April 25, 2016 'Miracle' surgeries restore toddler's hearing, eyesight When Diana Periera’s daughter Nicolly was born deaf and with glaucoma, a condition most common in older adults, she didn’t know if the little girl would ever see her or hear her voice.
February 23, 2016 Starbucks barista's good deed for deaf customer goes viral A Starbucks cashier’s sweet gesture for a regular customer who is deaf is touching the hearts of people across the country.
November 13, 2015 Women better than men at explaining hearing loss Women with hearing loss may be more likely than men to explain the condition to others in a way that also helps to foster communication, a U.S. study suggests.
November 10, 2015 'Creed' star proudly plays hearing impaired character While characters wearing eyeglasses — real or as props — are commonplace in movies and TV, hearing aids are seldom seen on the screen — especially on leading ladies.
October 28, 2015 More kids are getting ear surgery to avoid being bullied A 6-year-old boy in Salt Lake City, Utah, recently had plastic surgery to make his ears stick out less, and parents everywhere weighed in on the family's decision, perhaps without knowing all of the facts about this operation.
October 28, 2015 Researchers identify potential contributor to age-related hearing loss Researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have found that an increased number of connections between certain sensory cells and nerve cells in the inner ear may contribute to age-related hearing loss.
October 28, 2015 Researchers discover potential cure for noise-induced hearing loss Noise-induced hearing loss has the potential to be reversed, according to a new study from Harvard Medical School.
October 28, 2015 Implants, signing let deaf kids be bilingual, experts say Parents of deaf children face a critical responsibility to learn and use sign language, according to a majority of hearing experts quoted in the journal Pediatrics, although the question of whether or not to sign has grown increasingly controversial.
October 28, 2015 In drug trial, parents weight life and hearing loss While waiting for an infusion of a drug that might save his life, 15-year-old Andrew Marella gripped the controls of an NFL videogame, the hand-held version of a sport he played when he could still run without fear.
October 28, 2015 Magnetic pulses may ease ringing in the ears People with tinnitus - a ringing or other "phantom" sounds in their ears - may benefit from a treatment that sends electromagnetic pulses into the brain, suggests a new study.
