Hearing Awareness

New Television Ad Points Viewers To Safe Listening Web Site During Better Hearing And Speech Month (BHSM) (Rockville, MD - May 4, 2009) - A new television advertisement...

Global hearing awareness initiative encourages Americans to consider healthy hearing for spring 2009 Stafa, Switzerland - April 29, 2009  - Each year, the arrival of...

Los Angeles, CA - May 6, 2008 - Throughout the month of May, the House Ear Institute is celebrating Better Hearing Month with a variety of online programs to raise awareness for...

Lip Reader, a new book to be released in May/June 2009, details the daily challenges of a severely hearing impaired multi-generational family and the impact hearing loss has on...

Bethesda, Maryland: The Hearing Loss Association of America will hold Convention 2009, June 18 - 21, 2009, at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville....

Earth Day is upon us (April 22, 2009), and, once again, we can all use a reminder to look at our lives to find ways to protect our planet. And that includes hearing aid wearers...

Most of us take healthy hearing for granted ? something we'll always have. The fact is, 28% of all Americans would benefit from a pair of hearing aids due to...

In 1979, when CIA retiree Howard E. "Rocky" Stone founded the Self Help for Hard of Hearing People (SHHH) in the family room of his Potomac, Maryland house, he...

Living with profound hearing loss is an enormous challenge, but it is one Shanna Groves has learned to confront and tackle with admirable strength and courage ever since she was...

Business meetings, symposia, conferences, seminars ? are any of these a part of your work activities? They are if you're employed in the corporate sphere. And whether...

Group Aims To Build On Success Of Its Buds Chicago Concert (Las Vegas, January 8, 2009) After a tremendously successful debut in Chicago, the American Speech-Language-Hearing...

Be prepared for the new year by visiting It's a Noisy Planet. Protect Their Hearing. This national public education...

December 15, 2008 - The Hearing Loss Association of America and other leaders from the community of people who are hard of hearing or deaf met with members of the Obama...

New York City-Sonic Innovations, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNCI) and the New York Mets hosted the 2nd Annual Deaf and Hard of Hearing Awareness Day at Shea Stadium on September 14. As part...

(Rockville, MD - November 17, 2008) The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and WYNIT, Inc. recently agreed to work together to promote "America: Tuned In Today ....

Skodsborg, DK October 28 - Ida Institute today unveiled a newly designed website, www.idainstitute.dk, that provides a virtual gathering place for hearing care professionals and...

The Special Olympics for Special Competitors The Special Olympics is the brainchild of Eunice Kennedy Shriver who started a day camp at her home for young people with special...

New Web Site Offers Parents Resources to Help Tweens Avoid Hearing Loss from NoiseA new campaign to help parents of 8- to 12-year-olds teach their children how to avoid hearing...

Practicing good communication techniques can improve conversations and reduce frustrations. Reduce background noise. Face loved one when you're speaking. Turn on the light. Rephrase rather than repeat. Speak at a normal volume. Take turns.

Naerum, DK, September 16 - Ida Institute announced today that Sharmi Albrechtsen has joined the non-profit educational institute as a communications specialist. Albrechtsens resp...

The Ida Institute will convene its first educational seminar, Defining Hearing, September 25-27 in Skodsborg, Denmark. Distinguished faculty members Dr. Harvey Abrams, Kristin...

Michael H. Stone of Washington, D.C., has been named president of the board of trustees of the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA), the nation's largest organization for...

The Hearing Loss Association of Americas convention is an interactive and accessible event for people affected by hearing loss as well as family members and professionals....

Going green? Considering one of the new hybrids those cars that run on gasoline and electric battery. A lot of consumers are looking at these alternatives to $4.59 a gallon a...

The FDA has issued a preliminary public health notification regarding the possible malfunction of electronic medical devices caused by computed tomography (CT) scanning. Accordin...