News tagged with hearing aid
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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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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Hearing assistance comes to the home (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have combined state-of-the-art technologies to help end the isolation suffered by the hearing impaired. End users are eager to get their hands on the suite of tools.
Dec 29, 2009 |
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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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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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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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A sound practice: Cochlear implants restore children's hearing
(PhysOrg.com) -- Ava Martin seems less nervous than her parents as the three sit in an audiologist’s office at UC Irvine Medical Center a few days after Labor Day. In August, the 6-year-old had surgery to place a cochlear ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 05, 2009 |
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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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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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Wis. could be first to require cochlear implants
(AP) -- Wisconsin could become the first state requiring private insurance companies to cover cochlear implants for children with severe hearing problems. The state Legislature passed a bill Thursday requiring private health ...
Apr 23, 2009 |
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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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Music therapy can assist toddlers' communication rehabilitation process
Music therapy can assist in the speech acquisition process in toddlers who have undergone cochlear implantation, as revealed in a new study by Dr. Dikla Kerem of the University of Haifa. The study was carried out in Israel ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 06, 2010 |
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Obama signs technology access bill for disabled
(AP) -- Blind and deaf people soon will be able to more easily use smart phones, the Internet and other technologies that have become staples of life and the workplace.
Oct 08, 2010 |
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