The Healthy Hearing Report
Each week the Healthy Hearing Report team publishes helpful information about living with hearing loss, tinnitus and other auditory disorders.
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How hearing aids help kids learn better
Children with hearing loss who receive hearing aids or cochlear implants can thrive at school, research shows, and overcome the achievement gap.
How hearing aids help kids learn better
Children with hearing loss who receive hearing aids or cochlear implants can thrive at school, research shows, and overcome the achievement gap.
How to prepare for a hospital stay when you have hearing loss
Do you have hearing loss and need to stay in the hospital? It can be a bewildering time for anyone, and communication barriers will only make it harder. Here's what to know in advance of your hospital stay.
How to prepare for a hospital stay when you have hearing loss
Do you have hearing loss and need to stay in the hospital? It can be a bewildering time for anyone, and communication barriers will only make it harder. Here's what to know in advance of your hospital stay.
The impact of hearing loss on relationships
Untreated hearing loss can negatively impact our relationships with family and friends and particularly with those closest to us, such as our romantic partners.
The impact of hearing loss on relationships
Untreated hearing loss can negatively impact our relationships with family and friends and particularly with those closest to us, such as our romantic partners.
Why do we have two ears?
The ears are designed to pick up sounds and transmit them through waves into the brain, but do you ever wonder why we have two ears instead of one?
Why do we have two ears?
The ears are designed to pick up sounds and transmit them through waves into the brain, but do you ever wonder why we have two ears instead of one?
The pros and cons of small hearing aids
Learn about the pros and cons of wearing small hearing aids and how to tell if they are right for your hearing and lifestyle needs.
The pros and cons of small hearing aids
Learn about the pros and cons of wearing small hearing aids and how to tell if they are right for your hearing and lifestyle needs.
Why you should learn sign language
Whether you teach your baby to sign or learn ASL to communicate with a deaf friend or family member, you are using a full-bodied form of communication that will enhance your relationship as it improves your mind and spirit.
Why you should learn sign language
Whether you teach your baby to sign or learn ASL to communicate with a deaf friend or family member, you are using a full-bodied form of communication that will enhance your relationship as it improves your mind and spirit.
102-year-old WWII veteran receives cochlear implant
Irvin Poff's profound hearing loss, compounded by mask-wearing mandates during the pandemic, led him to answer a magazine ad promoting cochlear implant surgery.
102-year-old WWII veteran receives cochlear implant
Irvin Poff's profound hearing loss, compounded by mask-wearing mandates during the pandemic, led him to answer a magazine ad promoting cochlear implant surgery.
Here's why you may want to try auditory training to help with hearing loss
As easy as playing a game on your smartphone or tablet, auditory training helps you improve your hearing skills by honing "brain hearing" skills such as auditory processing speed and working memory.
Here's why you may want to try auditory training to help with hearing loss
As easy as playing a game on your smartphone or tablet, auditory training helps you improve your hearing skills by honing "brain hearing" skills such as auditory processing speed and working memory.
Being Deaf gives audiologist a unique insight on hearing loss
Sarah Sparks is an audiologist who wears cochlear implants and is fluent in ASL. This experience adds an empathetic point of view in her work with kids and adults who are hard of hearing.
Being Deaf gives audiologist a unique insight on hearing loss
Sarah Sparks is an audiologist who wears cochlear implants and is fluent in ASL. This experience adds an empathetic point of view in her work with kids and adults who are hard of hearing.
Low-cost solar-powered hearing aids fill a need in developing countries
Solar Ear is a low-cost hearing aid that gets a charge from solar-powered batteries and brings hope to hundreds of thousands of hearing impaired people in the developing world.
Low-cost solar-powered hearing aids fill a need in developing countries
Solar Ear is a low-cost hearing aid that gets a charge from solar-powered batteries and brings hope to hundreds of thousands of hearing impaired people in the developing world.
