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• Hearing Losses Awareness – Prevalent & Preventable
  According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 30 million Americans are exposed to hazardous noise at work. Of those, more than 10 million risk permanent hearing loss through continuous exposure. Work-related hearing loss is one of the most common occupational diseases in the United States, says Dr. Linda Rosenstock, director of NIOSH.
  Author: Wolfgang Kohl - Date: May 13, 2004



• Deaf Teaching Tool – Camelot Center Receives Teach Award
  Camelot Center, serving deaf and hard-of-hearing students, has received a $2,500 te@ch grant from the Best Buy Children’s Foundation. Camelot Center is part of Camelot Elementary School, a Fairfax County public school.
  Author: Robbie Grossman - Date: May 13, 2004



• Children's Hearing Hazard – Children's Hearing Vulnerable
  One American child in eight suffers from hearing loss, according to a comprehensive national health survey. Those affected have difficulty picking up sounds at high frequencies in one or both ears, and continued exposure to loud noise will compound the problems. Results of the survey identifying noise as a serious health hazard for children were published in the journal, Pediatrics, in July of 2001.
  Author: Jay Barber - Date: May 12, 2004



• Hearing Impaired Sticker – Renewed Sticker Program
  Secretary of State Deb Markowitz announced the renewal of a driver’s license sticker program designed to improve communication between deaf and hard of hearing drivers and police and rescue personnel.
  Author: Jay Barber - Date: May 12, 2004



• Hearing Aids Information – The Consumer Handbook
  Auricle Ink Publishers announces the upcoming release of Spouse and Family of the Hard of Hearing. This consumer-friendly book is intended for loved ones of those who suffer from hearing loss, and who may be candidates for hearing aids. It is a straight-shooting, tell-it-like-it-is Dr. Phil-style approach—no holds barred.
  Author: John Schlesinger - Date: May 12, 2004



• Children Hearing Loss – KidsAbility Center
  Unitron Hearing will assist children with hearing loss in Waterloo Region through a community sponsorship with KidsAbility - Centre for Child Development.
  Author: Lucas Simpson - Date: May 12, 2004



• Kid Hearing Loss – Web Site To Support Parents And Teachers
  Discovering that a child has a hearing loss can be difficult for parents to accept and deal with. Helplessness, concern, and an urge to understand more about the impairment are natural reactions.
  Author: Nick Town - Date: January 2, 2004



• Hearing Impaired Child – A New Section For Kids
  As the first hearing aid manufacturer in the industry, Oticon has expanded its award-winning OtiKids web site to include a new section especially written for hearing impaired children between the age of 4 to 12.
  Author: Nick Town - Date: January 2, 2004



• Children Noise Damage – Aircraft Noise Impacts Skills
  90% of Hounslow teachers believe that aircraft noise has an impact on children's skills in literacy and numeracy, and 77% said pupils had difficulty hearing lessons in the classroom as a result of the noise nuisance, according to a recent teacher survey carried out by the London Borough of Hounslow. The findings will be outlined in the Council's submission to the Government on the proposed third runway for Heathrow.
  Author: Nick Town - Date: December 31, 2003



• Hearing Damage Treatments – 'Laser tweezers’ Help Hearing
  A University of Sussex neuroscientist has been awarded £775,000 by the Medical Research Council to continue his research into the causes of deafness, by looking at hair cells in the ear.
  Author: Nick Town - Date: December 30, 2003



• Elderly Hearing Losses – Elderly Ignore Hearing Loss
  Despite mounting evidence that hearing loss affects health, a significant number of elderly people don't seek treatment for the problem, even when their hearing loss is substantial, University of Florida researchers say.
  Author: Trent Offer - Date: December 30, 2003



• Hearing Loss Disease – Otosclerosis Form Of Progressive Conductive Hearing Loss
  If hearing loss runs in your family and the doctor says it's otosclerosis, it may be important to see a genetic counselor as well as a surgeon, according to new research from the University of Michigan Medical School.
  Author: Nick Town - Date: December 30, 2003



