To all of our dear friends we wish you a very happy and healthy Thanksgiving holiday. :)

A Atlantic Hearing Aid Center opened its doors in January 1971 and has been serving the hearing community ever since! We have always been conveniently located in beautiful Fort Lauderdale, Florida at 2310 East Oakland Park Boulevard.

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INSIDE THE WORLD OF CONCERT SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS (A fascinating Insider’s view of a process many of us know little about).
Drummer Danny Patterson “Hearing health is a concern for most musicians, and i’m no exception”.
‘We are just like them’
Hear the World Foundation Announces Bruce Springsteen as Ambassador.
Music Reengineered for Cochlear Implant Listeners
Special Hearing Care Volunteer Project in Bali
Negative Feelings About Aging Can Impact Hearing And Memory
Sonic Launches Enchant MiniRITE with ZPower Rechargeable Battery System
Anonymous Donor Gives Pretoria Twins Gift of Hearing.
Hearing loss can creep up on you stealthily, with disturbing repercussions.(It’s a health issue. It’s a safety issue, and it’s a quality-of-life issue).
Listen Technologies Releases Second Generation ListenWiFi.
Hearing Loss May Affect Patient and Doctor Communications
New Research Demonstrates Benefits of Word Repetition to Infants
Starkey Launches ‘Made for Life’ Wearable Hearing Solutions (Described below is a huge rollout of innovative, cutting edge, new technology from Starkey)
Deaf in one ear, part-time piano teacher to get a diploma after receiving $3,000 from the TODAY Enable Fund
Scientists develop exciting new method to repair damaged structures deep inside the ear.
New Middle Ear Prosthesis Implanted in First Patient
ZPower and Starkey Collaborate on Muse RIC Rechargeable Option
Funds from hearing health run help these kids hear better.
Initiative To Aid Those Hard Of Hearing Launches Ahead Of Baltimore Restaurant Week.
Baby Gets Her Cochlear Implants Turned on, Almost Cries Hearing Mom’s Voice.
FDA Approves Waterproof Cover, Rechargeable Options, for Audio Processors (WaterWear, fully waterproof, can be used in freshwater, saltwater, and chlorinated water)
Korean Experts Warn of Hearing Loss Dangers
The Final Word: Complex Problems, Often-incomplete Solutions
Hearing Loss – Do You Know The Facts? Do you know the common myths?
Inclusive businesses put people with hearing loss to work.
Are Women Better Than Men at Explaining Hearing Loss?
“Cochlear Link” a huge step in providing the best service and support for patients while also helping clinic partners get back to what they love most: “Caring For Patients, Not Devices.”
Phonak Communications Launches New Features (Unlimited Range) for Roger Earpiece.
GREAT-grandfather rejoices as he hears again at 91 after going deaf as a CHILD.
Baylor College of Medicine to Hold Open House Cochlear Implant Awareness Seminar (Open to the public, YOU can attend)
Kenny The Hearing Dog Moving To Astoria
Scientists restore partial hearing and balance in deaf mice using new gene therapy.
Anthropologists Discover Hearing Abilities of Early Humans
Ida Institute Announces Winner of “Big Messages” Video Competition
Researchers discovered that nutritional supplements slow the progression of deafness for children
Army Researchers Assess Effects of Hearing Loss on Soldiers
Huey Lewis Shares Bad News… Says he’s lost most of his hearing: ‘I can’t hear music well enough to sing’
Sounds Can Help Autistic Children Develop Speech
Signia Reports Hearing Aids Are First to Add Notch Therapy for Tonal Tinnitus (Notch Therapy is inaudible and works in the background to relieve the annoyance of tinnitus).
Deaf Baby Hears Mom Say ‘I Love You’ For The First Time.
Soccer Headers May Be Linked to Increase in Balance Problems.
Increase of Tinnitus in Teens, Indicates Early Hearing Damage (Considered by some a major public health challenge)
Researchers suggest women with hearing loss are at greater risk of having preterm or low-birth-weight babies.
‘Future Loops’ 4th International Accessibility Conference on Hearing Loops and Hearing Technology to Be Held October 6-8, 2017
Oticon Launches HearingFitness App at 2018 Consumer Electronics Show
ASHFoundation Awards Over $500K for Hearing Research And Support
My journey back to life after hearing loss. (One woman’s’ personal experience with sudden, unexpected, hearing loss).
CPS warns children against loud music during Carnival season.
FDA Allows Marketing of New EarLens Laser-based Hearing Aid (Uses the patient’s own eardrum as a speaker!)
BALLOONACY! BAN YOUR KIDS FROM BURSTING BALLOONS SAY EXPERTS. THE LOUD POPS COULD LEAVE THEM DEAF! (The loudest bang made by a balloon, tested in labs using a high-pressure microphone, was 168 decibels).
Nuheara Announces The Release of Focus for IQbuds BOOST
Widex Unveils BEYOND Hearing Aid with Advanced Connectivity. (New Widex creates a WOW!)
Virtual pharmacist app for Deaf individuals.
ReSound Introduces ‘SUPER POWER’ Smart, Hearing Aids
Oticon donates $25,000 to “Empowering People” scholarship fund
When Writing, Interferes With Hearing. (For Deaf People, The Reorganization Of Brain Circuits Impacts On The Success of Cochlear Implants)
Two British siblings have raised more than a thousand dollars for a charity which helps deaf children… Now, they swim with sharks!
Oticon Launches ConnectClip Connectivity Device
MERRY CHRISTMAS
First Person Perspective… One woman’s experience with a cochlear implant.
Study Reveals How Sign Language Users Learn Intonation
Hearing impairment can be treated — but parents often choose not to.(Parents have choices about how to approach deafness with their children).
Starkey Offers Preview Video of Livio AI Hearing Aid.
FDA Clears Cochlear™ Smart Bone Conduction Sound Processor
App for Deaf, Hearing Impaired, Helps Communicate, React In Emergencies, Detect Dangerous Sounds… And Dance!
See the moment a deaf woman bursts into tears after hearing her husband’s voice for the first time!
QCY Bluetooth Headset Joins Clementine Wear Platform
FUN! FREE STUFF! Sensaphonics Offers A Facebook Product Giveaway, In Honor Of May Being “Better Hearing Month”.
‘They don’t give a damn’. Veteran speaks out after being denied Veterans Affairs funding for hearing aid.
Global Foundation for Children with Hearing Loss Receives Richard Seewald Award.
10 Tips for Helping Kids with Hearing Loss
Studies Confirm, Hearing Loss Impacts Quality of Life
Action on Hearing Loss supports launch of “Accessible Information Standard” for people with hearing deficits in the UK. (This is a major step forward for the hearing challenged in Britain).
‘I Completely Turned My Back On Music’: A Violist’s Journey With Hearing Loss.(It turns out… classical music is more damaging than rock ‘n’ roll).
World premiere love story ‘Arrival & Departure’ features Deaf and hearing actors. (Inspired by “The Most Romantic Film Ever Made”)
Winner of 2016 Judith Gravel Fellowship Announced
10 tips for tackling Thanksgiving dinner with a hearing loss. (Written by Shari Eberts)
The “Hearing Instrument Manufacturers’ Software Association” to Release Noahlink Wireless, for Bluetooth-enabled Aids.
Remote Mic Introduced by Widex, for Difficult One-to-One Listening Situations. (An add-on for those situations where background noise is especially intense).
May Is Better Hearing And Speech Month.
Eosera Named as 2017 Tech Forth Worth IMPACT Award Winner
Efforts To Make Hearing Health A Public Health Issue And National Priority
BIG NEWS: Apple has worked with hearing-aid firms on direct connection to iPhones, with free licensing!
