An Audiologist is the professional who specializes in evaluating and treating children and adults with hearing loss. Audiologists are licensed professionals who have a Master’s or Doctoral Degree. They conduct a wide variety of tests to determine the exact nature of an individual’s hearing problem and present a variety of treatment options to patients with […]
People with hearing loss often delay a decision to obtain help because they are unaware that receiving early treatment for hearing loss can potentially transform their lives. Research has shown that hearing aids are associated with improvements in the social, emotional, psychological, and physical well-being of people with hearing loss of all types and degrees. […]
HOUSTON – Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital and Cord Blood Registry® (CBR) are launching the first FDA-approved, Phase I safety study on the use of cord blood stem cells to treat children with sensorineural hearing loss. The study, which will use patients’ stem cells from their own stored umbilical cord blood, is the first-of-its-kind, and has […]
By JANE E. BRODY Yvetta Fedorova Hearing loss, a disability currently untreated in about 85 percent of those affected, may be the nation’s most damaging and costly sensory handicap. It is a hidden disability, often not obvious to others or even to those who have it. Its onset is usually insidious, gradually worsening over years […]
Washington, DC — According to a 2011 national study by the Better Hearing Institute (BHI), people with untreated hearing loss lose as much as $30,000 in annual income. As a result, the cost to US tax payers could be as much as $26 billion in unrealized federal tax collections. The BHI study included over 40,000 […]
1. What type of hearing loss do I have? 2. Is it likely to get worse? 3. Would hearing instruments help me? What types are available? 4. How can I use my hearing to my best advantage? 5. What can I do to protect my hearing? 6. Are there precautions I should take in my […]
Tinnitus is generated by neuron activity in the brain, researchers say. Tinnitus, that phantom ringing in the ears that affects millions of people, is generated not by the ear, but by neurons firing in the brain, according to a North American research team. “Tinnitus is not generated by processes in the ear, but by changes […]
In just a short time, hearing aid batteries could be replaced by a drop of methanol. Danish scientists are working on replacing the existing batteries in hearing aids with easily rechargeable fuel cells which run on methanol. ”We have come further than we ever could have hoped when we started this project of designing methanol-based […]
Childhood music lessons may pay big dividends later in life by keeping the mind healthy. Older musicians perform better on tests of memory and other cognitive factors than peers who have never learned to play an instrument, according to a study by the American Psychological Association. Healthy adults ages 60-83 were tested on nonverbal memory, […]
A new Better Hearing Institute study shows increased quality of life with hearing aid use A new study by the Better Hearing Institute asked hearing aid owners to rate their hearing handicap reduction attributed to hearing aid usage as well as the impact of hearing aids on 14 quality of life factors. The key findings […]
