Editor: Here’s an interesting idea – rechargeable hearing aid batteries. It sounds like a great concept, as long as the batteries last a reasonable time… Read More »SoundBytes to Offer Rechargeable Hearing Aid Batteries
by Cheryl Heppner Editor: Here’s another of Cheryl’s outstanding articles reporting on the 2005 SHHH Convention. This one discusses a presentation by Susan B. Waltzman,… Read More »Bilateral Cochlear Implantation: Potential Benefits and Risks
by Cheryl Heppner Editor: Here’s another article that tells you how much better your life will be if you take charge of your hearing loss.… Read More »Tips for Hard of Hearing People in the Workplace
Editor: Here’s some exciting news regarding a gene therapy breakthrough from the UK. It sounds promising, but I want to caution readers that, in the… Read More »Deafness Research UK excited about gene therapy breakthrough
By Cheryl Heppner Editor: NVRC’s Cheryl Heppner participated in the FCC’s panel discussion on communications during Hurricane Katrina, and filed this very interesting report. If… Read More »Hurricane Katrina Panel – March 7, 2006
Captioning on the Internet? Believe it or not, it will soon be required if people with hearing loss are to have full access to the… Read More »Internet Captioning for people with hearing loss
Scientists at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine have discovered that many of the children who have ear tubes inserted because of infections don’t need… Read More »Many Kids Get Unnecessary Ear Tubes
A recent HealthScout (www.healthscout.com) article described the progression to younger and younger people being diagnosed with irreversible hearing loss. Many years ago, a “typical” hearing… Read More »Hearing Loss Patients Becoming Younger
January 2011 NIH-funded researchers were able to eliminate tinnitus in a group of rats by stimulating a nerve in the neck while simultaneously playing a… Read More »Rebooting the Brain Helps Stop the Ring of Tinnitus in Rats
The Darrow Company The Darrow Company offers one specific product for one specific need: A smoke alarm that makes a Low Frequency that people with high… Read More »Low Frequency Smoke Alarms