University of Northern Colorado Team Travel to Guatemala to Establish Hearing Conservation Program
Phonak Launches Wireless CROS B-R
Starbucks has announced that it will open its first “Signing Store” in America in October, dedicated to hiring and serving the deaf and hard of hearing community.
Tinnitus Study Shows Reduction in Symptoms for Participants (62% reduction in perceived sound)
Making Sense Of Sound
Antioxidants Help Slow Impact of Genetic Hearing Loss
Hearing Industries Association cites concerns about OTC hearing aid market.
Hear Ontario Advocates for Greater Choice in Hearing Aids Available for Injured Workers
Widex Customer Care, Received Top Honors
A Atlantic Stands Strong With Orlando
HAPPY LABOR DAY TO ALL
Scientists have traced the roots of dementia back to midlife, a time when hearing loss and changes in speech patterns may signal the onset of cognitive decline.
The Ohio Digital Library Adds Resources About Deaf Culture and ASL to Collection
After baby hears for first time in viral video, mom works to empower other parents
Hearing the Light, “Optogenetics” Provides Bright New Prospects for Hearing Restoration.
Local Authority in UK to Ration NHS-provided Hearing Aids
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2016 ;)
Texas-Based Nonprofit, “Aid the Silent”, to Host First Ever Fully Deaf Accessible Music Festival!
Cochlear Launches Million Ear Challenge
Video Relay Provider Integrates Wearable “Ditto” with App for Deaf, Hard of Hearing.
European Project Tackles Hearing, Vision, Dementia
FCC Adopts Rules Related to Improving Accessibility of Phones To Protect People with Hearing Loss
News Report Exposes Harmful Noise Levels of Modern Hand Dryers
HAPPY NEW YEARS DAY
Hansaton Releases BTE Hearing System for Hard-to-fit Ears (“It packs a powerful punch”!)
Prevalence of Hearing Loss Among US Teens Remains Unchanged, Says JAMA Study
Researchers Create Algorithm to Predict Language Ability in Deaf Children with Cochlear Implants
Children with Hearing Loss May Experience Higher Rate of Bullying.
Cochlear hosts safety expo for people with hearing loss.
Nationwide Children’s Hospital Study Details Number of Ear Injuries Related to Cotton Tip Applicator Use.
Remarkable individual working to break down barriers for the deaf and hearing impaired community.
Unitron Announces “Moxi Now”, Smallest Wireless RIC in Its Class
Incredible footage shows brave deaf man, crawling over ice to save a deer trapped in a frozen river
New Program Could Improve Hearing Aid Use Among Older Adults (A gradual method to support the adjustment to wearing hearing aids).
Oticon Opn Marketing Team Receives Top Honors
Audiology in Palliative Care
How to Use a Remote Microphone to Reconnect To Your Favorite Activities
4 Tips for Preventing Hearing Loss. How to protect your ears from our noisy environment.
HEARING LOSS Readers share their stories on Dr. Frank McGeorge’s report on this debilitating condition.
News Update: Kaylin Yost Of Fort Lauderdale FL Wins Gold at Deaflympics!
Oticon Brings Great NewsTo US Veterans, Oticon Opn with Telecoil, Power Options, and Tinnitus SoundSupport Now Available Through The VA
Book Provides Overview of Anatomy for Auditory Implantation
Learning To Live With A Hearing Loss
A Bogotá school where deaf learn leadership. (Striving to give hearing-impaired children an education).
FDA Clears Tinnitus Add-on Feature for “HyperSound Clear”.
Team of Deaf Scientists probe hearing loss treatments. (The 10 faculty members in OHSU’s Oregon Hearing Research Center are considered trailblazers among their peers).
Subtitles And Audio Descriptions, Not A convenience… A Necessity!
“Power one” Showcases Batteries at UNSAF 2016 Congress, Paris
EarLens Corporation Releases More Information About The EarLens System
New Study: Brain training can improve our understanding of speech in noisy places.
App-Based Hearing Screenings for 10,000 African Children
Study Shows Interactive “Balance Retraining’” Website, Reduces Dizziness In Older Adults By An Astounding 40%.
If someone told you, “You have rocks in your head,” you’d probably be insulted. But really, you do. We all do! If those “rocks” get disrupted, you could suffer from a heck of a case of vertigo.
They were born deaf. Now, these six siblings can hear, talk and sing joyously.
Scientists Uncover New Clues to How Pitch Perception Evolved
Join Efforts To Extend Early Hearing Detection And Intervention Programs for 5 Years
Cable-free Cochlear Implant Processor Provides A Distinct New Way For Cochlear Implant Users To Hear.
Now hear this, men: Hearing aids can be a life changer
CDC Study: 1 in 4 US Adults Who Report Good Hearing, Already Have Hearing Loss
Could A Futuristic Vest Give Us a Sixth Sense? (For starters, the new technology—appearing on ‘Westworld’ before hitting the market, could help the deaf parse speech and ambient noise).
University of South Florida receives $9 million to treat age-related hearing loss (Boosting the hormone aldosterone and developing brain/ear-training sounds, are two keys to 5-year research project)
Oticon Wins Two Gold “Stevie Awards” for Internet-Connected Hearing Aids.
Odd and “Spooky” but could be a game changer and the next big advancement!
Cochlear Limited Announces Release of The Baha SoundArc. (The new Baha SoundArc is a non-surgical, behind-the-head band that is an alternative to theBaha®Softband).
Tennessee students’ nonprofit brings refugees’ stories to the world.
Hamilton CapTel Introduces “Noah Module” For FREE Captioned Telephones
Phonak Wins 2017 “iF DESIGN AWARD” For Audéo B-R Rechargeable Hearing Aid.
Intervention Improves Follow-up for Newborns with Hearing Loss By More Than 70%
Health Canada Grants Medical Device License for Rayovac Zinc Air Hearing Aid Batteries.
International Conference on Adults with Complex Hearing Needs Announced
New study reveals link between tinnitus severity and emotion processing in the brain
Influential Deaf Professor Immortalized on US Postage Stamp
Student Starts National Group for Aspiring Audiologists with Hearing Loss. (A UT Dallas audiology student has started a national group to support students with hearing loss who are in audiology programs or hope to be).
Don’t Be Tone Deaf On The New Hearing Aids Issue
Case Study Shows Benefits of Captioned Telephones for Social Connection
Deaf Children with Cochlear Implants May Learn Words Faster, Research Now Shows
Auditory Brainstem Development, Creating Hearing Problems, Linked to Nicotine Exposure.
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Academy, aids high school students’ transition to college
Dementia Medications May Cause Increase in Harmful Side Effects, New Research Shows
A ATLANTIC HEARING AID CENTER OFFERS OUR HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO THE PEOPLE OF BELGIUM
Sign Language May Help Children with Speech Disorder
HLAA Announces Some Success in Making Hearing Loss Visible to CDC
Sharp Pain in the Ears When Jogging?
This woman says she was fired by Freshii, (a fast food restaurant) because of her hearing aids.
Say what? Why we have hearing loss, what can help?
Action on Hearing Loss Seeks Hearing Loss-Friendly Work Environments During “Deaf Awareness Week”.
How to unclog your ears: Eight home remedies.
Duke Researchers Find Eye Movement Triggers Eardrum Movement
Getting Away from Hearing Loss; “Just Watch for Rattlesnakes”. By Gael Hannan
“Hear With Light”… Earlens Raises $51M to Launch Light-driven Hearing Aid
Newborn genetic screening for hearing impairment; new study emphasizes and justifies genetic screening for mutations in infants.
The UK proposes a new “national hearing screening” program for people age 65.
3M to Pay $9.1 Million Settlement for Selling Defective Earplugs to Military.
What Are the Dangers of Frequent Ear Infections?
