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Hearing loss is affecting younger people 9.1.11
Dr. Brady Ness, Medcenter One audiologist, explains why hearing loss is affecting younger people and how it can be prevented.
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Hearing aids early in life 4.3.09
Peggy Shireley recently discovered the joy of hearing clearly with the help of hearing aids and says she wouldn’t trade them for the world.
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Cochlear implants fit the ears of young and old 2.11.09
Cochlear implants make hearing possible for those who could not hear otherwise. Dr. Brady Ness, Medcenter One audiologist, explains who the best candidates are for this type of hearing instrument.
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Hearing Loss Association of America
http://www.hearingloss.org/
The Hearing Loss Association of America is the nation’s foremost consumer organization representing people with hearing loss. Website includes online back issues of Hearing Loss Magazine, a bimonthly magazine that provides encouraging personal stories of hearing impaired individuals and the latest information on products, research, and technology in the hearing health care field.
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) is one of the Institutes that comprise the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NIDCD website covers a vast number of topics related to deafness and communication disorders. Topics related to hearing and hearing loss include auditory neuropathy, ear infections, otosclerosis, and ways to recognize hearing loss, and much, much more.
Hearing Loss Links
http://www.hearinglosslinks.com/organizations.html
Hearing Loss Links is a website designed to help those with hearing loss or deafness, and their parents and relatives. This is also a place for professionals assisting those with better hearing and hearing loss. The website contains a vast number of links to online resources. Links to online resources are organized according to topic, subtopic, or specialty and also contain a brief description of the website it links to.
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