Health
Survey highlights lack of awareness with hearing loss
A Cleveland Clinic study is highlighting the lack of awareness about hearing loss among adults between the ages of 50 and 80 here in the United States.
Aug 24, 2022
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News tagged with hearing aids
Medical economics
New hope for easing stigma and isolation of hearing loss
The Food and Drug Administration recently approved regulations that will allow hearing aids to be sold over the counter as early as this fall, a move intended to broaden access to the devices, which only a fraction of the ...
Aug 23, 2022
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Medical research
Researchers develop word-score model capable of estimating hidden hearing loss
Researchers from Mass Eye and Ear have developed a word-score model capable of estimating the amount of hidden hearing loss in human ears.
Jun 28, 2022
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Biomedical technology
Novel in-ear technology could allow chewing to replace the batteries in hearing aids
Hearing aids are essential for people with hearing loss. But hearing aids have an Achilles heel: their power supply is expensive and environmentally unfriendly.
Jun 7, 2022
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Biomedical technology
Turning hearing aids into noise-canceling devices
People with hearing aids and other assistive listening devices often struggle at crowded events, because the various sources of sound make it difficult to make out any one of them clearly.
May 25, 2022
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Pediatrics
Deaf children with learning delays benefit from cochlear implants more than hearing aids
Up to three out of every 1,000 infants in the United States are born with profound hearing loss.
May 24, 2022
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Pediatrics
New research shows survival rate improvement for extremely pre-term infants
A new study in JAMA co-authored by a University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) researcher has found that the survival rates of extremely pre-term babies has increased significantly in the past decade.
Apr 1, 2022
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Pediatrics
Music teaches deaf and hard-of-hearing children to listen
A 12-week music program is helping deaf and hard-of-hearing children learn to optimize their hearing aids and cochlear implants, by teaching them to better understand the sounds they detect.
Mar 31, 2022
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Groups seek to shape final rule to ease hearing aid accessibility
The Food and Drug Administration is working to finalize a rule that would make it easier for many adults to get hearing aids, a policy change five years in the making that is sparking intense lobbying.
Jan 27, 2022
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Health
US regulators lay out plan for over-the-counter hearing aids
Health regulators on Tuesday unveiled their proposal to allow Americans to buy hearing aids without a prescription, a long-awaited move intended to make the devices more accessible to millions of people with hearing problems.
Oct 19, 2021
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