Meet Elizabeth “Elizzy” Galvan, a 40-year-old professional bodybuilder from Fargo, North Dakota, who doesn’t fit the stereotypical presentation of someone in her chosen sport. She is deaf, lives with Usher syndrome, and has one arm.
2019-2020 Emerging Research Grantees Announced
Following a rigorous review process, our Scientific Review Committee and Council of Scientific Trustees, comprised of senior expert scientists and physicians from across the US, have chosen fourteen especially meritorious projects to fund, covering a broad range of hearing and balance science.
Very High-Frequency Hearing Loss and Tinnitus: Is There a Link?
With central inhibition lowered, signals that are typically dampened are able to be perceived, potentially resulting in tinnitus. Our paper also showed the utility of measuring central inhibition through cortical auditory evoked potentials (CAEPs), which are electrical responses in the brain that reveal levels of central inhibition.
Have Loop, Will Travel
Telecoils, or T-coils, are tiny coils of wire in my hearing aids that receive sound from the electromagnetic signal from a hearing loop. A hearing loop, in turn, is a wire that surrounds a defined area and is connected to a sound source.
HHF Co-Sponsors Hearing Health Care Economics Presentation on Capitol Hill
Hearing Health Foundation (HHF) and 11 other Friends of the Congressional Hearing Health Caucus (FCHHC) member organizations co-sponsored a briefing luncheon on the economics of hearing health care for Congressional staff and other Federal employees at the Rayburn Office House Building on Capitol Hill.
The Man Who Chased Sound Wore Hearing Aids
Legendary musician Les Paul spent his whole life looking for the perfect sound. Ironically, for a good portion of his life he had to pursue his passion for sound while wearing hearing aids.
Operation Regrow Returns June 17
Hearing regeneration is already possible in frogs, fish, and yes, chickens. With your help, the members of HHF’s Hearing Restoration Project (HRP) can accelerate their studies to identify permanent cures and better the lives of millions.
Developing Better Tests for Discovering “Hidden” Hearing Loss
Hidden hearing damage can hypothetically still affect hearing in everyday noisy environments such as crowded restaurants and busy streets. Therefore, it is important to develop tests to detect such damage.
Timothy Higdon Selected to Lead Hearing Health Foundation (HHF) as New CEO
HHF announced the selection of Timothy Higdon as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Mr. Higdon succeeds Interim CEO Margo Amgott and assumes his new position on May 28, 2019.
HHF Scientists to Speak at New York Academy of Sciences Symposium
The New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS)’s Hearing Restoration and Hair Cell Regeneration symposium on Tuesday, October 8, will provide members of the HRP and other world-renowned hearing scientists an opportunity to collaborate.