News tagged with hearing aid
Healthy ears hear the first sound, ignoring the echoes
Voices carry, reflect off objects and create echoes. Most people rarely hear the echoes; instead they only process the first sound received. For the hard of hearing, though, being in an acoustically challenging ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 26, 2010 |
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YouTube extends automatic video captioning
YouTube, in a significant development for millions of deaf Internet users, extended automatic caption capability Thursday to all English-language videos on the video-sharing website.
Mar 04, 2010 |
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Now hear this: 3-D imaging technology could lead to hearing aids that fit better
(PhysOrg.com) -- About 36 million Americans suffer from some type of hearing loss. However, only one in five who could benefit from a hearing aid actually wears one, according to the National Institute on ...
May 20, 2010 |
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Tuning in to a new hearing mechanism
More than 30 million Americans suffer from hearing loss, and about 6 million wear hearing aids. While those devices can boost the intensity of sounds coming into the ear, they are often ineffective in loud environments such ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 10, 2010 |
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Now hear this: Swim-proof hearing aids to get test
(AP) -- They're not your grandpa's hearing aids. Today's newest models range from the completely invisible - it sits deep in the ear canal for months at a time - to Bluetooth-enabled gadgets that open cell phones and iPods ...
Dec 28, 2009 |
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New mobiles have gadgets for the elderly
As the mobile world booms with complex technological smartphones and tablets, two rival firms are carving up a growing but largely ignored market for the elderly.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 17, 2011 |
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Sound safety: Novel device with rock 'n' roll roots may protect listeners
Engineers investigating "listener fatigue" -- the discomfort and pain some people experience while using in-ear headphones, hearing aids and other devices that seal the ear canal from external sound--have ...
May 17, 2011 |
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Early detection, intervention key to rehabilitating infant hearing loss
Delaying treatment may hinder speech and language development, University of Michigan audiologist cautions.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 25, 2011 |
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Individuals with partial hearing loss may benefit from hybrid cochlear implant
Hearing loss can affect anyone, at any time. But it can be especially frightening for someone who suddenly starts to lose his hearing during adulthood. Tom Groves, 77, first noticed his diminishing hearing when he was in ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 11, 2011 |
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Study finds proximity could be key to success of healing prayer
Findings reported today from a new international study of healing prayer suggest that prayer for another person's healing just might help -- especially if the one praying is physically near the person being prayed for.
Aug 05, 2010 |
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Probing Question: Can deafness be cured?
The New Orleans Saints won the Superbowl in February, and the crowd roared. Quarterback Drew Brees brought his one-year-old son to the field to experience the celebration-muffled through an enormous pair of ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 04, 2010 |
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Kids with hearing loss in one ear fall behind in language skills
By the time they reach school age, one in 20 children have hearing loss in one ear. That can raise significant hurdles for these children, say the results of a new study at Washington University School of Medicine in St. ...
May 04, 2010 |
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Hearing the words beneath the noise
Hearing aids and cochlear implants act as tiny amplifiers so the deaf and hard-of-hearing can make sense of voices and music. Unfortunately, these devices also amplify background sound, so they're less effective in a noisy ...
Aug 05, 2009 |
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Bone-anchored implant offers solution for some with hearing loss
(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicians at the University of Rochester Medical Center are using a device that conducts sound through bone to give new hope to the hearing impaired who are not helped by traditional hearing aids.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 02, 2010 |
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Researchers identify protein needed to develop auditory neurons
Loss of spiral ganglion neurons or hair cells in the inner ear is the leading cause of congenital and acquired hearing impairment. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine and the National ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 12, 2010 |
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