Inside Sources: More Affordable Hearing Aids Still Have to Be Safe
Reporting by Jeanette Contreras Having had a parent who struggled with diminished hearing for decades, I have seen first-hand how hearing...
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Jan 5, 20221 min read
HealthDay News: Hearing Loss, Dual Sensory Loss Tied to Higher Mortality
Reporting by Physician's Briefing Staff Hearing loss (HL) and dual sensory loss (DSL) are associated with excess all-cause and...
Jan 3, 20221 min read
Healthy Hearing: How balance and hearing are connected—and why this matters
Reporting by Madeleine Burry Walking and moving without falling or feeling dizzy are tasks you can accomplish thanks to your balance...
Jan 3, 20221 min read
The Hearing Journal: Gene Therapy for Hearing Loss on the Horizon
Reporting by Gordon Glantz Turn up your hearing aid, will ya? As lewd and crude and rude as it sounds, it is the general response for the...
Jan 1, 20221 min read
Harvard Health Publishing: Progress toward over-the-counter hearing aids
Reporting by Heidi Godman Photo by Bose Corp. This may be the year that safe, inexpensive over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids become...
Dec 27, 20211 min read
Medical Xpress: Serious hearing loss declines among older American females between 2008 and 2017
Reporting by Esme Fuller-Thomson Americans 65 years and older have much better hearing than their counterparts nearly a decade ago,...
Dec 16, 20211 min read
Fox News: Advanced gene therapy may reverse hearing loss caused by genetics
Reporting by Amy McGorry The researchers explained in the release, that hearing loss has been associated with mutations of at least 100...
Dec 16, 20211 min read
New York Times: Can’t Hear Conversations in a Crowd? It Could Be Hidden Hearing Loss.
Reporting by Emma Yasinski Photo by Timo Lenzen Until a couple months ago, Lucie Gendreau, 66, had never really worried much about her...
Dec 14, 20211 min read
HealthDay News: Hearing Loss More Common in Older White Adults Versus Blacks
Reporting by Physician's Briefing Staff Photo by Elena Scotti The likelihood of hearing loss is nearly double in older White adults...
Dec 7, 20211 min read
The Johns Hopkins News-Letter: Hopkins researchers explore link between hearing loss and dementia
Reporting by Meghana Ravi Photo by John D'Cruz Researchers at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine are exploring a new link between...
Dec 3, 20211 min read
Technology Networks: Hearing Loss Genes Imaged in New Study
Reporting by Wei Lu, Åsa Johansson, Helge Rask-Andersen, Mathias Rask-Andersen Researchers from Uppsala University have been able to...
Dec 1, 20211 min read
Parkinson's News Today: Sounding Off on Hearing Aids for Parkinson’s Disease Patients
Reporting by Jo Gambosi Photo by Paul Rogers My sister, Bev, who has stage 3 Parkinson’s disease, has developed major hearing...
Dec 1, 20211 min read
Medical News: Lockdown created mental, emotional issues for older adults with sensory impairment
Reporting by Emily Henderson Photo by Getty Images / Brent Stirton During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, many assisted living...
Oct 28, 20211 min read
MIT News: Study finds the SARS-CoV-2 virus can infect the inner ear
Reporting by Anne Trafton Many Covid-19 patients have reported symptoms affecting the ears, including hearing loss and tinnitus....
Sep 7, 20211 min read
The Acadiana Advocate: Pandemic side effect? Mask mandate reveals hearing loss in younger patients
Published by: Megan Wyatt Photo by Leslie Westbrook Kevin Zerangue knew for years that he had hearing loss. However, he didn't realize...
Aug 16, 20211 min read
Physician's Weekly: Tinnitus & Subjective Hearing Loss More Common in Migraine
Published by: Hamid R. Djalilian, MD “Tinnitus is a condition that affects approximately 10% of the adult population in the United States...
Aug 15, 20211 min read
Manufacturing.net: 7 Proactive Solutions for Work-Related Hearing Loss
Published by: Dr. Hope Lanter Every day, 22 million U.S. workers—roughly the entire population of Florida—are exposed to hazardous noise...
Jul 27, 20211 min read
Health Day: 13 Percent Experience Difficulty Hearing Even With Hearing Aid
News Release In 2019, 13.0 percent of adults had some difficulty hearing even when using a hearing aid, according to a July data brief...
Jul 27, 20211 min read
Study: The impact of face masks on the communication of adults with hearing loss during COVID-19
Published by Nienke C Homans, Jantien L Vroegop Objective: The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of surgical masks and face...
Jul 26, 20211 min read
Hearing Journal: Reducing Music Levels in Group Fitness Classes: A Win-Win for Gyms and Clients
Published by Shuster, Benjamin; Hertzano, Ronna MD, PhD The World Health Organization currently estimates that more than one billion...
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