Bank of Ireland Launches Instructional Videos with Sign Language Translation on its Website.
Cochlear Launches ‘See Sound Differently’ Video Campaign for Better Hearing and Speech Month
NASCAR Champion Jeff Gordon Joins Listen Carefully Campaign
New Study Shows Evidence of ‘Hidden Hearing Loss’ in College Students.
5 common myths about tinnitus
Offerings Of Hearing Aids, Hearing Aid Collection & Hearing Loss Education
It’s hard to make a chicken deaf…
Auris Medical Begins Phase 3 Trial for Sudden Deafness Drug
Study Compares State-By-State Hearing Aid Coverage for Medicaid Patients
Phonak Wins Three Red Dot Product Design Awards.
People with hearing loss and those who are deaf must have the right sort of smoke alarms fitted to their homes.
Heartwarming, Malawi’s first audiological clinic helps end silence and isolation.
Hearing Aids May Help Keep Seniors Out of the Hospital
National Science Foundation Funds Study of Vision in Deaf Children
Parts of London’s Underground are “loud enough to damage people’s hearing”, the BBC has been told.
“Getting in the GRUV” … Gruv Buttons Help Hearing Aid Users Insert Their RICs.
FCC Proposes Automating Phone Captioning.
Humorous Book on Hearing Loss, is Part Guide, Part Memoir
How To Stop An Earache (DIY- Home Remedies)
Voting Begins for Oticon Focus on People Awards
Oticon Opn Named as 2017 ” Edison Awards™” Finalist For World’s First Internet Connected Hearing Aids.
5th Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival ‘Deaf United Louder’
5 signs you may be experiencing hearing loss. Hard of hearing or think you’re going deaf? Here’s how to spot the signs and how to look after your hearing.
Action on Hearing Loss is trying to raise awareness on how hearing people, can help those with hearing loss
SIX EASY STEPS TO REMEMBER, IN ORDER TO PROTECT YOUR HEARING THIS SUMMER
Study Finds Cancer Drug Improves Sound Processing, Sharpens Memory
A ATLANTIC HEARING AID CENTER WISHES YOU A VERY HAPPY EASTER
New research suggests that exposure to nicotine, before and after birth, can cause hearing problems for the child.
Kessler Foundation Awards $310K Grant to Communication Service for the Deaf And Hearing Impaired New Initiative
International Safety Equipment Association Launches ‘Listen Today to Hear Tomorrow’ Campaign.
Much Broader Insurance Coverage for Cochlear Implants Announced
Leadership program teaches students with disabilities that the ‘possibilities are endless’.
Silently Suffering with Hearing Loss Negatively Affects Quality of Life (Of people with hearing loss, those who didn’t wear Hearing Aids)
Phonak Supports Soccer Training Camp for Kids
Top 10 tips to help protect your hearing with a ‘noise diet’.
New Hearing Aid ‘Buttons’ Will Help Users Control In-canal Receivers
Anticancer Drug Restores Hearing in Some NF2 Patients
Treatment that can allow people to hear again may be ready in 10 years
RIT/NTID Receives $2.6 Million NIDCD Grant to Study Language Outcomes in Young Deaf Adults
“GN Store Nord” Develops Device to Protect Soldiers’ Hearing
A NEW MESSAGE FROM CHARLIE… (The newest member of our staff at A Atlantic Hearing Aid Center, “Director of cuteness, and President of Awwwwww” )
Hearing-impaired teen in tears after hearing Mom’s voice clearly, for first time.
A very young child born with normal hearing, (but lost it due to medical and surgical interventions) gets a second chance!
6 Tips to Prevent Hearing Loss
How an implant helped a boy, 4, hear again with the first 3 Tesla MRI compatible implant in the Western Cape.
No Music… In Music City?
Hearing loss no longer a barrier thanks to help from Life Unlimited.
Protecting Children’s Hearing (From a Mother who knows from experience). By Shari Eberts, MBA
A New NIH Study Develops A “Quality of Life Measure” For The Deaf And Hard of Hearing (This project will yield the largest, most representative quality-of-life data on deaf and hard-of-hearing adults).
Outicon Launches First Opn Hearing Aid That Connects To And Interacts With The Internet
Video: “ZPower Recharges Lives”
DuPont: Championing Communication Access for Those with Hearing Loss.
NY Times Lists Best Kids’ Headphones for Safer Listening This Holiday Season
Hearing Health Foundation And A Atlantic Hearing, Support Hearing Health for Veterans.
This NGO Provides Hearing Implants To Underprivileged Children Of Pakistan Absolutely Free.
There’s An Amazing New VR Headset, Just For The Deaf And Hearing Impaired.
“SoundPrint” wants to change the noise level of NYC — and beyond!
Preschool and therapy are important keys to preparing children with hearing loss to start school.
4 New Startups Providing Aid for Deaf or Hearing Impaired Individuals.
Ear Infection Rates in US Infants Have Dropped
TO ALL OF OUR VETERANS, WE AT A ATLANTIC THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR NATION.
2018 Oticon Audiology Summer Camp Focused on Future Careers
The “Superpowers” Of “El Deafo”! (A very sweet and encouraging story of a special child)
Young athletes don’t let hearing impairments get in the way of their dreams.
Study Finds Auditory Speech Perception, Requires Tongue Movement
Cochlear Implants First Introduced To India In September, 2016.
New Cards Help Hearing-Impaired Wisconsin Residents Communicate with Police
Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Marks Better Hearing and Speech Month.
The NFL Players Association’s Professional Athletes Foundation (NFLPA PAF) Continue Hearing Loss Research of Former Athletes
Cochlear Releases SuperPower Bone Conduction Sound Processors
March 3rd, “Make a Sound Investment” on “World Hearing Day”.
Ontenna, a Sound Transmission Device Worn in the Hair? “Oh do… tell us more”.
US Embassy Employees in Havana Have Hearing Problems After Possible ‘Acoustic Attack,’ Says ‘CNN’!
Scientists Create First Gene Expression Map of Inner Ear
Lets Review Some Helpful Basic Communication Tips
House of Blues Promotes Hearing Health for Music Fans. (Including, donations to “Hear the World Foundation”).
Local woman aims to help businesses become ‘Hearing Friendly’
Frequency Therapeutics Announces Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial for Hearing Restoration Drug.
Neuromonics Introduces Downloadable Tinnitus Product
Music Festival Producers Strive to Protect Fans’ Hearing With Donation Of Free Earplugs To Children
Hearing loss and deafness, today’s basics, updated.
MED-EL Sponsors Deaf Athlete in Volleyball Championships
‘Lancet’ Study Recommending Immediate Action for Dementia Prevention.
Oticon HearingFitness App Wins 2018 CES Innovation Award
ADM Tronics to Begin Advertising Tinnitus Shield
Soccer Pro Supports Hear the World Foundation Project
Giles Martin on father George Martin’s hearing loss: ‘I became his ears when I was quite young’.
Mother’s Day is right around the corner, here is some important information you should know about your Mother’s hearing health.
Back to Basics: “The Final Element”. By Marshall Chasin, AuD
Hearing well impacts every area of a child’s life (language and speech development, social skills, and future academic and life success)
Sensaphonics introduces “EARbags” Hearing Protection
Diagnosed as being profoundly deaf as a toddler (and never expected to hear or talk), Ruth MacMullen has defied all expectations to become a talented musician.
Moxi Fit R. is the world’s smallest rechargeable hearing aid, while also providing better sound quality and a more realistic, natural, and comfortable sound experience.
College, helpul tips for students with hearing loss and their self-advocacy.
Starkey Hearing Technologies Launches The New “Muse iQ Rechargeable” Hearing Aid
Spelling Bee Contestant Proves Early Intervention Works
Tulane Researcher Awarded $1.8 Million Grant for Hearing Loss Study.
