13 percent experience difficulty hearing even with hearing aid
Jul 28, 2021
Hearing difficulties increase with age; 26.8 percent of those aged 65 years and older have difficulty hearing with hearing aid
Ford’s clear N95 face mask a game changer for healthcare, hearing impaired, company claims
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 05, 2021
Ford Motor Co. is seeking an N95 designation for its clear respirator design. The product is expected to become available this spring if approved, the company announced Tuesday.
Talking through a mask is not easy, but these tips can help
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 10, 2020
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association has ideas for counteracting the effects of muffled voices and the lost ability to read lips and facial expressions.
Hearing may indeed be the last sense to go, hospice study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 09, 2020
New evidence suggests that unresponsive patients’ brains react to sound and that they might be able to hear what clinicians and family are saying.
Clinical Briefs for Thursday, April 30
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 29, 2020
Multi-cancer blood test detects disease before symptoms show … Rheumatoid arthritis patients unaware of high cardiovascular risks … Alzheimer’s gene culprit triggers early breakdowns in the blood-brain...
Hearing loss ‘profoundly alters’ the brain and contributes to memory loss, study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 23, 2020
The results provide new insights into the relationship between cognitive decline and age-related hearing loss in humans, say the researchers.
Specialists issue sound advice for reducing falls
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 14, 2020
Good hearing helps seniors stay balanced when other senses are less reliable, say otolaryngologists.
Hear about the latest way to improve cognitive function?
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 27, 2020
Hearing aids may help seniors regain executive functioning skills – abilities that don’t typically return once lost, say researchers.
Headphone hearing system improves engagement in senior living communities
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 14, 2020
A wireless group listening system improved residents’ understanding and engagement during a recent case study by Front Porch.
Gait, hearing ability help predict near-term mortality after heart attack
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 12, 2019
Functional impairment measures can help accurately predict six-month mortality for older heart attack patients, say Yale researchers.