Hearing Problems & Deafness Stories
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HIV-Exposed Children May Suffer Hearing Loss
Children exposed to HIV before birth may be at high risk for developing hearing loss by the age of 16. -
Technology Can Be Tough on the Ears
Ever since the first electric guitar hit the stage, parents have been warning kids that listening to loud music could damage their hearing. -
New Combined Sound and Talking Therapy Significantly Improves Tinnitus Symptoms
Tinnitus, which affects about 1 in 5 people, is a debilitating condition that causes a persistent ringing or buzzing in the ears, according to the Mayo Clinic. -
Hearing Patients that Can't Speak - Researchers Decode Brain Activity
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley have decoded those electrical signals, enabling them to predict the words a person heard by translating the brain activity. -
New Panasonic 'Open Fit' Hearing Aid Features Bluetooth Hub, Memo Taking
Panasonic Healthcare Group has introduced a new series of behind-the-ear hearing aids for people with mild to severe hearing loss which features a Bluetooth-enabled hub with memo-recording ability... Study: Lowering cost doesn't increase hearing aid purchases
Lowering the cost of hearing aids isn't enough to motivate adults with mild hearing loss to purchase a device at a younger age or before their hearing worsens, according to researchers at Henry Ford Hospital. -
Hearing loss rate in older adults climbs to more than 60 percent in national survey
Nearly two-thirds of Americans age 70 and older have hearing loss, but those who are of black race seem to have a protective effect against this loss, according to a new study led by Johns Hopkins and National Institute on Aging researchers. -
Workplace noise-related hearing loss affects sleep quality -- Ben Gurion U. researchers
Sustained exposure to loud workplace noise may affect quality of sleep in workers with occupational-related hearing loss, according to a new study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researchers.