When my husband, Rich picked up on my hearing loss, I was neither interested nor compelled to do any research to solve the problem. I conceded he was right and went for a quick fix. And so, over 20 years ago, I made my very first hearing aid purchase, hastily and out of pure necessity.
Study Explains ‘Cocktail Party Effect’ In Hearing Impairment
Commonly known as the “cocktail party effect,” people with hearing loss find it’s especially difficult to understand speech in a noisy environment. New research suggests that this may have less to do with actually discerning sounds. Instead, it may be a processing problem in which two ears blend different sounds together.
Do Transparent Face Coverings Help With Communication?
Shortly after the pandemic began, we began collecting various types of face coverings (transparent and nontransparent) to study the sound quality using a broad noise presented through a styrofoam mannequin head with a speaker mounted in its mouth.
Protecting Your Hearing Is Actually NOT That Hard
You may have noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) and not even realize it. By taking steps to prevent NIHL—which is easy once you know what to do—you can protect yourself from linked health consequences into the future.
Air Horns, Megaphones, Drills, Grenades Exploding in Your Ears: This Powerful HHF Ad Campaign Shows What Loud Volumes Can Do to Your Hearing
Hearing Health Foundation (HHF) is delivering an urgent message to young people about preventing hearing loss with powerful ads online and in major cities. Through the “Keep Listening” campaign, we’re encouraging people ages 16-35 to take simple precautions to protect themselves from noise-induced hearing loss.
Proceeds from Hearing Health & Technology Matters Awards Program to Benefit HHF
HHTM honors technological innovation and achievement in the hearing industry. In its inaugural year, HHTM successfully raised over $4,000 for the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) through the awards program. For 2021, the organization hopes to double its impact by supporting both HLAA and HHF.
Register for Hearing Health Hour Webinar: The Present and Future of Inner Ear Hair Cell Regeneration
Goodrich and Hertzano will provide a broad overview of the techniques and tools central to the effort—including those developed by HRP scientists—and some of the challenges facing researchers in this endeavor.
Brain Inflammation Is a Potential Target to Treat Tinnitus
Shaowen Bao, Ph.D., an associate professor of physiology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine–Tucson, and colleagues are closing in on potential treatments for tinnitus by connecting brain inflammation to tinnitus.
A Journey to Better Hearing
It’s important for people with hearing loss to realize even with the help of an audiologist and the proper hearing devices, your hearing will never be the way it was before. My wife’s hearing is improved, but she still struggles to hear at times.
From a $3.95 Guitar to the Solid Body Electric Guitar: How Les Paul’s Persistence Changed the World of Music
Music legend Les Paul is famous for inventing the solid body electric guitar and other innovations related to recording music. Less known is that he also had a hearing loss and wore hearing aids in both ears.