A child’s hearing being screened by a community health worker.
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There is only one audiologist for every million people in Africa. Pioneering digital devices help close the gap.
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This is both a result of social inequality, and an issue that could widen disparities further.
Lifestyle changes may be our best hope of delaying dementia or not developing dementia at all.
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Lifestyle-related dementia risks are complex, with factors like sleep, exercise, diet and social contact interacting with things like cognitive reserve, neuroplasticity and inflammation in the body.
Despite the increasing representation of persons with hearing loss in the workplace, discrimination, a lack of accessibility and isolation still prevent equity and inclusion.
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Discrimination, a lack of accessibility and isolation still prevent persons with hearing loss from experiencing equity and inclusion at work.
Many movies reach sound levels of 85 decibels and beyond.
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About 40 million Americans have hearing problems due to exposure to loud sounds.
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A new generation of auto-inflation devices helps children relieve glue ear. And they look like toys.
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Half of care home residents with dementia and hearing loss are without any support to communicate.
A patient’s age upon receiving a cochlear implant can influence the technology’s effectiveness.
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Researchers are exploring different ways to improve how cochlear implant users perceive speech and music in noisy environments.
Worldwide, more than 750 million people have tinnitus.
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Although there’s no cure for tinnitus, help is out there – including sound-generating devices, background noise and talk therapy.
The more often you expose yourself to loud noise, the greater your risk of hearing loss.
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Noise-induced hearing loss is permanent, which is why looking after your hearing while you’re young is so crucial.
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Using earbuds or headphones to play very loud music on devices and going to live gigs are putting up to 1.35 billion young people at risk of permanent hearing loss worldwide.
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Some commercial wireless earphones could work as basic hearing aids, a new study claims.
Now that over-the-counter hearing aids are available, it’s important to know what questions to ask.
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They are cheaper to buy and don’t require a doctor’s prescription. But OTC hearing aids come with some limitations.
Over-the-counter hearing aids are now available at pharmacies and big-box stores.
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They are easy to get, and far less costly than prescription hearing aids. But over-the-counter devices are not the answer for everyone with hearing issues.
The FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 designated a new class of OTC hearing aids.
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OTC hearing aids promise to increase the accessibility and affordability of the devices for millions of adults who live with untreated mild to moderate hearing loss.
People with tinnitus are more likely to have disturbed sleep.
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Understanding why the two are connected could be key in finding treatments – or even a cure – for tinnitus
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From skin lesions to hearing loss, unusual symptoms can be troubling for COVID patients.
Classroom noise and students’ inability to hear can be a barrier to teaching and learing.
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Teachers wearing wireless microphones that amplify their voices could be one solution to ensuring children can hear — and saving teachers’ voices from strain, particularly in the pandemic.
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The brain uses visual information and vibrations to substitute the missing sense of hearing.
The FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 designated a new class of OTC hearing aids.
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Only 3.7% of people in the U.S. with hearing difficulty own hearing aids. Thanks to a federal law in progress of being implemented, OTC hearing aids may help bridge the gap.