Are Children with Hearing Loss More Likely to Experience Behavioral Difficulties?
Children with hearing loss face a range of challenges compared to their normal-hearing peers. One of these may even be behavioral difficulties. We dive into what the research shows about behavior problems and pediatric hearing loss, the signs of hearing loss in children and what treatments are available. Hearing Loss & Behavior Problems in Children…
4 Tips for Traveling with Hearing Loss
Traveling can pose some unique challenges to people with hearing loss. Whether you’re planning a road trip or a European vacation this summer, it’s important to know what steps to take to ensure your trip goes smoothly. Don’t Forget Your Hearing Aids (and Accessories) Hearing aids are your number one way to make traveling easier…
How Can Treating Hearing Loss Help Your Loved Ones?
Hearing loss doesn’t just affect the person who has the condition. It can take a toll on their loved ones as well. Untreated Hearing Loss Can Hurt Relationships One of the biggest impacts of untreated hearing loss is how it impacts your ability to communicate. When you struggle to hear, your brain must work harder…
The Benefits of Bringing Someone with You to Your Hearing Appointment
Hearing loss is a gradual, progressive condition that many people have for years before realizing they need to seek treatment. If you are preparing for your first appointment with a hearing specialist, you might be feeling nervous and overwhelmed. This is why we recommend bringing your partner or other loved one with you to your…
2020 American Girl Doll Of The Year First To Have Hearing Loss
American Girl welcomes its newest doll, a surfer and cheerleader named Joss Kendrick, who uses a hearing aid. On Tuesday, the doll company released its latest family member, who hails from Southern California as its 2020 Girl of the Year, in partnership with 17-year-old pro surfer Caroline Marks, who will compete in the premiere U.S. Women’s…
Research Shows Turning Down Music Won’t Impact Your Fitness Routine
Turning down the music at your fitness classes won’t affect the intensity of your workout, researchers say. It’s common for fitness instructors to crank up the volume — sometimes to levels loud enough to damage hearing — because they think it will help students work harder. But researchers at the University of Maryland School of…
Penn Medicine Researchers Discover Hidden Brain Pathways Crucial To Communication
Using lasers to manipulate brain activity, researchers zero in on mechanisms underlying key hearing phenomena. PHILADELPHIA – Being able to understand speech is essential to our evolution as humans. Hearing lets us perceive the same word even when spoken at different speeds or pitches, and also gives us extra sensitivity to unexpected sounds. Now, new studies…
Evolution Of Our Mammalian Ancestor’s Ear Bone — First Detailed Study
New study shows how different stapes can be in species. University of the Witwatersrand – It has long been believed that the hearing bone called stapes, one of the smallest bones in ancestor of mammals, shows no differences between species. Now, Dr Leandro Gaetano and Professor Fernando Abdala from the University of the Witwatersrand’s Evolutionary Studies…
Sign Language Proves Helpful For Children With Rare Speech Disorder
Using sign language with intensive speech therapy may be an effective treatment for children with a rare speech disorder called apraxia of speech, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers. They suggest further exploration of the results of a case study showing the effectiveness of using several therapies together in cases of early diagnosis. Childhood apraxia…
New Study Could Lead To Reversal Of Hearing Loss
A team led by Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Eye and Ear researchers may bring scientists a step closer to developing treatments that regrow the missing cells that cause hearing loss. In a new study published online December 4 in Nature Communications, scientists report a new strategy to induce cell division in the mature inner ear. With…