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There’s good news for parents who have a child born with significant hearing loss. Advances in technology are making it possible to address profound hearing loss in children as young as 12 months of age.Approximately one of every 1,000 newborns in the United States-about 33 babies per day-is born profoundly deaf.Fortunately, there are treatment alternatives. [...]

Hearing loss is a large problem in the United States. Millions of people suffer from a lack of hearing in all age groups. So, the use of hearing aides has become quite common and very widespread. There are many factors that contribute to hearing loss, some you can control, while others you cannot.The world we [...]

What is a hearing aid? Simply put, it is any device used to improve the hearing of partially deaf people. Some smaller aids are compact enough to fit in the ear or be hidden in the frame of eyeglasses. Hearing aids assist in making soft sounds louder. Before choosing and buying a hearing aid it [...]

Stem cells occur naturally in the human body.  They are not blood cells, nerve cells, brain cells or any other kind of cell.   In fact, they have no identity by themselves — at least not yet.  They can, however, develop into different types of cells, replacing cells that have been damaged or are somehow, defective.  [...]

As a young child do you remember the game you used to play with a friend with two paper or plastic cups which were connected with a length of string, so that you each held one and used it like a telephone. This was passed down through many generations as a hearing experiment for a [...]

As we age, our sensory systems gradually start to decline. Because our brain requires a minimal amount of input to remain alert and functioning, sensory loss for older adults puts them at risk for sensory deprivation. Severe sensory impairments, such as in vision or hearing, may result in behavior similar to dementia and psychosis, such [...]

Hearing problems often occur as a result of traumatic brain injury (TBI) accidents. If there is blunt trauma to the skull, the inner ear can be affected, especially tinnitus, which is a ringing in the ears. Hearing loss or hearing damage can occur anywhere from weeks to years after TBI happens.Ear Structure and Traumatic Brain [...]

For a person who is hearing impaired there are so many choices if they are going to get a hearing device. You can get aids that just go in the ear or ones that fit inside the ear canal completely. One would expect these types to be the most popular for cosmetic reasons. Today the [...]

Many people have been suffering from hearing problems since the introduction of iPod and other portable music devices. One of the reasons that the iPod stands out among its competitors is that it is one of the loudest portable music players available right now.The loudness also becomes a vice as people use iPods music capabilities [...]

If you hear a constant buzzing, ringing or swishing sound in your ear you probably suffer from Tinnitus which is a form of High Frequency Hearing Loss. Some that suffer from Tinnitus only hear it during sleep, others hear it faintly all day or during certain environments, and the rest suffer from the most noticeable [...]

Copyright (c) 2007 Kelly CalkinsBefore he started losing his hearing, Steve was an outgoing young man with a promising life ahead of him. He had several close friends he enjoyed spending time with, he visited with family regularly and cherished spending time with his nieces and nephews. His career and social life was also thriving. [...]

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If you are like the many millions of people who have bought digital hearing aids, you probably did not fully understand all of the mechanisms at play inside of that new hearing aid. You had your hearing tested and were told which hearing aids would work best for your hearing loss. So, just what are [...]

A tell-tale sign that a hearing test is needed is asking people to repeat themselves. Voices sound muffled or as if the other person were whispering or speaking unintelligibly. Hearing tests can help determine if you are suffering from certain types of hearing loss, such as conductive hearing loss or sensorineural hearing loss. They can [...]

If you hear a constant buzzing, ringing or swishing sound in your ear you probably suffer from Tinnitus which is a form of High Frequency Hearing Loss. Some that suffer from Tinnitus only hear it during sleep, others hear it faintly all day or during certain environments, and the rest suffer from the most noticeable [...]

You wake up in the morning and “You’re Late!” You must have missed the alarm and you look at your wife and she moves her mouth and NOTHING! She signals at you like she is playing a joke on you but you hear NOTHING! Finally, you interject, “I’m late!” But, you hear NOTHING!What could possibly [...]

We all need to hear so we are aware of what is going on around us and expect to be able to use it especially when to alert us of any dangers. Dogs also need to be able to hear, but it is expected that they can adapt to life without it. While some dogs [...]

Because my hearing is somewhat impaired, I eagerly read “Save Your Hearing Now: The Revolutionary Program That Can Prevent and May Even Reverse Hearing Loss” by Michael D. Seidman, M.D. and Marie Moneysmith.Nearly half of 76 million baby boomers say they are dealing with some degree of hearing loss. That’s a 238 percent increase since [...]

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There’s nothing funny about a loss of hearing. In the cases of normal age-related hearing loss or even medical conditions that can crop up at any time in life, lots of people let a number of things get between them and seeking help to bring back or at least enhance their ability to hear. Discount [...]