September 16, 2019 / Hearing Loss

Helping Kids Hear Better

First-of-its-kind study shows kids with hearing loss benefit from early intervention.University of Iowa - Hearing well impacts every area of...

September 16, 2019 / General News

Babies’ Babbles Reflect Their Own Involvement in Language Development

Infants are motivated by hearing themselves.COLUMBIA, Mo. -- 'Dada' is a first word for many babies. Babbling sounds with consonant-vowel...

September 16, 2019 / Hearing Loss

Scientists Develop Genetic Blueprint of Inner Ear Cell Development

Two studies in mice use new technique to provide insight into cell development critical for hearing, balance.NIH/National Institute on Deafness...

September 16, 2019 / Hearing Loss

Scientists Identify Proteins Crucial to Loss of Hearing

Proteins play key role in genes that help auditory hair cells grow.Baltimore, MD, October 15, 2015 -- Almost 40 million...

September 16, 2019 / Hearing

Penn Medicine Researchers Discover Hidden Brain Pathways Crucial to Communication

Using lasers to manipulate brain activity, researchers zero in on mechanisms underlying key hearing phenomena.PHILADELPHIA - Being able to understand...

September 16, 2019 / Hearing Loss

Ida My Turn to Talk Tool Helps Families of Young CI Patients Find Their Voice

NAERUM, DK November 12 – The decision to choose a cochlear implant for a child has life-long implications for both...

September 16, 2019 / Hearing Loss

Gene Therapy Corrects Stereocilia Defects in the Inner Ears of Mice with Inherited Deafness

October 23, 2015 - For the first time, scientists have used gene therapy to correct defective structures in the inner...

September 16, 2019 / Hearing Loss

Birth Weight and Poor Growth Linked to Later Hearing and Vision Problems

A study of up to 433,390 UK adults, led by The University of Manchester, has linked being under and overweight...

September 16, 2019 / General News

Babies Need Free Tongue Movement to Decipher Speech Sounds

University of British Columbia - Inhibiting infants' tongue movements impedes their ability to distinguish between speech sounds, researchers with the...

September 16, 2019 / Hearing

AG Bell Board Welcomes New Member – Howard W. Francis, M.D., MBA

WASHINGTON, D.C. – October 15, 2015 – The Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (AG...