Articles on Hearing Aid Technology

I am 56 years old. I lost my hearing at 12 years of age, exactly 2 months after turning 12. One moment I was hearing and the next I was profoundly deaf (110-120 dB) in ear....

I haven't always been deaf. When I was thirty-something, during the winter of 1967-68 our chimney plugged, and carbon monoxide (CO) entered our home every time the gas cam...

Taylor's story begins on July 30, 1996. That is the day we held him in our arms for the first time. It is also was his birthday. We, however, did not give him life gave us...

Despite the best hearing instruments, most hearing-impaired listeners notice they have difficulty hearing in certain situations. Understanding speech in the presence of (wit...

Many people have told what it is like to receive a cochlear implant and the miracle of hearing again. But what is it like to live with a cochlear implant on a day to basis?At...

Yes, I am certainly hearing again. Hearing and loving it! After almost 30 years of silence, my cochlear implant has changed my life more than I dreamed, more than I have im...

Directing plays at our Community Little Theater has been a hobby of mine for a number of years, but as my hearing deteriorated because of Menieres Disease, I could no longer do...

I am sure that almost everyone who was around in the 1970s remembers Lee Majors in ''The Six Million Dollar Man,'' right? After that show became successful, they Lindsa...

I was totally surprised when I started feeling angry and sad again. After all, I had just been through a process that brought me back into the hearing world, a miracle of...

Research has demonstrated that many children with normal hearing (e.g., children with learning, reading, language, attentional and/or auditory processing disorders) experience...

Introduction:For many years in telecommunications, the process of two people communicating over a distance was the same for everyone. You used a device called a telephone with r...

Address Correspondence to:Eric W. Sargent, M.D.The Michigan Ear Institute30055 Northwestern Hwy, #101Farmington Hills, MI 48334FAX: (248) 865-6161Telephone: 865-4444Email:...

Introduction: The progress made over the last decade in cochlear implants, surgical techniques, and speech processing strategies has been phenomenal. There has been vast...

The statistics are in. According to an Associated Press article this year, the government reports that nearly three percent of Americans behind the wheel at any given daytime...

Abstract: The introduction of digital wireless technologies in the mid-1990s created a potential new barrier to accessible phone communication for hearing aid wearers. When...

A cochlear implant is a surgically implantable device that provides hearing sensation to individuals with severe-to-profound hearing loss who do not benefit from hearing aids.