Latest Stories on Hearing and HIs - April 20th, 2008

Divers Colwill, Tarantino win 3-meter synchro
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
"The 23-year-old Colwill is hearing impaired and has to take his hearing
aids out before diving, which can make things difficult in synchronized
events."

Easton Place church has Wright way to do things
DesMoinesRegister.com - Des Moines,IA,USA
When she was informed that members of the church wanted to make her a
recipient of the new church Blessing Fund - to help her obtain hearing aids
that cost ...

House committee puts hearing to the test
Southtown Star - Chicago,IL,USA
"The cost of her hearing aids? Upward of $2500. Your health insurance plan
doesn't cover it. Add hearing aids to the long list of products and
services many..."

Latest Stories on Cochlear Implants - April 19th, 2008

Television: Hearing, deaf worlds collide in thoughtful 'Sweet Nothing'
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
"Dan learns from a doctor that Adam might be a good candidate for a cochlear
implant, an electronic device surgically implanted in the ear..."

Summary of five conference workshopsReading Eagle - Reading,PA,USA
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Matlin tackles life’s challenges feet-first
Boston Herald - United States
It also got the facts right and presented the cochlear implant debate from
both sides without advocating either. I loved that.” The implant issue
has been ...

Political Correctness on TV Sometimes Goes Too Far
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
"Daniels could hear and Matlin could not... (should) their deaf child should receive a cochlear implant...?"

Japan's Cyborg Research Enters the Skull
Slashdot - USA
"he's hearing-impaired, and has a cochlear implant. Currently the speech
processor is still external, but you could imagine an internal one run off
of the..."

Embracing The World Of Sound
Washington Post - United States
" realized how much this cochlear implant had brought me. And it wasn't
just the implant; it was all of those doctors and nurses..."

April 9th - Latest Stories on Hearing

Access for the Disabled: Center helps partially deaf student adjustThe Daily Utah Chronicle - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
"The FM stereo connects the professor's lecture to her hearing aids so she
can better understand content. Note takers allow Whitesides to focus on the
..."

Boomers eye trendy hearing aids
Centre Daily Times - Centre,PA,USA
"Hearing aids are becoming hip - or at least that is what more than 100
vendors at the national audiology convention want you to believe."

April 8th - Latest Stories on Hearing

Teen overcomes his hearing impairment to fulfill a dream
Ventura County Star - Camarillo,CA,USA
"Wearing a pair of behind-the-ear hearing aids, he started taking violin
lessons before age 4 and, about six months later, took up the piano. ..."

Headphones, music lead to noise-induced hearing loss?
Vallejo Times-Herald - Vallejo,CA,USA
"They're designing low-profile hearing aids with them in mind," he said. A
significant percentage of hearing loss is caused by prolonged exposure to
noise, ..."

April 7th - Latest Stories on Hearing

Selective hearing happens in every home
Yakima Herald-Republic - Yakima,WA,USA
"When I cautiously think about hearing aids, I'm reminded of a
hard-of-hearing friend from long ago. Widowed when she married a widower,
their blended family ..."

Feeling the music, deaf performers make mark in Inland ballet ...
Press-Enterprise - Riverside,CA,USA
"If it weren't for her hearing aids, no one would guess that she hears only
some of the music. She cannot hear her teacher at all."

April 7th - Latest Stories on Cochlear Implants

Keeping the dream alive
Sunday Sun - Newcastle upon Tyne,England,UK
He said: "When I was a bit better, they offered me a cochlear implant.
But my mam refused. She asked the doctors to let nature take its course.
...

"Sweet Nothing in My Ear"
April 20, CBS
Catholic Online - Bakersfield,CA,USA
When Dan Miller (Jeff Daniels) learns that a recently refined therapy
called a cochlear implant offers his 8-year-old son, Adam (Noah Valencia),
..."


I was focused on what I could do to help my daughter hear
ChronicleLive - Newcastle upon Tyne,England,UK
I decided to get Faith a cochlear implant, and it has been a great success.
"She was one of the youngest babies in the North East ever to have the
procedure ..."

The benefits of cochlear implantsChronicleLive - Newcastle upon Tyne,England,UK
"THE first UK adult was given a cochlear implant in 1983, but it wasn't
until 1987 that the first child received one. The procedure is safe and the
benefits ..."