Hearing Tests

Los Angeles, CA - January 7, 2009 - The House Ear Institute (HEI) will provide free hearing screenings to attendees and exhibitors on the show floor of the 2009 NAMM...

A new study from the United Kingdom published online by the journal Archive of Disease in Childhood (Arch Dis Child. Published Online First: 17 November 2008....

Newswise - A new study of Colorado birth records shows that infants with low Apgar scores - the widely used measure of newborn health - are 10 times less likely to receive an...

Los Angeles, CA October 7, 2008 During the three-day AES Convention, a record-breaking 674 people came to the House Ear Institutes booth to have their hearing This years...

The diagnosis and treatment of hearing loss begins with a comprehensive hearing evaluation to determine the amount of hearing in each ear. A visit to a professional who...

Group Uses Mays Better Hearing and Speech Month To Get The Word Out To Parents about Speech, Language, and Hearing Problems(Rockville, MD-May 13, 2008) Although more than millio...

Hearing loss occurs to most people as they age. Hearing loss can be due to the aging process, exposure to loud noise, certain medications, infections, head or ear trauma, congenital (birth or prenatal) or hereditary factors, diseases, as well as a number of other causes.

GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Joins Forces with Audiology Awareness Campaign for Week-Long Event to Better Identify Hearing LossPittsburgh, PA May 5, 2008 the fact...

Pupils dilate in reaction to sounds, might be way to spot hearing problems, study finds By Serena GordonHealthDay Reporter Tuesday, Feb. 19 (HealthDay News) -- The eyes may not...

In todays Wall Street Journal, reporter Melinda Beck pursued hearing aids for her mild hearing loss, although she was advised by her hearing care professional that many people...

A revised policy statement from the Joint Committee on Infant Hearing (JCIH; seven organizations, including the AAP) recommends that pediatricians take the lead in ensuring that...

Not all people are good candidates for a hearing aid and up until now, it’s been a hit-or-miss proposition. Sure, lots of wearers swear by their hearing devices. Some consider them a necessary nuisance, and some...

ABR testing evaluates hearing levels without the active participation of your child. It is necessary for your child to be asleep during this test.

This guide gives you an idea of what to expect on your test

Results of the audiometric evaluation are plotted on a chart called an audiogram. Loudness is plotted from top to bottom. Frequency, from low to high, is plotted from left to right.

Chicago Among children eight to eleven years old, minority boys get the least amount of sleep, according to an article in the October issue of The Archives of Pediatrics Ado...

How does tympanometry assist in audiological evaluation?

It is likely that more than a million* schoolchildren are missing out in the classroom, believes RNID. The charity for deaf and hard of hearing people has discovered that under...

Audiologist Aysen Erdil does a lot of voluntary work in Turkey using Interacoustics equipment. In 2004 she tested children in Turkish schools and in the fall of 2006 she will be...

In an Australian first, an online decision support system is being developed to enable general practitioners to speed up the diagnosis of ear and hearing conditions.The unique...

(Reston, VA -- March 15, 2005) - The American Academy of Audiology will offer a free seminar on hearing loss and balance disorders to local residents of the Washington, DC area. T...

Despite the Bush Administration's repeated attempts to eliminate funding for the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Universal Newborn Hearing program, the...

Rockville, MD - November 10, 2004 - An unidentified minimal hearing loss is a significant factor in the psychosocial and educational progress of young children, according multi...

Coalition Sends Letter to Members of CongressROCKVILLE, MD - May 6, 2004 - The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), along with 34 other organizations, is asking...

Understanding Your Baby's Hearing was developed for use by screening hospitals and audiologists to explain hearing and hearing loss in infants to parents and caregivers. Topics...