April 21, 2009 – Utah and Texas researchers have learned how quiet sounds are magnified by bundles of tiny, hair-like tubes atop “hair cells” in the ear: when the tubes dance…

Minneapolis, May 18, 2009 – Jerry Ruzicka, President of Starkey Laboratories, Inc., and Brandon Sawalich, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, participated in the 2009 Hearing…

Educating the public about hearing loss and the importance of hearing health
Siemens Hearing Instruments, Inc. celebrates May is Better Speech and Hearing Month in Times Square…

VALENCIA, Calif., May 15, 2009 – In the first such online community of its kind, Advanced Bionics®, the only U.S.-based manufacturer of cochlear implants (or “bionic ears”),...

In October 2008, NIDCD participated in a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services meeting on progress being made toward hearing health objectives set by Healthy People 2010…

Tinnitus covers a number of sounds. It’s most often called “ringing in the ears” but those with tinnitus symptoms may hear whistling, hissing, swooshing and…

Study has potential to uncover new therapeutic approaches
Cleveland – April 13, 2009 – Qing Yin Zheng, M.D., assistant professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and…

Exposure to loud noise is an ear buster. Scientists and researchers have long known that exposure to loud noise, especially over an extended period, will cause hearing…

Provisions allowing school districts to address classroom noise and acoustics in their school buildings remained intact in H.R.2187, the 21st Century Green High-Performing Public…

Construction sites can be noisy places. Just think of all the jack hammering, bulldozing, concrete…

New Television Ad Points Viewers To Safe Listening Web Site During Better Hearing And Speech Month (BHSM)
(Rockville, MD – May 4, 2009) – A new television advertisement…

New review indicates fractured medical records collection for childhood hearing loss
Alexandria, VA – A new review of medical databases shows that neonatal hearing loss, already…

Persons with hearing and/or speech disabilities who use VRS and/or IP Relay are reminded, if they have not yet done so, to register with the VRS or IP Relay default provider of…

Global hearing awareness initiative encourages Americans to consider healthy hearing for spring 2009
Stafa, Switzerland – April 29, 2009  – Each year, the arrival of…

Recommends Four Tips for Women’s Hearing Loss PreventionSiemens Hearing Instruments, Inc. (SHI) celebrates the 10th Annual National Women’s Health Week, a weeklong…

This year, Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) is celebrating its 30th anniversary. The Bethesda, MD non-profit organization has been actively involved in many advocacy…

Despite modern medicine, one in 1,000 American babies are born deaf. The numbers increase markedly with age, with more than 50% of seniors in the United States experiencing some…

The National Temporal Bone Registry  is an organization tasked with maintaining a database of temporal bone donations and donors. Why the temporal bone? What’s so important…

Tinnitus covers a number of sounds. It’s most often called “ringing in the ears” but those with tinnitus symptoms may hear whistling, hissing, swooshing and ringing – sometimes…

In parallel studies in human and mouse, two groups of researchers have come to the same conclusion: that a new kind of gene is associated with progressive hearing loss. The new…