Cochlear Debuts Online Resource for Parents of Kids with Hearing Loss
Hearing Loss Can Change How Nerve Cells Are Wired
Bears’ Brian McCaskey on hearing loss: ‘Technology has really saved me’
Aid for Children in Panama: Oh, How Wonderful Hearing Is!
Taking a Lesson from Nature on the Importance of Hearing
For anyone who thinks hearing loss is limited to hearing aids, a group of health specialists are ready to prove otherwise.
Giving the Gift of Hearing Means Giving the Gift of Hope
Undiagnosed Hearing Loss in Seniors Means More Isolation, Study Finds
New Study Shows Hair Cell Regrowth In The Cochlea With New Drug. (Technique represents a major advance for hearing loss research)
IotaMotion Receives $2 Million in Seed Financing for CI Surgery Technology
Kyle Schulze was born with severe hearing loss, makes it to national finals on ‘American Ninja Warrior’.
Hearing Aid Project Provides No-cost Aids to Those in Need
Re-setting Your Ears to Recreate Language Learning (In a new study for language learning, participants listen through purpose-designed bone conduction headphones, whereby they will hear through their upper brains).
Hearing aid company spreads the gift of hearing to third world countries.
YES..Sometimes, Hearing Loss CAN be a joking matter.(Hearing impaired comedian making a big difference).
Healthy Diet May Be Associated With Lower Risk of Acquired Hearing Loss
WHY DO YOUR EARS SOMETIMES FEEL HOT?
A South Korean startup called “UFirst” has created a nifty neckband designed for anyone who is deaf or has hearing loss.
PervasiveSUB Software Transmits TV Captions in Real Time to Smartphones or Tablets
Phonak and Advanced Bionics Announce “MultiBeam Technology” for Wireless Microphones
Hearing Impaired Drivers to Offer Taxi Services in Seoul.
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY
University of New Mexico’s Speech and Hearing Sciences Department to Offer Hearing Aid Services.
2015 Oticon Focus on People Awards Celebrates Finalists
Ida Institute Hosts ‘Selfie’ Competition at AudiologyNOW!
Hearing loss widespread, ‘progressive’ in older Americans.
Yet another reason to steer clear of the big impersonal chain stores! (Hearing Aid Company “Deaf” to $9,000 Refund To Elderly Couple)
Cochlear Announces Winners of 2018 Graeme Clark and Anders Tjellström Scholarships
UConn Professors Receive $30K Grant to Study Early Stages of NIHL
HIA Stresses to FDA, The Importance of Hearing Professionals Role
Younger Workers Less Likely to Wear Hearing Protection
Oticon Donates $10K to National Breast Cancer Coalition
Non-Surgical Advances in Treatment for Conductive Hearing Loss.
UK Church Appoints Deaf Chaplain to Lead Church Services
EAR Inc Releases Universal-fit Electronic Hearing Protection. (Effectively suppress loud sounds, even gunfire, while still providing situational awareness)
Sivantos and Widex Announce Plans to Merge.
Friday: PCAST Open Conference Call on Aging, Hearing Loss in US
Disability in Action can be the first step for the hard of hearing.
Undernourishment in Early Childhood Linked to Hearing Loss, Johns Hopkins’ Study Finds
Phonak Launches Lithium-ion Rechargeable Battery Hearing Aids
Travelers Protective Association Awards $23,400 in Grants to Recipients with Hearing Loss.
WHY DO I SUDDENLY HAVE LITTLE BUMPS BEHIND MY EARS?
Addressing your hearing loss speaks volumes. Here are five illuminating things treating hearing loss says about you
The first-ever placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomized clinical trial of hearing aid outcomes published today in the American Journal of Audiology shows that older adults benefit from hearing aid use.
‘Shark Tank’ Star Praises Halo 2 Hearing Aids at Apple Store Event.
Christmas comes early for nearly deaf, legally blind woman.
WE MADE A MOVIE…PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR LITTLE FILM?
Widex Utilizes True Input Technology for Accuracy in Sound Reproduction
Apple’s ‘Everyone Can Code’ Program Available For Students with Vision, Hearing Needs
Researchers Identify Protein That May Influence Shape of Ear’s Sensory Hairs
Hearing Advocates Provide Hearing Screenings at Congressional Event
HLAA Honors Dr Lu Beck For Her Significant Positive Impact, On People With Hearing Loss
A study examined if the rate of age-related hearing loss is constant in the older, old (80 years and older). Scientists concluded that hearing loss rapidly accelerates over the age of 90.
FDA Approves Remote Programming Feature for the Nucleus Cochlear Implant System
Oticon Launches New Safety Line for Ponto Sound Processor.
Five Things I Wish Everyone Knew About Hearing Loss.
WHAT MAKES A “SMART HEARING AID”, SO SMART?
Cochlear Launches Slim Modiolar Electrode for Cochlear Implants
Congressman Robert Scott Introduces Legislation Featuring Excessive Classroom Noise Provisions.
Isolation and depression can haunt the hard of hearing.
HIA Sponsors Charity Bowling Event for AG Bell
Possible New Pre-Birth Treatment For Deafness, “IPS Cell-derived Inner Ear Cells” May Improve Congenital Hearing Loss.
Your Degree of Noise Sensitivity Depends on Your Brain
Dave Matthews Guitar up for Auction (Proceeds supporting research, education and public awareness in audiology and hearing science)
A Young Musician Loses—And Then Saves—His Hearing
Review Uncovers Possible Associative Links Between Hearing Loss, Mental Health
Study Estimates a 30 Million Increase in Adults With Hearing Loss by 2060
Oticon Hearing Foundation to Support Hearing Impaired Individuals Impacted by Northwest Wildfires
Gallaudet University Lab, Working on ASL App Profiled in “Washington Post”.
Visual Cues May Help Amplify Sound, University College London Researchers Find
Tinnitus could be worsened by antidepressant use
Seek treatment of ear problems as early as possible to prevent progressive loss in hearing.
Gene Therapy Corrects Defective Structures in Inner Ear, Study Shows
Starkey Partners with Bragi on New Hearable Technology (This could be a game changing moment for our entire community)
Study shows effectiveness of earplugs in preventing temporary hearing loss after loud music
A new simple blood test could help detect hearing loss at an earlier stage than hearing tests currently available allow.
Hearing Loss Results From Cisplatin Therapy For Cancer
Vocal Attractiveness: Men and Women Perceive Consonants Differently.
Eight people have one more thing to be grateful for this Thanksgiving: the gift of free hearing.
Phonak Announces Extension of Belong Platform
HearStrong Foundation Recognizes Student for Overcoming Hearing Loss
Phonak’s In-Ear Monitors Used In The Award Winning Film ‘La La Land’.(Interesting Hollywood “ear gossip”).
“Never Take Pictures In the Men’s Washroom–Even for Hearing Science!!”
Songbirds Learn Melody, The Way Humans Imprint Language
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
10 famous musicians you know… Who suffer with hearing loss.
Oticon’s New Hearing Aid Takes ‘Open Sound’ Approach
MAY THIS DAY BE FILLED WITH LOVE, JOY AND THE WARMTH OF TOGETHERNESS
Understanding hearing loss, the second most common impairment in the world.
New Study Shows Hearing Aids Reduce Risk of Cognitive Decline in Older Adults
Language Development in Children With Cochlear Implants Focus of New Study.
Pediatric Heart Surgery May Increase Risk for Hearing Loss And Language Problems.
Is exposure to airborne ultrasound, harming our health?
Hearing loop at Library opens doors
Case Western Reserve University Researchers Seek Paid Volunteers for Audiology Study.
