hearing loss

‘A Mindset Issue’

New survey results present a close look at why people do—and don’t—use hearing aids.

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Meet the Audiologist With a Creative Streak

While working in the clinic I realized how much I loved creating resources for patients—brochures, handouts, visual guides—mostly because I couldn’t find what I wanted online. 

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Digital Hearing Tools to Boost Connections

Digital hearing tools can act as allies to reduce isolation. Technology has adapted to today’s needs and can help people struggling with hearing loss regain and retain their social connections. 

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A Salute to Service Members and Veterans

On this Veterans Day and every day, Hearing Health Foundation (HHF) thanks our U.S. service members and veterans for their sacrifices. This group is disproportionately at risk for hearing damage, but earlier this year changes to how tinnitus is rated as a compensable disability were proposed.

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What Does Hidden Hearing Loss Feel Like?

There was a lot of confusion in the mid-’80s between hearing and understanding. I was 14 years old so hearing loss was the furthest thing from my mind and nothing my parents thought of either. I could hear but I had trouble understanding what I heard. 

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Why Spooky Sounds Give Us Chills

An audiologist shares the science behind Halloween’s eeriest noises.

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The Sound of Home 

What moved me most was not just the science. It was the joy. I will never forget an older man who heard his grandson’s voice clearly for the first time in years.

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Subong Kim: How I Got My Start With ERG

My area of study is auditory neuroscience, and I’m especially passionate about how neuroscience can reveal the underlying mechanisms behind why hearing outcomes vary so much from person to person. 

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Personalizing Cochlear Implant Care in Single-Sided Deafness

Many single-sided deafness patients perform perfectly on standard speech-in-quiet tests due to their healthy ear, a “ceiling effect” that masks the real-world challenges they face. We propose using more sensitive metrics that assess sound quality and music perception.

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The Marvel of Hearing—and the Blessings, and Mishaps, of Not Hearing

As one who inhabits the worlds of both hearing and deafness, I am amazed by what you likely take for granted—the gift of hearing. And I experience the benefits, the misfortunes, and the humor of not hearing.

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