Impact 2025

Our mission to fund innovative, groundbreaking hearing and balance science is only possible because of you. We are grateful for the support of our community.

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The Silver Lining

Having a hearing loss can be a blessing when in a noisy environment.

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A Legacy Gift Kicks Off a New Planned Giving Matching Challenge

The legacy gift from the late Shirley Jean Lane launches the next phase for HHF’s planned giving efforts: a new matching challenge to inspire legacy commitments from our community.

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Meet the 2026 Emerging Research Grants Scientists

Congratulations to the 14 scientists awarded Emerging Research Grants for 2026.

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Give Tax-Smart

Whether you’re donating through your IRA, gifting appreciated stock, or using a donor-advised fund, your contribution to Hearing Health Foundation can make a meaningful difference.

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Beyond Hearing Aids: 4 Reasons to Explore Cochlear Implants

Cochlear implants work differently from hearing aids. Instead of making sounds louder, they bypass the damaged parts of the inner ear and send signals directly to the brain, allowing individuals to perceive sound more clearly.

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Why Early Hearing Care Matters for Your Brain

As we observe World Alzheimer’s Month each September, it’s a timely reminder that protecting our brain health starts long before memory problems arise.

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A Computer Model of the Human Middle Ear to Better Understand Bone Conduction

This new computer model can serve as the bedrock not only to better understand how the middle ear vibrates during bone conduction but also to develop new diagnostics for middle ear conditions and inform the design of novel hearing devices.

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Advice I’d Give My Younger Self 

Looking back over each grade when I felt embarrassed, I wish I could have told myself that even when people ask questions about the FM, by the next day they have usually forgotten about it. Most of the time I cared more than other people did.

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To Hear or Not

Cochlear implants were never on our radar, and the topic arose what felt like out of the blue while talking to his audiologist who said hearing aids could no longer improve his ability to better understand speech.

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