National charity Deafness Research UK’s 22ft high bionic ear is coming to York Science Festival to teach people about how important and delicate their hearing is and remind people of the risks they face to their hearing from loud music, among other important educational messages about hearing. [...] more »

Professor Bencie Woll, at UCL's Deafness, Cognition and Language research centre, where the BSL assessments will be developed, said: "Early identification ... and more » [...] more »

Taking paracetamol at least twice a week doubles the risk of mild to severe deafness before the age of 50. Other painkillers, including aspirin and ... Painkillers 'raise deafness risk'Thaindian. [...] more »

THE Carabez Alliance has set up an independently-run clinic that expands audiological services to all deaf children in Fiji. The Carabez Clinic will be ... [...] more »

Amritsar, Punjab: The All India Charitable Society Pingalwara Charitable Society here will conduct free cochlear implant surgery for its deaf children and ... [...] more »

Mental health advisers use sign language on line to give support to deaf people in cases of stress, depression or suicidal thoughts People who are deaf are almost twice as likely to experience a mental health problem as people who can hear, and the very nature of the disability ­creates problems accessing helplines that could offer support in cases of stress, ­depression or suicidal thoughts ... [...] more »

Without his job, one father of a clinically deaf daughter does not know how she will receive the medical services she needs. ... and more » [...] more »

OBJECTIVE: This study examined the diagnostic and clinical features of deaf psychiatric inpatients. METHODS: Archival clinical data for deaf and ... [...] more »

The report, conducted by The Galaxy Research for Deafness Forum, makes it pretty clear that hearing aids have a dramatic impact on overall quality of life ... [...] more »

Dr Ralph Holme, director of Biomedical Research at the Royal National Institute for the Deaf, says: 'In recent years, there has been research into a number ... [...] more »

Deafness Research UK is the country's only charity dedicated to finding new cures, treatments and technologies for deaf, hard of hearing and other hearing ... and more » [...] more »

10.12.2009 - (idw) Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. [...] more »

Jordan and his twin brother Jaden were born three months premature on Aug. 30, 2002. Jaden's hearing is normal. Jordan's is not. The nerve connecting his ears and brain failed to properly develop, and when he was almost 3 1/2, Jordan had an auditory brain stem implant performed in Italy. The operation isn't approved for children in the United States. [...] more »

Listening is more than a matter of being "all ears." People can also hear with their skin, according to new research that deepens our understanding of the senses, showing they can work together but also override one another. Strange though it seems, scientists are finding that multiple senses contribute to the simplest perceptions. People can see with their ears, hear with their eyes, or hear with a touch. [...] more »

Despite being deaf in his left ear, legally blind in his left eye, incapable of smelling or tasting and living in a body that is physically half his age, Chris Sence continues to push toward his goal of obtaining a college degree. Sence, a senior general studies major, has CHARGE syndrome, an acronym for a specific set of birth defects. Chris suffers from all six. [...] more »