Articles on Hearing Awareness

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...

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.

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...

Marlee Matlin is a remarkable person. She proved her acting chops in her film debut in Children of a Lesser God in 1986. The role won her a Golden Globe for Best Actress and an...

Time sure does fly. It seems only a few years back that we all enjoyed the extremely successful TV series, The Waltons. The stories were heartwarming, the characters real and the...

Shes funny. Very funny.Shes also an award-winning actress, accomplished author, renowned motivational speaker and humanitarian.Shes been nominated five times for the American...

Whoever said disabled people cant scale mountains hasnt met Bill Barkeley. In September 2007 Bill, 45, accomplished a truly awe-inspiring feat he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, ina...

Its not easy climbing Mount Rainier. Just getting there is a pain so reaching base camp is a feat in itself. But you still have to climb the mountain.Thats 14,410 feet straight...

Dr. Melody Martin, Au.D, Ph.D. and owner of Martin Audiology knows a lot about hearing health and effective communication as she demonstrated during an exclusive interview with...

The American Tinnitus Association (ATA) assists healthcare providers in serving patients who have, or are learning to cope with, tinnitus.

The ubiquitous iPod ear bud. A thundering bass played through a sub-woofer mounted in the trunk of a tricked-out Civic. The up-close-and-personal sound blast produced by 4,000...

It was a day to remember one for the history books. March 15, 2006, the World Flight for Hearing began in Akalla, Sweden. Pilot Johan Hammarstrm, who is severely impaired,...

Hear@frontiernet.netThe hearing instrument dispenser or the audiologist is the only hearing professional most hearing impaired people will come into contact with as they learn...

Introduction:Computers and related information technologies (workstations, scanners, printers, docking stations, personal digital assistants, hand-held diagnostic and screening...

In 2003, Energizer embarked on a national campaign titled Energizer EZ Change ''Its Hip to H.E.A.R.'' to understand issues and demographics related to ''baby boomers,'' hearing,...

Helen Keller was often quoted as saying blindness separated her from objects, while deafness separated her from people. Communication is what makes us human, and the exchange i...

There are an estimated 28 million Americans with hearing loss. Many of these individuals do not investigate or obtain hearing aids. What is it that makes the idea of aids...

I believe everything happens for a reason.For me, this statement reflects the significant and positive influence that hearing loss had on my growth and development. My...