Having a hearing loss can be a blessing when in a noisy environment.
A Legacy Gift Kicks Off a New Planned Giving Matching Challenge
The legacy gift from the late Shirley Jean Lane launches the next phase for HHF’s planned giving efforts: a new matching challenge to inspire legacy commitments from our community.
Meet the 2026 Emerging Research Grants Scientists
Give Tax-Smart
Whether you’re donating through your IRA, gifting appreciated stock, using a donor-advised fund, or giving via crypto, your contribution to Hearing Health Foundation can make a meaningful difference.
Beyond Hearing Aids: 4 Reasons to Explore Cochlear Implants
Cochlear implants work differently from hearing aids. Instead of making sounds louder, they bypass the damaged parts of the inner ear and send signals directly to the brain, allowing individuals to perceive sound more clearly.
Why Early Hearing Care Matters for Your Brain
As we observe World Alzheimer’s Month each September, it’s a timely reminder that protecting our brain health starts long before memory problems arise.
A Computer Model of the Human Middle Ear to Better Understand Bone Conduction
This new computer model can serve as the bedrock not only to better understand how the middle ear vibrates during bone conduction but also to develop new diagnostics for middle ear conditions and inform the design of novel hearing devices.
Advice I’d Give My Younger Self
Looking back over each grade when I felt embarrassed, I wish I could have told myself that even when people ask questions about the FM, by the next day they have usually forgotten about it. Most of the time I cared more than other people did.
To Hear or Not
Cochlear implants were never on our radar, and the topic arose what felt like out of the blue while talking to his audiologist who said hearing aids could no longer improve his ability to better understand speech.
Music Can Be a Strategy for Managing Tinnitus—and Aging
There’s a lot of overlap between managing tinnitus and dealing with the challenges of aging. Socializing, paying active attention, learning new things, and physical activity are all things that can help with both.

