September 16, 2019 / Hearing

NTID to offer new healthcare interpretation program

Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf has received approval from New York State Department of Education...

September 16, 2019 / Hearing

WHO outlines ways to prevent childhood hearing loss

Nearly 32 million children across the world live with disabling hearing loss. A new WHO report, "Childhood hearing loss: act...

September 16, 2019 / Hearing

Study shows hearing aids improve brain function

A recent study by Jamie Desjardins, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the speech-language pathology program at The University of Texas...

September 16, 2019 / Hearing

94 percent of older adults suffer from sensory loss

The first study to measure the full spectrum of age-related damage to all five senses found that 94 percent of...

September 16, 2019 / Hearing

New study examines balance and dizziness disorders in children

More than one in 20 (nearly 3.3 million) children between the ages of three and 17 have a dizziness or...

September 16, 2019 / Hearing

International study released on how world hears

Young Americans are exposing themselves to a high risk of losing their hearing with 60 percent of teenagers and young...

September 16, 2019 / Hearing

HLAA announces dates and details for 2016 convention

Bethesda, MD (January 28, 2016): The Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA), the nation’s leading organization representing people with hearing...

September 16, 2019 / Hearing

Apple seeks encouragement from FCC for Made-for-iPhone hearing aids

Apple recently has filed a new document with the Federal Communications Commission in which it argues that Made for iPhone,...

September 16, 2019 / Hearing

Study examines hearing loss and tinnitus in workers

A new study from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), published by the American Journal of Industrial...

September 16, 2019 / Hearing

Can electronic cigarettes damage your hearing?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that as many as 2.4 million teens use electronic cigarettes, and that...