Audiology News

Raymond Smith Jr. has been trying for nearly two decades to make the movie industry listen to the needs of the deaf and hard of hearing.

If health insurance doesn't cover the device's cost, a person can pay more than $2,000 for a popular model.

New research from the University of Southampton has shown that blind and visually impaired people have the potential to use echolocation, similar to that used by bats and dolphins, to determine the location of an object.

Joseph Boggs' vision is so impaired that it is as if he is looking through two straws.

Standing in front of the "A Wing" building at Parkland College in 2009, Paulette Johnson grabbed the door handle, then dropped her hand.

Superchunk are releasing a new album I Hate Music this August, but bassist and founding member Laura Ballance won't be joining them on the road to promote it.

"I work for an IT department in a large department store and while scanning through some old code, I ran upon this gem," writes Steve C. , "I can't say that I disagree!" Evi Vanoost wrote, "Wells Fargo needs to make up it's mind.

The North Carolina Dvision of Services for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing will be giving "FREE" hearing screenings today from 9 am to 4 pm.

The Hearing and Speech Center of Florida is be offering free hearing screenings and consultations with an audiologist during an open house May 21-24. As the third leading chronic disability, hearing loss affects 10 percent of children and 50 percent of the elderly population.

New research suggests the dominant side of your brain may make the call on which ear you choose to use while talking on your cellphone.

Health officials have warned that action is needed to prevent a rubella outbreak, which can be particularly dangerous to pregnant women.

Eight members of the 42nd Medical Group returned recently from Belize after supporting a 14-day medical readiness training exercise called New Horizons.

DECISION: Derrie Tuston has the rare life-changing condition neurofibromatosis type two, which causes nervous system tumours in the brain and spine.

At the end of 2011, Statistics New Zealand indicated 13 percent of the population were older than 65, and predicted that, in the next 20 years, the figure would increase to more than 20 percent.

A Watkinsville medical equipment business that specializes in hearing and hearing devices shared news on its Facebook page Wednesday afternoon that Regal Cinemas plans to begin offering closed-captioned glasses.

Years ago when the writer made a decision to improve his health through exercise, he felt that music could be one way to help motivate him more.

Whitney Woods of Norman, Okla., received a doctorate of audiology from the College of Allied Health at the University of Oklahoma.

When we rely on some sort of device to hear it can be devastating if we lose or damage one.

A CONSULTANT at the Great Western Hospital and his anaesthetist colleagues have been awarded a prestigious award for their charity work in Nepal.

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