7Everyday Heroes assist the hard of hearing and deaf communities.
NFL, EarQ Investigate Hearing Loss Among Football Players
Acoustic Shock… by Nail Gun (Dennis Colucci, PhD)
Ringing in Ears Keeps Brain More at Attention, Less at Rest, New Study Finds.
Disaster Preparedness & The Hearing Impaired Community
A British woman has strapped a “stuffed” dog to herself and jumped out of a perfectly functioning plane.
Hearing The Call, “Again”: Military Vet’s Flag Flies at Summit Speech School.
Salus University Offers Free Health Screenings for Veterans
Simulation Software Helps Venue Developers Pre-plan Acoustics
Educating music lovers to take care of their hearing
Success of Cochlear Implants in Children before Surgery
When faced with hearing loss, it is important to know if the situation is permanent or if it can be reversed. Are you going deaf or do you just need to unblock your ears?
Promising Treatment Receives Funding for Second Clinical Trial of Hearing Loss Drug.
10-year-old deaf boy raises over $15K to buy hearing aids for those in need.
Wearing Hearing Aids In Windy South Florida, NO Longer A Problem.
Widex Exhibits Unique Hearing Aid at AudiologyNOW!
Action on Hearing Loss, (UK charity) “How best to communicate with Deaf people or those with hearing loss”.
Study Confirms Our Brains Interpret Sign Language, As a Language.
Modified virus as ‘Trojan Horse’ for delivering genes to repair congenital hearing loss.
Oticon’s ‘Hear in Pink’ Campaign Raises $10K for Breast Cancer
New Discovery on How Inner Ear Works
Connecting Smart Hearing Aids to the Internet via IFTTT
Living Beauty: (dis)ABLED BEAUTY brings faculty, students together to talk about disability.
Summer Holiday Healthy Hearing Guide. May Through September. (Summer holidays are the perfect time to model good hearing health practices).
Talking About Hearing Loss At Work Is Getting Easier
Woman Gets Trendy Tattoo to ‘Caution’ People She’s Deaf in One Ear.
World Wide Hearing Competing for Funding in Google.org Impact Challenge.
FDA Releases Agenda for April 21 Workshop on Regulations
Scientists Identify Gene That Causes Sensorineural Hearing Loss
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NewSound to Join Award-Winning Clementine Wear Audio Platform.
Study Shows Hearing Loss Prevalence in Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing Industries.
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Advocates for Access to Audiology and Speech Therapy in Revised Health Care Act.
Hearing Foundation of Canada Launches TinyEars.ca Campaign.
TO ALL OF OUR DEAR FRIENDS, A VERY HAPPY AND HEALTHY MEMORIAL DAY FROM A ATLANTIC HEARING.
Diabetes Affects Hearing, Blood Flow to Ears
Fighting Tinnitus With The “Sounds Of The Ocean”
Phonak Launches New Hearing Game Changer For Children
Bayat Foundation and Starkey Hearing Foundation Conclude Afghanistan Hearing Care Mission.
Study Finds Ability to Process Speech Declines with Age
WISHING YOU ALL A WONDERFUL, SAFE AND HAPPY CELEBRATION (We’ll see you next year…
Widex Launches Flex Hard Solid Shell
The American Cochlear Implant Alliance (ACI), To Host The Premiere Of ‘The Listening Project’.
Studies Uncover Hidden Brain Pathways of Communication
NIDCD Survey Shows 1 in 20 US Children Have Balance Issues
FDA Approves Cochlear Implant for MRI with Internal Magnet in Place
Newport Beach Designated First ‘Deaf-Friendly City’.
Prince George sprinter’s partial deafness is an advantage on the track.
Surprising auditory study, finds brain responses found to originate from previously unknown source
Deaf lawyer speaks out about shocking discrimination in the courtrooms of Australia towards the hearing impaired
Otonomy Suspends Development of New Drug to Treat Ménière’s Disease.
Research on Pitch Perception May Move Forward New Cochlear Implant Developments.
Chances of hearing loss increase with age
Hearing Health Foundation Recognized by ‘Consumer Reports’
Youth risk going deaf as earphone music is so loud.
New Infographic Illustrates… “How Hearing Aids Can Prevent Cognitive Decline”
Levo System Selected as Finalist in MDEA Competition.
Hear the World Foundation Seeking Applications for Fellowship in Pediatric Audiology. $15,000 award.
New York Times Reports on Decrease in Ear Infections
Deaf Baby Bursts Into Giggles After Hearing His Mother for the First Time
Scientists Find Gene That Raises Risk of Ear Infections
Tinnitus could be worsened by antidepressant use.
Interesting New Device Could Help Target Delivery of Hearing Loss Drugs
Don’t want to go deaf? Have a pint of Guinness each day: High levels of iron helps to prevent hearing loss, study finds.
When actress Amanda Barrie recently starred in Celebrity Big Brother, she didn’t pack her hearing aids to take into the house, she regretted the decision.
National Save Your Hearing Day: How to observe in Florida.
A hearing person finds out what it is like to be deaf. (Helen McGurk spends a day with implants and experiences the sound of silence).
Deaf Cashier Photographed as Patrons Patiently Write Down Food Orders.
Widex Announces Official Launch of CUSTOM Hearing Device
AudiologyNOW! 2016 Convention , Exhibitors Spotlight High-technology,Wireless,Rechargeable, Open Fit Products.
FDA Approves Cochlear Implant for MRI with Internal Magnet in Place
Two profoundly deaf East Londoners were crowned runners-up at the glamorous Forever Resorts, “Mrs and Mr Deaf South Africa” pageant in Pretoria on Friday night
Mass. Eye and Ear Receives Gift Totaling More Than $20 Million for Hearing Research
“NEXT Audiometers” Assist Hearing Tests for US Military Applicants
Brain Plasticity Compensates for Damaged Auditory Nerve Fibers
How to tell someone their hearing is declining without insulting them.
Phone App Protects Kids Against Hearing Damage from Earphones
“This was my mission,” she said, after 21 years of helping those with hearing loss.
Still a long way off but..Tiny 3D-printed ‘bones’ could be implanted into the ears of deaf people to help them hear.
St. Kate’s students help change the way St. Paul police make arrests.
WE ARE SORRY WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO POST DUE TO HURRICANE IRMA… WE ARE NOW SAFE AND WELL. WE ARE HERE TO HELP IF YOU NEED US.
Socially meaningful sounds can change the ear and improve hearing, new study finds
Living well… with hearing loss
Join The Patient Content Review Panel. Review Hearing News Network Video Content and Provide Feedback and Your Ideas, (YOU can make a difference and participate).
Signia Launches Pure Charge&Go Nx with Rechargeability, Connectivity, OVP, and CROS Functions.
Study Explores How Hearing Music Involves Body Motion
Advanced Bionics Announces the Launch of the Naída CI Q90 Acoustic Earhook
Mother’s Journey With Cochlear Implants Documented On TLC Show
The Hearing Health Foundation Releases Emergency Preparedness Guide for The Hearing Impaired.
Webinar: Captioning at the Student’s Desk for Improved Access to Verbal Communication
“ReSound” Receives Five Award Recognitions at CES 2016
Researchers Identify New Type of Vertigo, According to Study Published in ‘Neurology’.
New Evidence Confirms Diabetes Can Damage Hearing
Advocates close to getting hearing aid bill passed.
‘Faces of Hearing Loss’ Campaign. Think of someone you know who has hearing loss. Who do you see?
7th Grade Ocean City Student Makes Huge Impact for Those with Hearing Loss
Sonic Enchant Line Adds SoundClip-A to Stream Sounds in Stereo from Numerous Devices
There is no reason for seniors to miss out on anything going on around them!
