Research

•Deaf teens do not want to be separated from their mobile phones, new research shows. Young women find that separation more difficult. Researchers tracked the relationship between nomophobia (the fear of mobile=phone separation) and impulsivity in deaf and hard-of-hearing teens. (8.20.22)

•Researchers are studying the ability of crocodiles to regrow cilia in the hopes of helping humans with hearing loss. (8.20.22)

•North Carolina State is investigating the connection between hearing loss and dementia. (8.16.22)

•A new Cleveland Clinic study shows a lack of awareness about hearing loss among adults between the ages of 50 and 80. Only 10% could properly identify what is thought to be a "normal" range of hearing. (8.10.22)

A new Cleveland Clinic study is highlighting the lack of awareness about hearing loss among adults between the ages of 50 and 80 here in the United States.•A new study shows that disability representation is much better but still falls short. (7.27.22)

•The earlier children have access to language, the better they can understand abstract ideas, a fact that can prove difficult for deaf and hard-of-hearing children, a new study reports. (7.20.22)

•A new study looks at the relationship between hearing loss and the use of pesticides. (7.13.22)

•Untreated hearing loss leads to a greater risk of dementia. (7.13.22)

•Treating hearing loss in the first few months of life is vital for development. (7.8.22)

•A study of crocodile hearing may end up helping humans. (7.5.22)

•Older than 65? Hard of hearing? Sorry, but you've got a greater risk of falling. (7.5.22)

•UK-based Mogrify Limited is partnering with Japan's Astellas Pharma to do research targeted toward addressing sensorineural hearing loss. (7.5.22)

•Researchers at Mass Eye and Ear have developed a word-score model that estimates hidden hearing loss and the effectiveness of hearing loss interventions. (6.28.22)

•Data now backs up the idea that e-learning is difficult for deaf and hard-of-hearing learners. (6.5.22)

•Researchers have found 10 novel genes related to hearing loss. (5.17.22)

•Hearing loss among young adults is a growing concern thanks to the proliferation of earbuds. (5.9.22)

•The work MIT scientists have done toward reversing hearing loss has made it so the process could be as easy as LASIK surgery. (5.4.22)

•New research shows that those mentoring D/HH students should be culturally competent in the D/HH world in order to be the most effective. (4.4.22)

•A new study of American Sign Language unpacks why language changes over time. (3.31.22)

•A 12-week music program as part of research at Marquette University is helping deaf and hard-of-hearing children "learn to optimize their hearing aids and cochlear implants, by teaching them to better understand the sounds they detect." (3.31.22)

•MIT spinout Frequency Therapeutics' new drug stimulates new hair growth in the inner ear in the hopes that it will help people hear. (3.29.22)

•Risk of suicide is high for deaf LGBTQ+ teens. (3.28.22)

•More than 5,000 teachers over the age of 50 were surveyed in England and nine out of 10 said they didn't have the proper training to work with deaf students. (3.18.22)

•Covid can infect the inner ear and cause hearing loss, new research shows. (3.18.22)

•French biotech company Sensorion is making lemonade out of lemons with a new tack after a test on a drug expected to help some people's hearing get better didn't perform as planned. (3.17.22)

•When deaf children don't learn ASL, it can lead to social isolation, language deprivation, and educational delays, some experts are saying. (3.13.22)

•One Duke University researcher's work changed millions of lives. (2.27.22)

•Academics took a good look at the speech outcomes of cochlear implant recipients. (2.23.22)

•There was a decline in serious hearing loss in seniors from 2008 to 2017. (12.28.21)

•Cochlear implants in deaf children with autism can improve language skills and social engagement, according to new research. (12.23.21)

•New research suggests that wearing a cochlear implant could cause new bone growth in the ear and affect a person's hearing over the long term negatively. (12.8.21)

•More deaf researchers are appearing in the world of science, but there are still plenty of barriers that stand in the way. (12.5..21)

•Black Americans are less likely to lose hearing as they age than white Americans. (12.3.21)

•For those living with deafness and HIV, deafness is the larger challenge, new research shows. (11.23.21)

•Machine learning and 3D printing are being used to improve research about cochlear implants. (11.15.21)