• Restaurant Noise Level – Exceeds Federal Workplace Standards
  The noisiest restaurants are so loud they may be damaging the hearing of waiters and other workers who put in full shifts during the dinnertime rush, according to a study from researchers at the University of California, San Francisco. Although diners are not at risk for hearing loss, the researchers said restaurant reviewers should advise the public about noise levels in restaurants. Many factors can make a restaurant noisier. Hard surfaces, high ceilings, open kitchens, and large crowds all can contribute to a cacophony that makes simple conversation a struggle. According to Robert Sweetow, PhD, director of the audiology clinic at UCSF, noise in restaurants is one of the most common complaints among diners, particularly those with sensitive ears and hearing problems.
  Author: Trent Offer - Date: December 29, 2003



• Hearing Aid Telephone – Microphone That Eliminates Distortion
  Andrew Corporation's wireless products division announced that it will offer Hearing Aid Telephone Interconnect Systems' BTE Freedom and Lite headsets that enable hearing aid wearers to take advantage of Assistive Communications Technology for home and work environments.
  Author: Trent Offer - Date: July 27, 2005



• Hearing Loss Factor – Changes In How Cochlea Works
  The cochlea is the hearing portion of the inner ear that changes vibrational energy into nervous impulses that the brain interprets as sound. When there are changes in the manner in which the cochlea works, or when there are changes in how the nerve that leads from the ear to the brain transmits the neural energy, the result is sensorineural hearing impairment (SNHI).  This condition affects approximately six of every 1,000 children; of that group, half have hearing loss at birth, and one in six is diagnosed with profound congenital SNHI.
  Author: Jen Bead - Date: December 29, 2003



• Digital Hearing Device – Surgical Implants In The Middle Ear
  Sensorineural hearing loss (nerve deafness) is the most common type of hearing loss in the United States, affecting more than twenty-three percent of Americans older than 65. Until recently, these individuals had one option – a traditional acoustic hearing aid.
  Author: Jen Bead - Date: August 7, 2005



• Children's Cochlear Implant – Second Language
  Second language learning in very young children has historically been viewed with skepticism among both experts in the field of language development and educators. Critics believed that learning a second language interferes with mastering the primary language and can lead to language impairment. These same beliefs have led clinicians and educators to discourage second oral language learning among pediatric cochlear implant recipients who are being trained in oral communication. Because normal hearing children were assumed incapable of mastering two languages without negative consequences, a second oral language might confuse deaf babies whose auditory and language learning systems were already compromised.
  Author: Jen Bead - Date: December 29, 2003



• Sensorineural Hearing Losses – A Voice For Profound Loss
  Nora McKellin could be described as a study in the exceptional. Born a twin in 1980, she differed from her sister in that she was diagnosed with diastrophic dwarfism and was later determined to have severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss. She required numerous surgeries on her back that required months of recuperation and years before she was able to regain her ability to walk. Despite these significant challenges, she lives an independent lifestyle and is now completing her third year of study at the University of British Columbia.
  Author: Nick Town - Date: December 29, 2003



• Infant Hearing Losses – Early-Childhood Hearing Effort
  As of this year, 101 Michigan hospitals have programs to test the hearing of newborn babies before they go home. These efforts have gotten countless children needed help, before hearing loss hinders their ability to learn and develop speech and language skills.
  Author: Trent Offer - Date: December 23, 2003



• Hearing Aid Risk – Children Have Greater Risk For Meningitis
  Children with a cochlear implant have a greater risk of developing pneumococcal (Streptococcus pneumoniae) meningitis compared to children in the general population, according to a study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and others published in the July 31 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). Additionally, children with a specific type of cochlear implant that had an extra piece called a ”positioner” had 4.5 times the risk of developing meningitis compared to recipients of other cochlear implant types. The manufacturer voluntarily recalled the device with the positioner last year.
  Author: Trent Offer - Date: December 23, 2003



