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iPad App Opens Music Theory to Deaf Individuals
Wednesday, May 23rd 2012
New app available for the iPad allows individuals with hearing loss or deafness to learn complex music theory.
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Student Team Creates Vibration Notification Concept for Deaf Athletes
Friday, May 18th 2012
Deaf and hard-of-hearing student teams compete to create new technological concepts to help impact individuals with hearing loss and impairment.
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Scientists Develop New App that Translates Sign Language
Wednesday, April 25th 2012
Technology that translates sign language into text aims to empower sign language users. New app being developed by scientists.
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Oticon Goes Green with Wind Farm Investment
Friday, March 2nd 2012
The Oticon Foundation announces plans to invest in wind farm. Company hopes to conserve energy by going green.
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Second Cochlear Implant Surgery Improves Quality of Life in Children
Monday, February 6th 2012
Study shows children see increase in quality of life after receiving bilateral cochlear implants
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Cochlear Implants: Infrared Light Improves Signals to the Brain
Wednesday, March 30th 2011
Researchers have discovered that infrared light can cause the inner ear to send signals to the brain, which could mean improvements to cochlear implants in the future.
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Cell Phone Usage Linked to Brain Concerns
Friday, February 25th 2011
Recent studies have yielded evidence that the human brain is sensitive to the effects of RF-EMFs from acute cell phone exposures and that further testing is warranted.
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Hearing Loss Treatment: New Cochlear Implant Being Tested
Friday, January 14th 2011
A new study will investigate whether hybrid cochlear implants will help individuals with high-frequency hearing loss.
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Hearing Aid Phones: Hearing Aid Compatibility Negotiations
Monday, December 13th 2010
Join the conversation and let the FCC and hearing aid manufacturers know your position and thoughts on the Hearing Aid Compatibility Act.
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New Cochlear Implant: One for Both Ears Tested in UK
Friday, October 15th 2010
The UK’s first operation to fit a single cochlear implant capable of giving sound in both ears takes place at the South of England Cochlear Implant Centre (SOECIC), based at the University of Southampton. A cochlear implant is an electronic device that can help both adults and children who have a severe to profound hearing loss.
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Foundations and Grants: CHI/NIH Cochlear Implants Study Announced
Wednesday, October 13th 2010
Children's Hearing Institute announced that The New York Eye & Ear Infirmary has been awarded a National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders grant to study how children with cochlear implants acquire language to improve and optimize therapies.
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Closed Captioning: New Law Connects TV, Internet & Hearing Aids
Tuesday, October 12th 2010
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the 21st Century Communications & Video Accessibility Act of 2010 which requires telecom equipment used to make calls over the Internet to be compatible with hearing aids, provides for captioning on new TV programs online, and mandates that remote controls have a button or similar mechanism to easily access the closed captioning on broadcast and pay TV.
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Assistive Technology: Free Admission to Chicago Conference
Friday, October 8th 2010
The Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA) is inviting parents, teachers, therapists and end-users of assistive technology to join them at the ATIA Chicago 2010 Conference for free admission to the exhibit hall.
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Loop Technology: 2nd Annual Conference June 18-20
Thursday, October 7th 2010
The Hearing Loss Association of America will host the 2nd International Hearing Loop Conference on June 18 - 20, 2011. The conference is designed for anyone interested in technology that provides accessibility for people with hearing loss and sound systems.
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Loop Technology: Enhancing Hearing Aids in Public Facilities
Wednesday, September 8th 2010
The American Academy of Audiology and the Hearing Loss Association of America have come together to advocate for the use of hearing loops with hearing aids. These systems are commonly found in public facilities such as churches and theaters turning hearing aids into personal loud speakers.
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Cochlear Implants For Children: Status Not Associated With Access
Sunday, September 5th 2010
A new reports shows that poor children with hearing loss appear to have equal access to cochlear implants, but have more complications and worse compliance with follow-up regimens than children with higher socioeconomic status.
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Hearing Impaired Cell Phones: New FCC Ruling
Sunday, August 22nd 2010
The FCC has taken important steps to ensure that the latest wireless phones are hearing aid compatible which will expand access to mobile networks and services to the 8 million Americans who use hearing aids.
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Cochlear Implants in Children: HEI Celebrates 30th Anniversary
Saturday, August 7th 2010
House Ear Institute (HEI) celebrated the 30th Anniversary of the first pediatric cochlear implant. HEI received FDA approval for a clinical trial in July 1980 to implant three patients under the age of 18 with the single-channel cochlear implant. The single-channel device had been developed at HEI by William House, M.D., in the 1960s and successfully implanted in adults.
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Captioning Service for Blackberry: Hamilton CapTel's Mobile Solution
Monday, August 2nd 2010
A free mobile captioning telephone solution is available from Hamilton Relay for use on your BlackBerry smartphone.
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Tubes in Ear: Safe With Cochlear Implants in Children
Thursday, July 29th 2010
Ear tubes to treat infections does not appear to adversely affect children with cochlear implants, regardless of whether the tubes are left in place or removed before implantation
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Cochlear Implants: Benefits for Older Adults
Tuesday, June 15th 2010
New research reveal that older adults appear to benefit significantly from cochlear implants. Cochlear implants have become an accepted treatment for adults with age-related hearing loss or the progression of early-onset hearing loss.
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Hearing Aid Compatibility: New Captioning Bill Introduced
Friday, May 28th 2010
A new bill has been introduced to make the Internet more accessible for the deaf or blind, requiring smartphones to be hearing aid-compatible, online streaming television content to include closed captioning and video descriptions, and video devices including DVRs and MP3 players to support closed captioning.
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Closed Captioning: Movie Theaters Federal Ruling
Wednesday, May 26th 2010
A recent and unanimous, three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires closed-captioning access in movie theaters.
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Cochlear Implants Pros: The Impact of Surgical Timing
Friday, May 14th 2010
Receiving a cochlear implant before 18 months of age dramatically improves a deaf child's ability to hear, understand and, eventually, speak, according to a multicenter study led by scientists at Johns Hopkins.
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Pros Of Cochlear Implants: Education & Employment Opportunities
Thursday, May 6th 2010
Although deaf children who receive cochlear implants appear more likely to fail early grades in school, they ultimately achieve educational and employment levels similar to their normal-hearing peers, according to a report in the April issue of Archives of Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery.
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