•Data published in the Hearing Journal shows that children that wear their hearing aids consistently is "associated with normalized neural patterns." (11.1.21)

•The Covid-19 virus can infect the inner ear. (10.29.21)

•New research could change things for folks with Perrault syndrome, a rare genetic condition that results in hearing loss as well as early early menopause or infertility in women. (10.29.21)

•Exposure to language, not sound, is what leads to normal cognitive development, showing that sign language works just as well as spoken language for a newborn's development. (10.26.21)

•Northeastern looks into what babies responding to sign language means about human nature. (10.12.21)

•Fewer classes in ASL are being offered across the country. (9.24.21)

•Younger children appear to be more at risk to become hard of hearing from a cancer drug. (9.23.21)

•Folks with hearing loss who wear hearing aids are apparently pretty happy, research shows. (9.14.21)

•High-pitched drills double the risk of hearing loss in dentists. (8.31.21)

•Statistics show that people with rheumatoid arthritis suffer from hearing loss at a much higher rate than those without RA. (8.17.21)

•A University of Iowa biologist has received funding from the National Institutes of Health to further investigate how a hormone may prevent hearing loss in humans. (8.11.21)

•Researchers have found that a combination of sound and silence can help slow progressive hearing loss. (8.10.21)

•Freethink reports on the studies that show that it may be possible to regenerate damaged inner-ear hair cells and allow those with hearing issues to hear better. (8.8.21)

•A University of Alberta research lab has identified a genetic variant linked to hearing loss in children with cancer who use a particular drug. (7.28.21)

•In 2019, 13 percent of American adults had difficulty hearing -- even with hearing aids. (7.28.21)

•Cochlear implantation in the Black community is disproportionately low. (7.27.21)

•Bad news: More evidence shows ties hearing loss to an increased risk of dementia. (7.23.21)

•French researchers are thinking that cave paintings from the Ice Age are showing sign language was in use way back then. (7.21.21)

•Osteoporosis nearly doubles your chance of being hard of hearing. (7.21.21)

•Around 15% of Americans over the age of 18 say they've got some kind of hearing loss. (7.21.21)

•University of Maryland researchers have launched an online tool to help speed up innovations in slowing progressive hearing loss. (7.20.21)

•Researchers are getting a better sense of the origins of Usher Syndrome. (7.12.21)

•Folks who wear cochlear implants apparently felt less stressed during the pandemic, according to new research. (7.5.21)

•Auditory training can help your brain "hear better." (7.5.21)

•Hearing aids apparently speed up physical decline in people, according to a new study. (6.26.21)

•An anthropologist is looking into how the U.S. prison system consistently denies DHH prisoners the use of hearing aids. (6.15.21)

•A new study shows that COVID-19 vaccines do not cause sudden hearing loss. (5.20.21)

•Researchers claim to be getting closer to gene therapy that could restore hearing in the congenitally deaf. (5.19.21)

•A new study has it that AirPods can be used as hearing aids for folks with minimal hearing loss. (5.19.21)

•Audiologists report that more children and younger adults are suffering from hearing loss due to prolonged exposure to loud noises than in years past. (5.18.21)

•Promising animal data has resulted in expectations that a new gene therapy that could restore some hearing for the congenitally deaf could move to a clinical trial. (5.14.21)

•New data is showing that the algorithms within hearing aids may actually be degrading people's sound-discrimination abilities. (5.10.21)

•Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have discovered a gene that may be the cause of many hearing issues when it is missing or affected. (5.7.21)

•America adults claim that they value their hearing, but new research shows they aren't doing much to make sure its as good as it can be. (5.3.21)

•Hearing loss has been linked to worse cognitive functioning for Hispanic/Latino adults. (4.29.21)

•Deaf people are extremely vulnerable when disasters hit, but they are generally excluded from the preparedness, new research shows. (4.28.21)

•RIT and NTID are about to conduct the first study ever on the reproductive health experiences of deaf women. (4.23.21)

•A study is showing that hearing loss is often tied to less physical activity as people age and the result can mean an accclerated aging process/////////////////. (4.23.21)

•New research shows that the "cocktail-party effect," or the blending together of a variety of sounds from different ears, is particularly difficult for the hard of hearing. (4.21.21)

