NEWS | Hearinghealth

Aug 7, 20221 min read

Public News Service: Heavy Use of Earbuds Could Trigger Noise-Induced Hearing Loss

Reporting by Nadia Ramlagan Many people are returning to recreational activities they suspended during the pandemic, and hearing experts...

Jul 29, 20221 min read

The Washington Post: During childbirth, I suddenly couldn’t hear any longer

Reporting by Edda Collins Coleman Photo by Bernard Coleman III When I was rolled into the operating room for my third Caesarean section,...

Jul 26, 20221 min read

UCSF: Hearing Loss and Tinnitus Are Common In Cancer Survivors

Reporting by Elizabeth Fernandez Photo by Susan Merrell While children receiving chemotherapy routinely undergo hearing tests, adults...

Jul 19, 20221 min read

WIRED: How to Use Your Smartphone to Cope With Hearing Loss

Reporting by Simon Hill HEARING LOSS IS common, and there’s a good chance it will impact you or someone close to you in your lifetime....

Jul 3, 20221 min read

Voice of America: Captioning Tool Expansion Helps People with Hearing Loss

Reporting by Bryan Lynn Photo by Rick Bowmer/AP Photo The number of tools used to caption words has been expanding in recent years. The...

Jun 28, 20221 min read

Harvard Medical School: Estimating Hidden Hearing Loss

Reporting by Mike Kotsopoulos Photo by peakstock Researchers from Mass Eye and Ear have developed a word-score model capable of...

Jun 27, 20221 min read

News-Medical: New word-score model can estimate the amount of hidden hearing loss in human ears

Reporting by Emily Henderson Researchers from Mass Eye and Ear have developed a word-score model capable of estimating the amount of...

Jun 22, 20221 min read

Verywell Health: Why Ear Infections May Cause Temporary Hearing Loss

Reporting by Jaime R. Herndon, MS, MPH Photo by Ivan-balvan / Getty Images Approximately 3 out of 4 children will have at least one ear...

Jun 11, 20221 min read

Psychology Today: Will Hearing Loss Soon Be Commonplace?

Reporting by Shari Eberts Can you imagine a time when hearing loss would be commonplace? When it would be more prevalent than not in a...

Jun 10, 20221 min read

Best Life: Not Using These Makes Your Dementia Risk Soar, Studies Show

Reporting by Megan Hageman With no known cure, dementia continues to pose a growing threat nationwide. Researchers are working to develop...

Jun 5, 20221 min read

The Conversation: Novel technology could allow chewing to replace the batteries in hearing aids

Reporting by Michel Demuynck Hearing aids are essential for people with hearing loss. But hearing aids have an Achilles heel: their power...

May 30, 20221 min read

Richmond Times-Dispatch: Treating hearing loss leads to longer, fuller lives

Reporting by Louise Andrew Photo by Dreamtime Purging closets bursting with hideous ties reminded me of how difficult it is to "gift" a...

May 30, 20221 min read

Medical Device Network: Over-the-counter hearing aids market not ready yet to flourish

Reporting by GlobalData Healtchare Photo by Getty Images In May last year, Bose received 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug...

May 22, 20221 min read

Forbes: Hearing Health Startup Wants to Revolutionize How People Treat Their Ears

Reporting by Steven Aquino Led largely by the response to Apple’s Best Picture Oscar-winning film CODA, interest in the Deaf and...

May 22, 20221 min read

Business Insider: Parents suing Apple over claim their son suffered hearing loss from AirPods

Reporting by Katie Balevic Photo by Getty Images A couple in Texas are suing Apple over a claim that their son suffered "permanent...

May 16, 20221 min read

ZDNet: 5 tips for preventing hearing loss caused by headphones

Reporting by Michael Gariffo Photo by Getty Images Many of us spend a good portion of our lives working to preserve and improve our...

May 15, 20221 min read

Neuroscience News: Hope for Treatments Against Hearing Loss as 10 Genes Identified

Reporting by Tanya Wood Researchers led by King’s College London, Karolinska Institute and Erasmus University have identified 10 new...

May 10, 20221 min read

CNN: Barbie unveils its first-ever doll with hearing aids

Reporting by Leah Dolan Photo by Mattel Barbie, the 63-year-old American doll manufacturer, is releasing a new set of dolls in June as...

May 10, 20221 min read

Optometry Times: Visually-guided hearing aid: Hearing in plain sight

Reporting by Lynda Charters Photo by Cydnet Scott, courtesy of Boston University The concept of a visually guided hearing aid (VGHA) is...

May 5, 20221 min read

The Hearing Review: NCL Supports “Safe OTC Hearing Aid Standards”

Reporting by Jeanette Contreras Mild-to-moderate hearing loss is a difficult reality that millions of Americans struggle with, which is...