New Book: Eddie the Elephant’s Magical Ear
Eddie is an endearing and adventurous elephant whose day is turned upside down when he breaks and loses his ear and discovers he can no longer hear! With the help of an itsy-bitsy spider and a magical bright blue hearing aid, Eddie goes on an unexpected journey to get his ear (and hearing) back. Eddie…
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Machine Learning Improves Human Speech Recognition: Study
WASHINGTON, DC — Hearing loss is a rapidly growing area of scientific research as the number of baby boomers dealing with hearing loss continues to increase as they age. To understand how hearing loss impacts people, researchers study people’s ability to recognize speech. It is more difficult for people to recognize human speech if there…
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Senator Introduces Veterans Hearing Benefits Act of 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On February 1st, U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-Minn.) introduced legislation to reduce the red tape many veterans face when trying to get care for hearing loss as a result of their military service—something many veterans say is an enormous burden despite being the most common service-connected ailment. Sen. Smith heard about this…
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Hearing Birdsong: Using Immersive Design to Raise Awareness of Hearing Loss
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM — Kennedy Woods, a London architecture studio announces Hearing Birdsong, an immersive audio-focused app supported by Design Age Institute, which takes a unique approach to encourage people to get their hearing tested. Over 12 million adults in the UK have hearing loss, and yet 9 million of these are untreated, living without…
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UK Study: Hearing Loss May Cause Depression in Older People
MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM — University of Manchester researchers have discovered that hearing loss may act as a cause of depression in older people. Those in the lowest wealth groups studied were found to have twice the risk of developing depression than those in the highest wealth groups. Published in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, the landmark…
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Researcher Receives $1.8M to Study Effect of Hormones on Hearing Loss
A University of Iowa biologist has received funding from the National Institutes of Health to further investigate how a hormone may prevent hearing loss in humans. Steven Green will continue his research into how responses to progesterone will lead to therapeutics for repairing damage to the inner ear caused by noise. Previous research has shown that…
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USH Society Commits $500,000 for New Usher Syndrome Research Grants
NEEDHAM, MASSACHUSSETTS — The Usher Syndrome Society (USH Society), a non-profit that uses art, educational events, and collaboration to raise awareness and funds for treatments and a cure for Usher syndrome, announces a request for applications for Usher syndrome research grants. The “Usher Syndrome Society Translational Research Grants” are intended to support translational research on Usher syndrome in…
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‘We Hear You’ Named Best Film on Disability at Cannes
MIAMI— ‘We Hear You’ was named Best Film on Disability in the June 2021 Monthly Awards of the Cannes World Film Festival. As a monthly winner the film is automatically entered in the Annual Competition for a chance to become a Grand Winner and be screened in Cannes during the festival’s annual Award Ceremony in…
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CaptionCall Provides Key Tips for Summer Hearing Health
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH — Permanent noise-induced hearing loss affects more than 29 percent of Americans between the ages of 6 and 69, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As summer approaches, CaptionCall, a leading provider of captioned telephone service, strongly encourages Americans to safeguard against excessive noise exposure to prevent hearing loss. There are many sounds…
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Study: Having Both Hearing Loss and Vision Loss May Double Dementia Risk
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA – Losing some hearing or eyesight is often a part of getting older, but a new study says losing function in both senses may put you at greater risk of dementia and cognitive decline years later. The research is published in the April 7, 2021, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of…
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