•The U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics predicts that the job of sign-language interpreter will grow 20 percent by 2029, partially due to people seeing ASL interpreters on television during the pandemic. (4.15.21)

•Educational attainment by deaf people in college is on the rise, partially due to schools doing more to make education more accessible. (4.14.21)

•Dementia risk doubles for those with vision and hearing issues. (3.7.21)

•A new study shows that "nonspeaking deaf patients" in American hospitals in 2017 had higher mortality and longer hospital stays, suggesting that some adjustments to treatment are warranted. (4.6.21)

•The aesthetics of hearing assistance technology can directly affect whether it is used or not. (4.2.21)

•A new report is recommending that the Social Security Administration use a different test to assess the needs of those with cochlear implants. (3.30.21)

•Researchers in Belgium have succeeded for the first time in measuring brain waves via a cochlear implant. (3.30.21)

•One set of data is showing that there is no clear link between sudden loss of hearing and COVID-19 vaccines. Another set, though, is that COVID and hearing issues are strongly associated. (3.21.21)

•A new treatment for thyroid eye disease brings risk of causing hearing issues. (3.20.21)

•Hard-of-hearing folks over 70 experience depression, loneliness, and memory issues during the COVID-19 lockdown, according to a new study. (3.17.21)

•Kids with hearing aids still face discrimination from their peers, a new study shows. (3.7.21)

•Apple and the University of Michigan teamed up for a study that determined that a quarter of participants are experiencing daily environmental sounds higher than WHO recommends. Noise-induced hearing loss is on the rise. (3.3.21)

•People with lupus have a significantly higher chance of having hearing loss. (3.3.21)

•Hard-of-hearing Israelis are 3.5 times more likely to suffer from depression.

•Most older adults, particularly women, haven't been checked for hearing loss. (3.1.21)

•School closures from the pandemic have left plenty of kids with cochlear implants with underdeveloped communication skills, a new study shows. (2.23.21)

•University of Maryland researchers have identified a specific protein that is part of hearing hair cells that may help treat hearing loss. (2.6.21)

•Shocker: A new report shows that accessibility for the deaf is poor.

•Gallaudet University has found that language deprivation and communication neglect increases heart conditions, depression, and other diseases for deaf people.

•The link between hearing loss and dementia can be a tough one for researchers.

Hearing aids aren't cheap, but that doesn't stop 20% of those who own them to not use them.

Deaf mice regain their hearing with gene editing..

The Guardian shares how lockdown has affected deaf children.

A new discovery in the genetic makeup of fruit flies may help cure hearing loss.

Poor balance and higher risk of falling are much more prevalant in the DHH community than the hearing, new research confirms.

Researchers believe that a new type of hearing aid might help hard-of-hearing individuals be able to follow a single voice in a large group more easily.

New research shows that deaf moths developed noise-cancelling scales in order to help them escape predators.

The New York Times wraps up all the recent research that pairs hearing loss with potential mental decline.

One researcher details how poor communication between the medical community and the DHH community has far-ranging effects.

Deaf and hard-of-hearing readers apparently have more difficulty than others reading hyperlinks online.

Illinois State University just received a grant for $1.23 milion to help students who will work with deaf or blind infants and toddlers.

A musicologist has figured out somehow that Beethoven wasn't completely deaf at the premiere of his Ninth Symphony.

Harvard ties together brain health and hearing health.

Drugs referred to as "chemical earmuffs" could help put an end to noise-induced hearing loss.\

Two biomarkers studied by the folks at Massachusetts Eye and Ear may help explain hidden hearing loss.

Harvard and Boston Children's Hospital may have found a solution to hereditary deafness.

Popular Science has it that there seems to be a growth in "hidden hearing loss," where a person tests fine at the audiologist office, but has trouble hearing in noisy situations.

Britain's National Health Service is testing out the world's first bedside genetic test that could save more than a few babies from deafness. With it, the hospital can see if the baby "would be genetically predisposed to being left deaf after treament with gentamicin, a life-saving antibiotic."

Reseachers may have found a medicine that could slow hearing loss.

High blood sugar can raise your risk of hearing loss, according to a new study.

