Digital Technology Aids Hard-of-Hearing Youth
Many hard-of-hearing youth can gain some level of hearing through a hearing aid. Dr. Rachel A. Raphael, M.A., CCC-A an audiologist affiliated with Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland, explains, ...
Leading Hearing Aid Manufacturers
As we know, there have been tremendous technological advances in the hard of hearing community. From state of the art hearing aids that have made possible what would no one would have believed as recently ...
Towards Gene Therapy for Deafness
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) in La Jolla, California, have identified the protein responsible for converting sound waves in to electrical impulses, which makes hearing possible. ...
Hearing Loss Gene Discovered
There’s big news for those who suffer from hearing loss and it comes from researchers at the University of South Florida. It recently announced it’s found the gene believed to be directly ...
What Are Auditory Brainstem Implants?
Technology has opened doors for the hard of hearing community that no one would have believed possible ten years ago. One of the latest advances is the auditory brainstem implant. It’s similar to ...
