Hearing News
America’s Hearing Loss Population Grows to More than 34 Million, New Study by Better Hearing Institute Finds - Washington, DC, February 8, 2010
The number of Americans with hearing loss has grown to more than 34 million - roughly 11 percent of the U.S. population...
Study Finds Family Members Play Critical Role in Addressing Loved Ones' Hearing Loss - Washington, DC, December 7, 2009
The Better Hearing Institute (BHI) is urging families across America to make 2010 the year they help a loved one address hearing loss...
Better Hearing Institute Urges People with Diabetes to Get Their Hearing Checked and Joins in Global Effort to Promote World Diabetes Day - Washington, DC, November 2, 2009
This year, for the very first time, the Better Hearing Institute...
Academy President and Government Relations Team Participate at Texas Academy Convention - Austin, TX, November 2009
Academy leadership and staff participated in the 10th anniversary celebration of the Texas Academy of Audiology...
Starkey Introduces Sweeping Changes to Hearing Aids; Touch Screen Meets Hearing Aid in New S Series BTE - Minneapolis, MN, October 13, 2009
Patients Overwhelmingly Prefer Sweep Technology to Traditional Controls...
Tips for coping with hearing loss - October 12, 2009
Question: As hard as it is for me to admit, I am getting older and am starting to have trouble hearing. What are some tips that can help my family and me cope with my hearing loss...
Men, convertible drivers at higher risk for hearing loss - October 7, 2009
From motorcycles to lawnmowers, life is full of noise, but new research shows that it presents a bigger danger for some people than others...
Senior Scene: About your Health: Listen to signals of losing hearing - Oneonta, NY, October 3, 2009
As we age, our bodies send us signals when it is time to see a physician or provider for medical attention...
Turkeys gobble and sleigh bells ring - can you hear the sounds of the holidays? - Osceola, IA, Spetember 22, 2009
Holiday music, noisy families feasting, and a hearty "ho, ho, ho" - the sounds of the holidays...
Hearing loss not exclusively a boomer issue - Savannah, GA, August 31, 2009
Last month, I answered a question from a woman whose dad, a hearing impaired member of the boomer generation, refused to get hearing aids...
Hearing an aid to love - Batemans Bay, AU, August 26, 2009
New research has found that being fitted for a hearing aid could help improve your love life - and Malua Bay couple Harry and Daphne Cohen say it is true....
A Little Hard of Hearing - New York, NY, August 24, 2009
Q. Does loss of hearing with age afflict men and women to the same degree? A. From 20 to 69, men are about twice as likely as women...
Local Hearing Care Provider Delivers Gift of Hearing to Impoverished Children - Dripping Springs, TX, July 29, 2009
Local hearing care provider Randy Schoenborn and a team of volunteers traveled to Tampico, Mexico and Reynosa, Mexico for a hearing mission recently...
American Academy of Audiology Announces Introduction of Direct Access Legislation - Washington, DC, June 26, 2009
The American Academy of Audiology is pleased to announce the introduction of H.R. 3024, the Medicare Hearing Health Care Enhancement Act of 2009 in the 111th Congress...
Starkey Continues Support of Hearing Tax Credit Bill During 2009 Hearing on the Hill - Minneapolis, MN, May 18, 2009
Jerry Ruzicka, President of Starkey Laboratories, Inc., and Brandon Sawalich, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, participated in the 2009 Hearing on the Hill in Washington, DC, on May 12 and 13 alongside several other hearing industry leaders...