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19 May, 2008 – A new study has found that swimming pools in remote Aboriginal communities can dramatically reduce rates of skin, ear and chest infections.Researchers from Perths…

A number of incidents involving law enforcement and legal system activity have pointed out the difficulties hard of hearing people have in finding equal justice under the law….

Orono – April 25, 2008 – An informal survey of noise levels in four area video arcades found decibel peaks capable of causing temporary hearing loss in people exposed to them for…

With the wireless world all around us, those who wear hearing devices have been somewhat left behind. Using a cell phone while wearing a hearing device can create garbled,...

Hearing loss is a major health and quality-of-life problem in the United States; hearing loss is the second most self reported ailment after back problems. One way to this…

NIDCD-funded scientists at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (MEEI), and 15 other sites around the United States, are conducting the largest effort to date to compare two…

Chicago – Ernest Moore, molecular pharmacology and audiologist at Northwestern University, developed tinnitus chronic ringing and whooshing sound in his ears wenty ago afte…

In just six weeks since the debut of www.hearingaidtaxcredit.org over 6,500 letters of tax credit support have been sent to Congress! Recent cosponsors Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA),...

In the past decade several studies have allowed scientists to glean valuable knowledge into development, function, and pathology of the inner ear.The research leads scientists to…

COPENHAGEN, June 2 The Ida Institute, an independent educational institute dedicated to fostering better understanding of the human dynamics associated with hearing loss, appo…

Memphis, Tennessee, May 7, 2008 – St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital investigators have found that an electrically powered amplification mechanism in the cochlea of the ear is…

There is no better explanation as to what drives associations like AG Bell than the quote from anthropologist Margaret Meade, who once said, A small group of thoughtful people…

Im hearing impaired, not deaf. I just dont listen. – Kathy BuckleyKathy Buckley is, indeed, hearing impaired. Shes also an extremely successful stand-up comedienne, a renowned…

Clarke President Bill Corwin and the Board of Trustees announce that New York Times bestselling author Josh Swiller will address the Clarke School community at Commencement on…

HIA participated for the first time in the bipartisan Congressional Sportsmens Caucus annual Shoot Out in Glenn Dale, MD, May 13-14. The event featured a competition between…