New Study, Effectiveness of Sign Language in Deaf Children with Cochlear Implants
A deaf woman weeps with joy as she hears the sound of her husband’s kiss, for the very first time, after getting a cochlear implant.
The Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA), 2015 Kicks off Convention on Thursday in Washington, DC
Arthritis Patients Should Be Screened for Hearing Loss As Well. New Study Finds
Oticon Campaign Raises Awareness of Heart and Hearing Health
Auditory Cortex is Nearly Identical in Deaf and Hearing People, Harvard Study Finds
Members of Ottawa’s deaf community join Canadian Hearing Society picketers.
People with hearing loss explain what others can do to help.
Oticon Survey Shows Noise Levels in Busy Restaurants
Now that the holiday season is in full swing , we’ve found some unique hearing health gifts for everyone on your nice list
Sonic Introduces “Wireless Invisible-in-the-Canal” (IICW) Hearing Aid
Hearing loops at the Capitol give deaf, hard of hearing, better access to legislative process.
An audiologist speaks out on the “OTC hearing aid bill”.
Phonak Teams Up with Nonprofits, Gives Awesome FREE Hurricane Relief To Those In Need In South Florida & Texas!
Protein Movement in Inner Ear Hair Cells Shows Renewal Mechanism
USC Program Helps Develop Literacy for Deaf Children from Bilingual Homes
Ten Tips For Enjoying A Summer Barbecue With Hearing Loss
New study reveals,”The way you sound affects your mood.”
Hearing, Speech & Deaf Center is First in Washington State to Offer ASL Videophone Tree for Deaf Callers.
The Pitfalls of “Locked” Hearing Aids By Dennis Van Vliet, AuD (Author of Final Word blog, always bringing to light an interesting perspective)
Sheri Farmer couldn’t afford hearing aids. So her students at Valley High School gave her a down payment.
Hearing loss charity volunteers are honored.
Communication Tool from Ida Institute, Helps Young Cochlear Implant Patients
From Band Aid to hearing aid! “Ultravox’, “Visage”, “Feeding the world”…Midge Ure was a pop legend for years! But now he is paying a cruel price – growing deafness.
Guns and occupational noise, remain top major risk factors for hearing loss in adults.
“Lyft” Car Service Develops Special New Features for Drivers with Hearing Loss.
Oticon Donates $25K to ‘All Hands and Hearts-Smart Response’ Organization
How Music Rocks a Baby’s Responses to Speech
Pack Your Earplugs And Enjoy Summer Concerts
Birds never go deaf, but why do humans?
Survey Shows More Young People Vulnerable to Hearing Loss From Headphone Usage.
Cochlear Pledges $10 Million to Johns Hopkins for Research on Impact of Hearing Loss
Hear the World 2016 Calendar Features Star Portraits
The Degree of Hearing Loss for Children with EVA May Be Predictable.
‘JAMA’ Researchers Find Link Between Age-Related Hearing Loss and Dementia
Starkey Innovations Expo, An Extravaganza Which Cumulatively Predicts An Amazing Future!
Background Noise Hinders Children’s Ability to Learn Words
Program Pairs Donated Hearing Aids with Low-Income Adults.
Phonak Sponsors Free ‘Hear the Music Kids’ Camp’
People Who Ride Public Transit, Can Be At Risk Of Hearing Loss
May Is “Better Hearing & Speech Month”
Are Hearing Aids the Better Rehabilitative Choice When Compared to PSAPs?
NORTH AMERICA TO DOMINATE HEARING AIDS MARKET IN NEXT FIVE YEARS
YOU’RE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE THIS ONE FRIENDS.
Investigation into hearing expert’s work will now involve 1,000 children!
‘Shark Tank’ Star Tells CNN How Hearing Aids Changed His Life
DEAF children not being able to enjoy and participate in music activities is a huge misconception.
Opera Based on Deafness Premieres This Month! (Based on a book said to be a rare “inside” account of hearing with a cochlear implant. Praised by Oliver Sacks as “a beautiful account full of wonder and surprises,”).
Hear the World Foundation Partners with “Vibes” Hi-Fidelity Earplugs, Providing Hi-Fi Earplugs At Music Venues
Charity’s a lifeline for elderly Norfolk residents with hearing difficulties (Very interesting to see how other countries assist their elderly with hearing issues).
Heart-warming moment a deaf baby beams from ear to ear, after she is given hearing aids and listens to her mother’s voice for the very first time!
Delta Zeta Gives Gift of Hearing to All
Preterm Infants May Sleep Better Hearing Mother’s Voice.
The ADA Lends “Qualified” Support, for The President’s Council of Advisors Recommendations
Drummer For Broadway Musical “Rent”, Protects His Ears with Custom In-ear Monitors
Deaf and hard of hearing community New Zealand’s most neglected sector.
Starkey Announces Plans for May, Better Hearing and Speech Month
Don’t let hearing loss stop you from enjoying a happy holiday. There’s plenty to think about when you set off on a holiday.
MED-EL Announces Winners of Ideas4Ears Children’s Invention Contest
Against the odds: Lake search recovers deaf teen’s cochlear implant. (An Alta teen is able to hear today because of a miraculous underwater recovery).
Baseball Great Recognized for Changing Face of Hearing Loss
Dining out can be tough for people with hearing loss. A Baltimore nonprofit wants to change that.
Oticon Medical Receives FDA Clearance to Market New Ponto Abutment Extension (Additional surgery not required).
Hearing Test May Help Identify Autism in Children
Signia Launches Lithium-ion Rechargeable Hearing Aid (Opening and closing small battery doors or replacing tiny batteries, are a thing of the past)
HIGH-TECH HOPE FOR THE HARD OF HEARING
Researchers Develop New Technique to Determine Speech Comprehension.
Why Are Sight and Sound Out of Sync?
ZPower Receives 2016 Bronze Edison Award
Valuable New Information About Cochlear Implant Coverage (Helping to clear up some confusion)
A growing number of American Sign Language interpreters specialize in the performing arts.
What Teens Want. (Getting teens to consistently wear their hearing aids).
Can Apple AirPods Be Used AS Hearing Aids? (The short answer: No, but the situation is complex. As this article explains, the key problem with the wireless Bluetooth protocol is latency).
2018 ‘Hear the World’ Calendar Available From Hear the World Foundation
HEAL 2016 Conference in Italy Addresses Hearing Across Lifespan
NFL Players Association And HearStrong Foundation Celebrate Local Teen
Researchers Find Increased Risk of Hearing Loss Among Smokers.
MANY REASONS NOT TO BUY A HEARING AID ONLINE
Delaware Passes Hearing Loop Education Bill
How One Woman’s Borzois Saved Her From Isolation After Hearing Loss.
New Study Finds Age-related Hearing Loss Linked to Genes
Helen Keller National Center Announces Advocacy Campaign for Deaf-Blind Awareness Week
Schoolboy Who Beat Cancer Twice But Went Deaf In The Process Hears For First Time In Seven Years!
Emotional Responses to Room Acoustics
‘Adorable’ deaf boy whose family is being forced to raise funds for cochlear implants to restore his hearing, steals the hearts of “This Morning” viewers, with his playful antics.
What? Hearing loss on a noisy planet. (Anyone can experience noise-induced hearing loss — here’s what you need to know).
Mom Gives an Exciting Update on Her Baby With Hearing Loss Who Went Viral Last Year.
Starkey’s “Halo 2” Wins Bronze Stevie Award for Innovation
A second chance in life: Moving to the USA, gives the gift of hearing to a teen.
CNN Film Profiles Hearing Man…. Who’d Prefer to be Deaf!
