Today's deaf and hard of hearing kids have it SO good. Now they can choose earmolds with SpongeBob, Dora the Explorer, or other characters. Starkey Laboratories just signed a deal with Nickelodeon/Viacom to feature these figments of the imagination on co-branded earmolds. This may make kids more accepting of their earmolds. I have to admit, if Batman and Robin had been available on my earmolds when I was a kid, I might have looked forward to getting new earmolds instead of dreading it! [...] more »

uHear Created by hearing-aid manufacturer Unitron, the app basically replicates the primary hearing test used by audiologists. Wearing earphones, you listen for a series of tones at different frequencies and loudnesses to each ear. You tap a button whenever you hear tones. It also has a mechanism to measure how well you can hear speech in a noisy room. The result is a simple chart of hearing acuity versus frequency range. There’s also a questionnaire that asks how your hearing is in different environments and situations. [...] more »

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 »

Tired of the same old, boring hearing aid? Over-ear pieces getting in the way of your glasses or sense of style? Design Affairs has come up with a hearing aid molded to look like the ear tunnels that are growing in popularity again. Read more: Deafinite Style: Not Your Father's Hearing Aid | Walyou http://www.walyou.com/blog/2010/03/01/deafinite-hearing-aid-design/#ixzz0gzzDdy7H http://www.walyou.com [...] more »

The 10-year-old student is 70 per cent deaf in both ears and used to miss a great deal of what was happening but thanks to a new Front Row to Go system he ... [...] more »

Single-sided deafness, also known as profound unilateral sensorineural hearing loss, affects between 0.1 percent and 3 percent of children, according to ... Study suggests that tinnitus does not appear to be a highly inherited conditionEurekAlert (press release) all 9 news articles » [...] more »

Siemens Hearing Instruments has released the acoustic aid Nitro SP for persons with severe hearing loss. The sound output is said to be the best… [...] more »

Gizmag Sonitus introduces hearing aid that can broadcast sound through teeth Geek.com For those people affected by deafness in one ear life without stereo hearing can beyond frustrating. The embarrassment of having to repeatedly ask the ... [...] 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 »

For anyone unfamiliar with hearing aids, know that they require a great deal of two things: money and batteries. Luckily, one humanitarian project aims to make the medical devices much cheaper and more eco-friendly. Solar Ear, a Brazil-based company, creates low-cost hearing aids that get their juice from solar-powered batteries. Not only are the devices much more affordable than traditional hearing aids, they decreases reliance on fossil fuel-based power and seriously cut back on battery waste. [...] more »

Hearing aids have gotten smaller, and as we face this new decade, we already see work completed with implants that allow a deaf person to hear without a ... [...] more »

In recent hearing aid news, the makers of the Lyric have announced that they are testing a swim-proof version of their hearing aid. MSNBC was just one of the sites to carry the report. [...] more »

The Baha actually transfers sound waves directly through the bone of the skull to the inner ear, where the vibrations are translated back into sound in a process very similar to natural hearing. It’s uniquely suited to people with one-sided deafness like Gifford, or those whose hearing loss is caused by damage to the ear canal, ear drum or middle ear, where the inner ear is still intact. [...] more »

Here she reports on why she thinks we should all be more aware of what being deaf means. "My name is Eve and I wear hearing aids and I'm proud of it. ... [...] more »

THE hard of hearing no longer need to turn the volume right up or resort to subtitles to enjoy their favourite telly shows. A new hearing aid has been unveiled which enables wearers to have their own personal volume control. The gadget uses the same Bluetooth wireless technology found in mobile phone hands-free headsets to connect to compatible TVs. [...] more »