Federal epidemiologists have estimated that hearing loss affects about 1 in 5 people ages 65 to 74 and more than half of ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — If you should be wearing hearing aids and don’t, you may want to reconsider. A recent study from the University of Southern California showed that those who need and wear ...

For those with hearing loss, simply putting on hearing aids could be a lifesaver. New research shows that U.S. adults with hearing loss who regularly wear hearing aids have a significantly lower risk ...

Adult hearing loss is undertreated, but cochlear implant technology through programs like one at Northwestern University is ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — For most of Susan Taaffe’s life, the burden of hearing was on her. “I first knew I had hearing loss when I was four,” said Taaffe, the lead preparator at the Weatherspoon Art ...

With the advancement of technology, more people who are not deaf are using hearing aids An elderly woman wearing hearing aid Hearing aids are commonly associated with individuals who are deaf or have ...

Karen Stabiner is a journalist. Her most recent book is “Generation Chef: Risking It All for a New American Dream.” As we settle into the golden age of augmentation, every day seems to bring news of a ...

A British actress who appeared opposite Gal Gadot in “Wonder Woman 1984” is “coming out” as “moderately” deaf after keeping her disability a secret in showbiz for more than a decade. Georgia Meacham, ...

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What if you couldn’t fill in the blanks? What if sentences like these were perpetually incomplete, leaving you confused and excluded from conversations? If you are one of the 37.5 million adults with ...

The clip of Ruth speaking to her mother via "Britney mic" has since gone viral on TikTok When a 95-year-old grandmother refused to wear a hearing aid, her family found an unexpected solution that has ...