HOW TO SOOTHE A BABIES EARACHE
University of Alabama Hosts ‘Droids and Drones’ Program for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children
Back to Basics Blog: Hearing Aids and the 3 PM Crash
Wearable Device Frees You from Checking for Phone Calls (Wow! This is one of the neatest new devices we have reported on this year. For many people, this is a game changer).
Back to Basics: My Rant About the iPhone 7 By Marshall Chasin, AuD
Power One Hearing Aid Batteries Receive High Rating From German Consumer Organization.
Hear the World Foundation Project Funding Application Process Now Open
MED-EL Ramps up Outreach Programs with Interview Series
A $750K grant from Google will allow a non-profit to help children with hearing loss around the world.
New Rapid Genetic Test May Prevent Sepsis-Related Hearing Loss
Improving Speech Recognition in Noise Using Binaural Beamforming in ITC and CIC Hearing Aids
A ATLANTIC HEARING AID CENTER WISHES YOU A VERY HAPPY PRESIDENTS’ DAY!
NAS To Hold Public Meeting to Discuss Hearing Health Report (YOU, can be a part of this event and make a difference without leaving your home!)
How an Alabama Man Has Restored Hearing For Untold Millions.
Oticon Drives Consumer Awareness with ‘Hear in Pink’ Campaign
One In Three Cases (about 35%) Of Dementia Is Preventable, Hearing Loss Plays A Large Role.
The Fennex augmented hearing app has launched a new version with a host of new features.
Ear Gear Partners with Audiologist on Kenya Mission Trip
Some Birds Process Sound Just Like People Do
Sensaphonics Announces ‘New Product Release The Latest Advancement In Safe Sound For Musicians.
To all of our dear friends we wish you a very happy and healthy Thanksgiving holiday. :)
New Research Looks at Educational Disparities in Native Users of ASL
Scientists Grow ‘Mini-brains’ To Study Diseases
Interacoustics has announced the release of its newOtoReadTM handheld device, that combines comprehensive DPOAE and TEOAE testing and offers diagnostic testing across a wide range of frequencies.
New Poll Results Provide A Snapshot, of “Struggles With Hearing Loss”
Hearing awareness: Communication made simple :)
Phonak Demos “Audéo B-Direct” Product at New York Press Event
Electrical Stimulation to The Brain May Simulate Signals for Sensory Function, New Research Finds
Audiology Patient Choice Act Introduced by Senators Warren and Paul
AT A ATLANTIC HEARING AID CENTER, EVERY DAY, IS “BLACK FRIDAY”. (We care about your good health all year long).
Alaska Fisherman May Have Higher Rates of Hearing Loss, New Research Shows.
Scientists Have Identified Novel Gene in Deafness
Starkey’s Halo 2 Hearing Aid Wins Another Award (Considered by many, to be the first hearables–wearable, advanced wireless technology for hearing).
Eosera to Introduce “EarwaxMD” at AudiologyNOW! 2017.
Dealing With Hearing Loss Over 50
Oticon Medical Launches “Ponto Softband” for Bilateral Users.
New Mouse Study Shows Sound Deprivation CAUSES Hearing Loss
Seamlessly connect hearing aids, all wireless accessories, and smartphone apps to make everything work together.
Sonova’s ‘Life without Limitations’ Film, Wins Awards at Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards Festival
A New HD Hearing Device Can Cure Hearing Impairment, Says Researchers.
Proteins from Sea Anemones May Rescue Damaged Hearing
Genetic Test to Identify Risk of Pediatric Hearing Loss in Development at NIHR BRC
Black Deaf Artists Celebrated during Black History Month
Deaf Student (With Cochlear Implants) Competes in National Spelling Bee
If you are hearing impaired in just one of your ears, a hearing aid alone is not enough. You may need special treatment.
Hearing Problems in Schizophrenia Tied to Brain Receptors.
ZPower to Partner with Oticon on Rechargeable Battery for Oticon Opn.
New OSHA/ NIOSH Ototoxicity and Hearing Loss Guidelines Published.
Rayovac Introduces New Technology for Hearing Aid Batteries- (World’s Longest Lasting Battery).
ZPower to Feature Rechargeable Battery Solution at IHS 2015
“We ALL hear voices in our heads,” but why? A new study investigates this unique and interesting topic.
Cells in Developing Ear Make ‘Sounds’ on Their Own
Classical Musicians vs Rockers: Who Would Be More Likely To Suffer Hearing Loss?
What to do when “average hearing” is not good enough?
Delhi Teen Invents Glasses That Could Revolutionize How the Deaf Communicate!
Study Shows That Wearing Hearing Aids Improve Brain Function
Young Owen – deaf but not defeated! (Little Owen continues to be a beacon of light despite not being able to hear).
Protein Found to be Part of Sound Wave Translation Process.
Sense launches guide on supporting patients with dual sensory loss
Sound Data Helps Swimmers Enhance Performance
Hearing Aid Tax Credit Reintroduced by Senators.
UK Experts Publish List of Top Priorities in Hearing Research
Theater Group for Hearing Impaired Children Featured on ‘CNN Heroes’
Sensorion Announces $1.9 Million Collaboration with Cochlear
Researchers Test New ‘Sensitive’ Robotic Hand Drill for Cochlear Implant Surgery
Camp is a home run for kids who are deaf.
Cochlear Gives Back To The Community, Announces 2016 Student Scholarship Winners
Amazing New Technological Advancement, Multifaceted “Smart Earplugs”
A local Action on Hearing Loss volunteer, recognised by the charity for her enthusiasm and dedication in devoting her time to help people with hearing loss.
Community raises $50,000 in eight weeks to help a child with a hearing impairment
EarTech Launches Moisture Control Device for Hearing Instruments
The NAS Holds New Public Meeting to Discuss Hearing Health Report
HAPPY MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY
IDEAL Group Launches Free, Game-Changing, Communications App for Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
Oticon Inc, Somerset, NJ, announced that it is seeking nominations of outstanding individuals with any degree of hearing loss for the 2017 Oticon Focus on People Awards
SpeakSee System Makes Easier For Deaf People To Get In Conversation.
Going Beyond the Phoneme…”To the WORD and Beyond”!
New Brain Study Provides Clues to Single-sided Deafness
Oticon Partners with Homes for Our Troops to Assist Injured Veterans
Molecule Discovery May Help Advance Hearing Restoration
Starkey’s SoundLens Synergy iQ Nominated for 2018 Edison Award
Hansaton Launches New Receiver-in-Canal Hearing System
New Drug Trial Results Offer Hope for Ménière’s, Tinnitus Patients (If successful, Otonomy’s OTO-104 compound would be the first such drug to receive approval to treat the condition).
“The Final Word” Van Vliet’s 5-year Predictions for Hearing Healthcare.
Hearing charity calls for volunteers (Can the USA learn from the UK, on how to assist people with hearing loss?)
Your child has hearing loss — now what?
Hearing-impaired hiker who fell 700-feet down mountain credits husky with life-saving rescue.
New Publication Summarizes Findings on Tinnitus And Hyperacusis
“ZPower” Named An Edison Awards Finalist For Innovative Battery System
Samsung Previews New “Gear IconX” Wireless Earbuds. Can Samsung make “truly wireless earbuds” go mainstream?
Fact vs. fiction: Common Hearing Aid Misconceptions
Oticon and Styx Team Up for Live Concert for Opn Wearers! (The first time a live performance is delivered directly to hearing aid wearers).
ZPower to Collaborate with Widex on Beyond Hearing Aids
Listen Technologies, a Utah-based provider of assistive listening products, announced that its mobile collaboration device, ListenTALK, has begun shipping worldwide.
Apple Proposes A New Line Of Accessibility Emoji
Best Practices and Treatment of Earwax Impaction. (Helpful “Dos” and “Don’ts” for a common problem)
‘It’s absolutely devastating’: Canadian parents of deaf children react to hearing aid budget cuts.
