - Seth Godin – Permission Marketing & “unleaching the idea virus” New Marketing iniatitives to be included in the marketing mix.

Technology and The Shifting Attitude in Music

General Discusion
http://www.audible-difference.com - Stick it in your ear! Over 250,000 professional musicians in the United States are exposed to unsafe levels of sound during rehearsals and performances.
http://www.drumdojo.com - Independent Objective reviews of in-ear monitors carried out by end-users of the products.

In-Ear Monitoring
http://www.bigbearsound.com - In ear monitoring – a white paper
http://www.ultimateears.com - ultimate ears
http://www.garwood-radio.com - what pro’s have to say
http://www.handheldaudio.co.uk - hand held audiology & in ear
http://www.prosoundweb.com - In-Ear Monitoring-What is it? How can it help?
http://www.applesound.co.uk - SENNHEISER Evolution Wireless in-ear monitoring
http://www.capitalcommunications.net - Shure PSM 200 Series In-Ear Monitoring Systems Range -
http://www.samash.com - Major speciallised in-ear monitoring supplier
http://www.soundgalerie.de - Stage aid - "Knopf im Kopf"
http://www.shure.com - PSM Personal Monitors

Technology and Related Industries

Computer Industry
http://www.apple.com
http://www.microsoft.com
http://www.nd3d.com - New Dawn Design. Innovators in 3D scanning technology
http://www.laserdesign.com/specs/documents/am-series.pdf - 3D scanning – USA June 15 2002
http://www.imm.dtu.dk/visiondag/VD02/medicinsk/3shape.pdf - 3Shape - danish - one source for digital 3D scanning and modeling ... The hearing aid/ear mold, dental, and other medical
http://www.genextech.com/news/raindrop.pdf

Media, Arts, Entertainment and Related Industries

Production
http://www.theedgemediagroup.com
http://www.masonpictureco.com

Post Production
http://www.theedgemediagroup.com
http://www.eon-fx.com
http://www.graphix-bank.com
http://www.apple.com

Music
http://www.coversproject.com
http://www.guitartabs.cc
http://www.clubacoustica.com.au
http://www.btm.com.au
http://www.beatles.com

Cool Associates Flash Sites
http://www.neostream.com
http://www.vplay.com.au