• Infant Hearing Screenings – Better Hearing And Speech Month
  Congressman James T. Walsh will join officials from the Gebbie Hearing Clinic and Crouse Hospital on Monday, May 20th to mark the month of May as Better Hearing and Speech Month. Walsh’s visit will begin with the viewing of an infant hearing screening and tour of the Baker Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (9th floor) at Crouse Hospital, 736 Irving Avenue, at 9:00 a.m. and conclude with a meeting with affected families at the Gebbie Clinic.
  Author: Nick Town - Date: December 22, 2003



• Hearing Loss Cause – Providing Affordable Hearing Aids In Developing Countries
  Hearing aid manufacturers, service providers and donors will come together for a meeting in Geneva, on 11-12 July, to evaluate the possibility of private-public partnerships to provide affordable hearing aids in developing countries. The World Health Organization, convenor of the meeting, will launch its new guidelines on hearing aids and services for developing countries at the same time.
  Author: Jen Bead - Date: July 24, 2005



• Hearing Aid Danger – Cochlear Implants And Bacterial Meningitis
  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration , has become aware of a possible association between cochlear implants and the occurrence of bacterial meningitis. The cause of meningitis in these cochlear implant recipients has not been established.
  Author: Trent Offer - Date: December 22, 2003



• Digital Hearing Aid – Flexible Prices For Digital Features
  In an effort to help more hearing impaired people with a hearing solution that offers state-of-the-art digital technology at an affordable price, Oticon A/S has introduced Atlas, an exceptional new line of fully digital hearing instruments.
  Author: Nick Town - Date: July 31, 2005



• Hearing Aid Guide – Impartial Guide Plugs Gap For The Deaf
  Omnidirectory, a new guide to technology and contacts for deaf and hard of hearing people, aims to plug an existing gap by providing unbiased information in one place.
  Author: Trent Offer - Date: December 22, 2003



• Hearing Loss Pill – May Reduce Hearing Loss From Noise
  Scientists have been accumulating evidence in lab animals for years that a pill might be able to reduce the damage loud noise does to your hearing. Now they're sending in the Marines.
  Author: Trent Offer - Date: December 22, 2003



• Verizon Hearing Impaired Telephone – Mobile Phones For Hearing Impaired
  HATIS® Corporation announced today, access to cellular phones for millions of Americans with hearing disabilities. HATIS, a leading assistive communications company “is proud to have been selected by Verizon Communications to provide the hard-of-hearing community with cell phone-hearing aid headset solutions,” said deaf CEO William L. Morgan. HATIS develops specially designed headsets for professionals and other consumers who are typically unable to effectively use telephones with hearing aids. Verizon, a Fortune 10 company with 260,000 employees in 40 countries and $65 billion in annual revenues, is the largest wireless access provider in the United States with over 28 million customers. Under the agreement, Verizon will showcase and endorse HATIS solutions through their Website to customers, along with 1600 sales managers of freestanding retail stores and shopping mall kiosks throughout the nation.
  Author: Trent Offer - Date: December 22, 2003



• Hearing Loss Book – Offers Hope, Support and Guidance
  In our age of amplified music, assaultive environmental noise, and aging baby boomers, hearing loss has become an epidemic. Some 28 million Americans are hard of hearing, and their 15 million spouses and 50 million children struggle to support them, communicate with them, and help them live with their loss. Many hard of hearing Americans battle silently with their hearing difficulties, straining to stay connected to the world around them, reluctant to seek help.
  Author: Nick Town - Date: December 22, 2003



• Deaf Education Pack – Fundraising Made Training Resources Available
  A successful bid to the DFES Small Programmes Fund from DCCAP (Deaf Children's Communication Aids Project) has made funding available for creating training resources for Teachers of the Deaf in England. The funding will be used to develop CD-Rom and web-based resources to help raise awareness of how ICT can be effectively used with deaf children and young people.
  Author: Jen Bead - Date: December 22, 2003



• Auditory Research – New £9m London Research Centre To Reverse Deafness
  On Thursday 20th February, UCL will take the first step in creating a unique new London-based centre for auditory research whose central mission will be to restore hearing to the deaf and to prevent deafness in those at risk - conditions which affect over eight million people, making it the second most common disability in the UK.
  Author: Jen Bead - Date: December 22, 2003