A Worcester Polytechnic Institute researcher just received $1 million from the National Science Foundation to look into helping ASL users navigate technology through signing.

New York Times columnist Jane E. Brody uses recent research to show that if you want to protect your brain, it is smart to protect your hearing.

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has it that medications may be coming to help stave off noise-induced hearing loss.

University of Miami and University of Michigan researchers have looked into why so many people who are eligible for cochlear implants don't ever get them.

Way back in 1988, this USC researcher was one of the first children in the U.S. to receive a cochlear implant. Now he's figuring out a way to use cochlear implants to help deaf and hard-of-hearing folks have better access to music.

Researchers at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Eye and Ear have teamed up to find a way to regrow parts of the inner ear to help deaf and hard-of-hearing patients. Meanwhile, Oklahoma City is home to a school of zebrafish that may end up helping to figure out how to adjust human DNA to potentially eliminate deafness at birth.

A week in the dark has rewired the brain cells of mice and changes their hearing.

This researcher is tracking down info on the earliest schools for the deaf.

A new study shows that it is much more difficult for the Deaf to access healthcare and health information than their hearing counterparts.

The word is that a healthy diet may help prevent hearing loss.

Apple and the University of Michigan have teamed up to study the noise in everyday lives and how it affects hearing.

Eating healthily can apparently lower your risk for hearing loss.

Using hearing aids may help delay the onset of dementia.

Mild hearing loss in seniors has now been linked to cognitive decline by Columbia researchers. According to Reuters, some scientists theorize that when the brain has to put so much energy toward hearing, it doesn't handle its other responsibilities as well as it should.

US veterans that are deaf are not succeeding at the same rate as hearing veterans, according to new research from the University of Texas at Austin.

Even those with the mildest of hearing loss can have their brain processing change due to their hearing, according to Cambridge University researchers.

University of Basel researchers are saying white noise can actually help improve people's hearing.

One of the most important areas to work on with hard-of-hearing adolescents is improving social capital, new research shows.

Poor hearing leads to poor school attendance, according to one new study.

Recent work by researchers at Columbia University studying how the brain functions with a variety of sounds occurring simultaneously may help hearing aids be redesigned so that listeners can tune in the most important voices.

New research is showing that deaf babies are more attuned to their parents' visual cues.

Russian biologist Denis Rebrikov has started gene editing in donated eggs in an attempt to eliminate impaired hearing at birth.

Research is happening in Tuscaloosa to figure out how to communicate better with DHH when there are extreme weather conditions.

Deaf infants that are exposed to American Sign Language are more attuned to parents' visual cues, a new study shows.

A new study shows that insurance, race/ethnicity, and primary language may be barriers to accessing pediatric hearing aids.

A deafness-causing protein may rewire brains to affect how learning occurs.

Researchers find that mild-to-moderate hearing loss can change the way a child's brain processes information.

Genetics plays a role in noise-induced hearing loss, according to new research.

Forty-four genes involved in age-related hearing loss have been identified in a new study.

A new survey shows that more than 630,000 MIchigan residents are hard of hearing.

The number of people with hearing loss is on the rise.

More than seven percent of Michigan residents are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf blind.

Seven out of 10 British movie theaters offered no subtitled screenings of the summer's most popular films for kids, according to a new study.

A Harvard study has it that not taking care of ear infections in the middle ear can "lead to neural deficits and difficulty hearing in noisy environments."

A new database is going global to help researchers understand why some DHH students thrive while others struggle.

Vanderbilt was just given $3.2 million to study reading skills in DHH children.

Hearing loss is more prevalent in people who work in the business of mining.

Clarke claims that the number of deaf students in mainstream schools is increasing.

Researchers have found proteins that might restore damaged sound-detecting cells.

Five congenitally deaf couples have agreed to allow their embryos to be edited by a Russian biologist in order to keep their children from being deaf.

Harvard researchers have salvaged the hearing of some mice through gene splicing.

The psychiatric assessment of the deaf and hard of hearing

Wearing hearing aids may slow the onset of dementia.

Finnish researchers have found that music and singing help develop the brain and language of hard-of-hearing youngsters.

Can hand dryers hurt your hearing? This 13-year-old did the research to figure it out.