This adjustable elastic was designed for those with special needs, such as those with autism and wearers of hearing aids. The principal is simple: One strap goes around the neck, the other one around the head. The problem was the bottom elastic—it gets caught in the hearing aids and the elastic turns into a slingshot.
The Things I Miss
I formally learned of my mild to moderately-severe bilateral sensorineural hearing loss at age 49. The ear, nose, and throat (ENT) doctor’s verdict was unexpected. Almost 13 years later, I wear hearing aids vigilantly, but there’s still so much that I miss about having typical hearing.
Hearing Difficulties in Noise Traced to Altered Brain Dynamics Following Cochlear Neural Degeneration
The challenge is hearing in noisy environments. In humans, evidence suggests that difficulty hearing in noisy, social settings may reflect premature auditory nerve degeneration. We report finding deterioration in perception in noisy environments after inducing bilateral moderate auditory nerve degeneration in adult mice.
COVID-19 and Hearing Loss, Tinnitus, and Vertigo
Over the past year of the COVID-19 pandemic, case reports and studies have suggested a link between the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 and hearing loss and related conditions.
Hearing Health Foundation’s FY20 Annual Report Shows Science Didn’t Stop
HHF is pleased to share the most significant activities and accomplishments of the Fiscal Year 2020 — the year that the COVID-19 pandemic threatened to halt our groundbreaking hearing and balance research. Thanks to our supporters’ unwavering commitment, our Annual report tells a markedly different story.
Finding a “New Normal” After Sudden Single-Sided Deafness
Michael Goldsmith realized he had lost his hearing in his left ear when he woke up from his medically induced coma in March 2020. His account demonstrates the learning process and journey to a cochlear implant when sudden deafness occurs as just one part of a more complex medical situation.
Doing My Part to Break Sound Barriers
In September 2020, I conducted my own fundraiser for Hearing Health Foundation (HHF) online. I don’t live with a hearing and balance condition and do not have any family members affected. Rather, I became inspired to help after a very memorable elementary school experience.
I’m An Audiologist and I Don’t Like Fitting Hearing Aids
I’m an audiologist and part of being an audiologist is understanding how to protect your hearing. While I do protect my ears, I most certainly know what it means to abuse my hearing. High decibel levels from music and other loud sound sources can cause permanent hearing loss.
Register for Hearing Health Hour Webinar: Measuring Tinnitus and Reactions to Tinnitus
Join us for the next installment in our complimentary webinar series, Hearing Health Hour, on Monday, April 19, 2021 at 5:00 PM EST. The webinar is entitled “Measuring Tinnitus and Reactions to Tinnitus,” and will be led by past Emerging Research Grants (ERG) scientist Richard Tyler, Ph.D.
Evaluation of a New Method for Measuring Pediatric Hearing
In our method, a child is trained to perform a play-based task when a signal is heard. An experimenter—called an observer—watches the child’s behavior to determine when the signal was played. In contrast to clinical testing methods, the signal is randomly placed in one of two intervals for each trial by the computer program.