Perhaps most of all, the message of enjoying responsibly is one we really try to impart.
Tackling the Health Risks of Social Isolation
“Lacking social connection is as dangerous as smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day,” according to a U.S. Surgeon General report.
Leveling Up Awareness About Gaming and the Risk to Hearing
Potential solutions include reducing dynamic range, volume reduction when not actively participating in the game, and actively reducing sounds that are known to induce tinnitus, or hearing ringing or buzzing sounds.
To Me, I Am the Lucky One
I knew how uncomfortable deafness could make people. What I hadn’t expected were some of the reactions my hearing aids got. To me, the hearing aids were life-changing. To me, I was the lucky one.
Telecoil Plus Bluetooth, Please
We need both Bluetooth and telecoils in our hearing devices to take advantage of all the hearing situations we encounter so that sound can reach our ears, with clarity.
I Looked Like Me
For the first time I feel my designs actually have a deeper meaning. The work I do is not superficial. It has a deeper function: to change the lifestyles of hard of hearing people and to normalize hearing problems.
Recruiting for a Gene Therapy Trial
Right now we are actively recruiting volunteers with hearing loss to participate in an outpatient research study to understand the genes that cause non-syndromic autosomal dominant hearing loss (DFNA).
Let’s Welcome 2024 With a Leap Toward Discovery
As we jump into 2024, a leap year with an extra day in February, we want to extend our warmest wishes for a year filled with health, happiness, and the sounds of joy.
We Are Proud of Our Charity Ratings
We know that these independent assessments of a nonprofit organization’s fiscal responsibility are important to donors who rely on them to evaluate where to allocate their dollars. We work hard to maintain these top marks.
Continuing to Make Connections
I’ve been able to still send used cochlear implant processors from Australia to Iran. I have great friends and a lovely network that reaches kids in rural areas and even adults, people who have no support other than the kindness and compassion in other people.