NYPD sends out visor cards to better communicate with deaf drivers.
Thirty Million Words
Let’s Go Over The Basics…The “Causes and Treatments” For Hearing Loss, Explained.
Third Edition of Spoken Language Resource Book Released
Scientists Show How Animals with ‘Coupled Ears’ Localize Sound (This research may one day lead to robots, equipped with this kind of hearing system).
Effective chemotherapy drug may induce permanent hearing loss
Hearing aids now more available for children.
Students view hearing world through a different lens in “Deaf Forest” art exhibition.
Advanced Bionics to provide direct connectivity to cell phones including Android, iPhone, and even classic cell phones
Hearing Aid Dispenser Arrested Over Fraudulent Billing Scheme
Action on Hearing Loss supports launch of “Accessible Information Standard” for people with hearing deficits in the UK. (This is a major step forward for the hearing challenged in Britain).
ISRAELI MIRACLE SURGERY HELPS CHILD HEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME
Loyola Medicine’s Hearing Center Announces 500th Cochlear Implant Procedure
Justin Osmond to Speak at the 2018 Alexander Graham Bell Association Convention.
Musician/Audiologist Founder Of ‘Musicians for Hearing’
Sonic Debuts “miniRITE Power Speaker”, Now Offering New Fit Options For Everyone.(Tiny aid with Super Power)!
Sony Mobile Introduces Xperia Ear, Its Smart Hearable
Wow, That’s Some Ear Hair!
Innovative Gene Editing Method May Prevent Deafness
How to Use Peroxide for Soothing an Earache (A simple tried and true home remedy that really works).
Vibes Founder Jackson Mann to Appear on “Shark Tank” January 27
Alexander Graham Bell sends his Mother a birthday gift of a hearing aid.(Interesting and unusual post today).
Report Recommends Screening Children with Reading Difficulties for Hearing Loss
Fennec Pharmaceuticals’ Cisplatin-Ototoxicity Treatment Given Breakthrough Therapy Designation
HEARING AND HEARING LOSS (Let’s get to know the basics)
Loud noise exposure is a common environmental hazard in the United States that can lead to hearing loss and other conditions such as sleep disturbance, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes.
Hearing has been partially restored in deaf lab mice using a novel therapy
New Research Finds: ‘Context’ Matters, When Your Brain Interprets Sounds.
New Earwax Impaction Solution to Be Launched by Eosera Inc. (New product is said to offer a safe, effective, simple, over-the-counter solution that benefits the entire ear care industry).
MUSICIANS WITH NOISE-INDUCED HEARING LOSS …
A MESSAGE ABOUT READING FROM CHARLIE “Director of cuteness and President of Awww”
Plural Publishing Releases New Edition of Pediatric Audiology Handbook
New Hearing Devices in Development May Expand Range of Human Hearing.
Listening to Language Boosts Infant Cognition
“THE BASICS OF HEARING AND HEARING LOSS” (POST 2 of 5)
Apple’s iPhone technology helps to reinvent the way some people view hearing loss.(With Apple’s “Made for iPhone” program, which employs Bluetooth and a special protocol technology.
Two Presidents work with the Starkey Hearing Foundation
Audiologist helping children in Haiti.
Adorable five-year-old deaf girl receives special doll with hearing aids just like hers, and just can’t contain her joy!
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!
Drawing Attention To Global Hearing Care
To Use Google Translate or Not? That Is the Question.
Starkey Hearing Technologies Launches Ear Health Product Line.
Why Vocal Fry?
Sound Engineer for Touring Musicians Uses Sensaphonics. “Everything at Sensaphonics is about getting great sound, while preserving your hearing”
Constant Use Of Cellphones Can Be Harmful To Hearing (Too high a volume runs the risk of going deaf if you don’t use devices that filter and reduce the surrounding sound).
How would the brain process alien music?
Four hundred deaf and hard-of-hearing Jamaicans have received hearing aids courtesy of the Starkey Hearing Foundation.
Starkey Teams up with Minnesota Vikings to Promote Healthy Hearing
Tinnitus affects nearly 10% of the US adult population, more than half do not discuss it with their doctor.
San Antonio festival to host deaf/hard-of-hearing accessible concert
You don’t know what you are missing!
“THE BASICS OF HEARING AND HEARING LOSS” (POST 3 of 5)
Miami Beach teen who regained his hearing honored for helping other deaf kids
Mental Well-Being Tightly Linked to Hearing Health
Study Suggests BrainHQ Training Program May Help Tinnitus Patients.
Film About Child With Profound Hearing Loss Receives International Film Festival Honors
Speech Intelligibility Benefits of FaceTime: Advantages for Everybody.
Free Webinar: Five Things Patients Should Know BEFORE Their Visit.
A potential cure for hereditary deafness has been discovered by scientists
Musician redefines herself after hearing loss.
Yet another example of Hearing Loops being embraced by organizations, in order to assist the hearing impaired.
Back in the saddle… Alpharetta equestrian overcomes hearing loss, pursues passion.
Dentist Uses Special Strategies to Provide Dentistry for People with Hearing Loss
“THE BASICS OF HEARING AND HEARING LOSS” (POST 4 of 5) MIXED HEARING LOSS
Better Hearing Institute Shares Hearing Health Infographic.
Widex Announces Expansive Color Options for BEYOND Hearing Aids. Now 15 Color choices
New technology that can help the 360 million people with hearing loss
World Health Organization’s “World Hearing Day” Is March 3rd
Step Up for People with Hearing Loss at Walk4Hearing
This is Hearing Awareness Week in Australia
Sheriff’s deputy faced large bill for hearing aids – until people stepped up to help.
World Heart Day To Announce Direct Link- Hearing Health to Heart Health.
Meet Eddy the Ear :)
Cochlear implant allows young boy to be “just a kid”
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy May Reduce Tinnitus Symptoms, UK Study Shows
Cochlear implants for advanced hearing loss. (A common question, answered well).
Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Launches First Global Headquarters
Phonak Launches Next Generation of Naída Power Hearing Aids (Users may understand 62% more speech!)
American Airlines workers were targets of alleged $17 million hearing aid scam.
National Health Survey Finds 1 in 6 Adults Has Trouble Hearing
“THE BASICS OF HEARING AND HEARING LOSS” (POST 5 of 5) The final installment in our series
Ft Lauderdale Florida Golf Pro Kaylin Yost to Represent Team USA at the 2017 Deaflympics.
Having the ear of Presidents and leaders to protect those with disabilities.
From translating hearing aids, to sign-language gloves, Amazing NEW assistive technology is on the rise!
Salus University Offers Free Hearing Screening For US Veterans With Possible Hearing Loss.
New Study Reveals How Hearing Technology Is Helping Children
Scientists Are Close to Finding a Cure for Hearing Loss (Human hearing loss could be reversible)
Don’t Dismiss Old Technology That Works! Offer Telecoils.
‘Associated Press’ Obtains Sound Sample Heard by US Embassy Workers in Cuba
Too Much Noise: Bad for Your Ears… and for Your Heart
Oticon Presents $25,000 Donation to AAAF Scholarship Fund
Success for Children with Hearing Loss Conference 2015
Our Perceptions Are Flawed, Says UCLA Study
Rayovac Launches “Pro Line Advanced”. The Most Advanced Battery System To Date
Voting Now Open for Oticon ‘2018 Focus on People Awards’
Oticon Opn “Internet-connected Hearing Aid” Wins Two CES Awards. (Opn Is the worlds first Internet – connected hearing aid)
Binaural Interference Present in About 17% of People, Says New Research
The hidden hearing aid that is being used by surgeons to give deaf people 24/7 sound. (The next big advancement is here!)