RESA programs are on the move From New Baltimore Voice Newspapers The St. Clair County Regional Educational Service Agency recently took to the road and presented an overview of its programs and services at a Memphis Board of Education meeting - a service that RESA Superintendent Dan DeGrow offers to all districts served by the agency. Within the RESA service jurisdiction are 12 high schools, 11 intermediate/junior high schools, 32 elementary schools, 11 public school academies, a technical education-learning center, and a special education learning...

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No On-Campus Stadium for University of Memphis From Eyewitness News Memphis Dr. Shirley Raines, President of the University of Memphis, released a statement Wednesday, March 12 saying, at this time, it is not affordable to build an on-campus stadium. "On Tuesday, March 11, the Heery Group delivered its latest report, including financial assumptions, to the Athletics Subcommittee of the Board of Visitors of the University of Memphis. According to the Heery Report, we would not generate enough revenue to cover the debt for a $125 million project for 20 years, meaning...

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FIRST YEARS Earns Quality From Advance for SpeechLanguage Pathologists and Audiologists Chapel Hill (UNC) are pleased to announce that the survey course Special Topics in Speech and Hearing has earned the Quality Mattersr designation for meeting educational quality assurance standards. "A lot of work went into developing this survey course so that it would meet the needs of today's hearing health and education professionals, and we're proud those efforts have been recognized by Quality Matters," said Karen Youdelman, EdD, president of the AG Bell board of directors.

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Hospital's equipment boost From Buckingham Today PATIENTS with hearing difficulties will now be able to stay in Buckingham for treatment after audiology equipment was donated by the League of Friends of Buckingham Hospital last week. Hearing tests were carried out at Buckingham Hospital, but ambient sound levels were found to be too high and the service was discontinued in July 2007.

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THERE IS NO CURE FOR COMMON CONDITION BUT IT CAN BE EASED From Express 10 per cent of people in the UK experience it frequently and about five per cent of the adult population suffer from tinnitus on a daily basis. Almost everyone gets an occasional ringing in the ears, but chronic tinnitus sufferers endure constant ringing, whistling, hissing, buzzing or humming. Exeter Hospital, Megan not only helps tinnitus patients, but she suffers from it, too. Megan knows all sorts of techniques and methods which can help to ease the symptoms, and in her role as a hearing...

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