Latest Stories on Hearing and HIs - January 25th 2009

North Essex: hearing aid queues are shrinking
Harwich and Manningtree Standard - UK
WAITING times for hearing aids have been slashed by more than
three-quarters in the past year in north Essex. The average waiting time is
now 18 weeks from ...

Olathe woman writes fiction novel about hearing loss
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
She spent two years in denial, refusing to buy hearing aids and making up
white lies to disguise her hearing loss. Pride and fear, she said, kept her
from ...

Corzine honors girl who sparked "Grace's Law" requiring hearing ...
NJ.com - NJ,USA
Gleba, a hearing-impaired Warren County girl, was the inspiration behind
Grace's Law, which calls for health insurers to pay $1000 per ear for
hearing aids. ...

Cochlear Implants in the Classroom
Advance for Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists - King of Prussia,PA,USA
The certified auditory-verbal therapist specializes in teaching listening
skills to children with hearing aids and cochlear implants. ...

Living with hearing loss
Morden Times - Morden,Manitoba,Canada
Without hearing assistance (hearing aids), I am almost totally deaf. On a
word recognition test with hearing aids only, I only scored 16 per cent,
...

Constant Ringing in Your Ears? Hearing Aids Offer Hope
Atlantic News Telegraph - Atlantic,IA,USA
The good news is treatment, including hearing aids, can offer relief to
some suffering the persistent ringing, buzzing or humming associated with
tinnitus, ...

Something to shout about
Building.co.uk - UK
With the exception of hearing aids, which amplify sounds, the advice given
to sufferers was simply to accept your lot and cope with it as best you
could. ...