Repeatedly responding to “What’d you say?” can often be the norm during conversations with aging parents. According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, about 28.8 million U.S. adults could benefit from using hearing aids. Despite age being the strongest predictor of hearing loss among adults, fewer than one in three adults… Continue reading 5 Ways to Convince Parents to Get Hearing Aids
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Cochlear Implants: What You Need to Know
Your elderly uncle is hard of hearing and has a difficult time understanding conversation — so much so that he’s feeling frustrated and left out. His hearing aids aren’t helping much. Your one-year-old daughter was diagnosed with severe hearing loss in both ears, and you’re worried about her ability to learn and understand speech. How… Continue reading Cochlear Implants: What You Need to Know
A Search for Better Hearing-Loss Treatments
Researchers have made a discovery that paves the way for understanding the “genetics of hearing” and may eventually lead to better treatment for hearing loss. Almost 40 million Americans suffer from hearing loss. There is no way to reverse this condition, largely because auditory hair cells, which sense sound and relay that information to the… Continue reading A Search for Better Hearing-Loss Treatments
A Better Understanding of Deafness
Damage to cells that are crucial to hearing may not have to result in deafness. Instead, researchers have found, new hearing cells seem to take over the job. In a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers from the University of Michigan Medical School, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and… Continue reading A Better Understanding of Deafness