A recent study has confirmed what we always knew: Men don’t listen in the same way women do—but not for the reasons many of us think.

It’s ironic and puzzling that when going to hearing clinics, patients who need help with their hearing have to somehow hear and respond to staff.

Two people have the same audiogram results but one can follow conversations at a loud party, while the other feels completely lost and overwhelmed. We set out to examine why.

I had been a crewman on a destroyer and as I recall was never offered hearing protection during live firing. Naval guns are big and loud! After Covid I noticed difficulty understanding my patients, even with prescription hearing aids. 

Before I discovered CART, I often felt left out, despite being physically present. This gap in awareness affects thousands of people. That’s why I speak up, because access delayed is opportunity denied.

New research has identified how two distinct genes guide the regeneration of sensory cells in zebrafish. The discovery improves our understanding of how regeneration works in zebrafish and may guide future studies on hearing loss and regenerative medicine in mammals, including humans.

The strength of pitch encoding under noise reduction was linked to how accurately people recognized words in noise. This suggests that measuring NR effects on subcortical speech encoding is doable, and could offer a novel way to predict who will benefit from NR in hearing aids.

Our review published in Brain Sciences in May 2025 proposes a shift in how we may evaluate and provide care to CI users: by adjusting our current speech-focused performance metrics to incorporate music perception, and by integrating personalized medicine into CI.

Here is a guide to three different types of home adaptations that may help you as an independent senior with hearing loss.

I’d read about how challenging the Social Security Disability Insurance process can be. There are so many variables: your work history, income, disability type, age, and more.

Tinnitus is a symptom, not a condition itself, and can be an early indication of hearing damage. A person with tinnitus perceives sounds without an external source.

Effortful listening is mentally, physically, and emotionally exhausting. Learn how it affects the brain—and what to do about it.