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50 percent more people with hearing loss
Migraine double the risk of sudden hearing loss
Hearing loss in care homes mismanaged
Effective hearing protection for Swedish soldiers
Hearing loss greatly affects quality of life of older adults
Untreated hearing loss has a negative impact on cognition
Goals for the hearing screening of infants are not being complied with
Nightclubs can damage your hearing
Antioxidants against noise-induced hearing loss
More than 700 million contract otitis media every year
Noisy jobs threaten those with reduced hearing
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Nearly three-in-four say that tinnitus has a negative effect on their daily life
Less than half of all hearing impaired are open about their hearing loss.
Too few take the hearing impaired into consideration in the work place
Hearing aids are extremely important for most hearing impaired people
Hearing aids are indispensable
Survey: Using hearing aids easy decision for most hearing impaired individuals
Survey: Three in every four hearing aid users have their aids adjusted frequently
New study: Most people adapt quickly to hearing aids; large majority uses devices daily
Consumers: Hearing aids making a difference
New meeting-places for people with hearing loss on Facebook
Workplaces Ignoring Needs of Hearing Impaired Employees
Hearing loss affecting relations with family and friends
Hearing impairment causing exhaustion on the job
The bad hearing of relative a delicate subject
International survey: Hearing impaired people wait for years before seeking treatment
‘New’ Noise Plagued Professions
Global hearing loss epidemic on its way
Hearing Problems Rising Among Children and Young Adolescents
Big cities – bad hearing
”Can you hear me, Honey?”
Work noise increases risk of hearing loss
Generation Hearing Loss
Archive 2012
22 million US-workers exposed to hazardous noise
False-positive hearing screenings in caesarean newborns
90% of casting and forging workers in India have a hearing loss
Background noise affects people with hearing loss
Background noise affects people with hearing loss
Too few hearing screenings of infants in rural China
Noise-induced hearing loss in soldiers may be prevented
Noise-induced hearing loss in soldiers may be prevented
Combination treatments for tinnitus give better results
The world’s best website concerning hearing and hearing loss has been launched in Chinese
Almost three-quarters of teens experience reduced hearing after attending a concert
Too few hearing impaired Swedes use hearing aids
Nine out of ten Belgian students experience tinnitus
8-year-old girl writes a book about her hearing loss
Insomnia affects tinnitus patients
Sudden hearing loss related to sleep apnea
Nearly 30 million people in the United States suffer from tinnitus
You may have a hearing loss without knowing it
A kiss on the ear can be dangerous to your hearing
Untreated diabetes intensifies the risk of hearing loss
Middle-aged Americans fail to recognise the need for hearing aids
Hearing loss can also mean increased sensitivity to vibrations
Coldplay star Chris Martin suffers from tinnitus
Three out of four hearing aid users have an improved quality of hearing
Musical training may delay age-related hearing loss
Internet-based therapy can help tinnitus sufferers
Early implants give the best results
One in five Americans have problems with their hearing
Less than 10% of Swedish teachers undergo regular hearing tests
Parents don’t talk with their teens about the risk of hearing loss
No hearing treatment despite hearing difficulties
Tinnitus may be reduced by Acoustic Coordinated Reset (ACR)
Ignoring hearing problems can mean missing out on beneficial treatment
Teens exposed to lead fail hearing test
US Marine Corps’ new hearing program
Hearing loss the sixth most expensive health condition
Hearing impaired have a higher risk of falling
Use of iPods while travelling may cause hearing loss
Most Britons cannot clearly hear the TV
The number of American children with hearing loss has doubled
Better captions for hearing impaired on YouTube
Coping with tinnitus is about the right approach
Factory workers unaware of their hearing loss
More than 700,000 New Zealanders are affected by hearing loss
Study reveals: Four out of ten don’t know what tinnitus is
Hearing health has a high priority — but hearing tests do not
Protect your hearing with antioxidants
Four out of ten students experience problems with their sound environment during their education
Hearing loss is the 3rd most common health problem in the US.
World congress for people with hearing loss
Ryan Adams learned to live with his Tinnitus and Ménière’s Disease
Children wait for years to get help for their hearing loss
Identifying hearing loss — but not at the GP
A hearing test does not always detect hearing loss
Seven out of ten women do not get their hearing checked at work
Archive 2011
Men hear better than women - at parties
Universal hearing screening for all children in Argentina by law
India: Almost all cotton ginning workers have a hearing loss.
Tinnitus is 2.5 times more prevalent in those under stress
Hearing loss — a great disease burden, but very little research carried out.
Exostosis (Surfer’s ear)
Distressing facts from Spain
Cotton swabs are not meant for ear cleaning
Untreated hearing loss may reduce brain volume
Hearing impaired Australians suffer in silence
Being a musician may improve hearing
Many do not talk about their hearing loss
The inner ear functions like a short-term memory
Passive Smoking is closely linked to hearing loss in teens
People with black skin better protected against hearing loss
A new and better hear-it.org
Saliva test spots hearing loss virus in newborns
High frequency of ear infections among Aboriginals
Tinnitus — More than a hearing problem
Injectable treatment for sudden hearing loss
Queen drummer Roger Taylor reliant on hearing aids
Scotland: Patients lacking understanding and information
Smoke alarms for the deaf and hearing impaired
Clownfish risk going deaf
Hearing aids running on methanol
Hearing loss increases the risk of incapacity benefit
Drug cocktail has positive impact on hearing loss in mice
High rates of hearing loss — even for those in middle age
Joey Jordison forced off the stage by tinnitus
Deaf children put on an opera
Rebooting the brain may stop tinnitus
Testing for hearing loss often stops with the family doctor
Healthcare professionals know too little about tinnitus
Our brains turn up the volume when we speak
Internet telephones can help the hearing impaired
Students unaware of their hearing loss
Hearing loss widespread among elderly
Nasal stem cells may cure early-onset hearing loss
Dutch teenagers put their hearing at risk
High street shops losing the hearing impaired
Calorie restriction may delay age-related hearing loss
Using hearing aids - Doctor’s opinion important
Chemicals and noise: a dangerous cocktail
Radiation therapy for head and neck cancer often results in poorer hearing
Hearing impaired lack knowledge about the funding of hearing aids
Hearing loss in teen girls on the rise
Hearing loss causes tinnitus
Hearing aids - Seven battery tips
Two genes, two types of protein and two types of hearing loss
Many positive impacts of using hearing aids
Tinnitus common in Nigeria
One in eight says: Yes, I have a hearing loss
Passive smoking may result in hearing loss
Listening to MP3 players can harm hearing
Folate may reduce or delay hearing loss
More young people suffer from hearing loss
Eat potato chips and lose your hearing
New drug can possibly help tinnitus
Young Aussies get noise overdose
Hearing screening in children — the earlier, the better
Omega-3 may protect against hearing loss
Archive 2010
Another reason for age-related hearing loss is found
Temporary hearing deprivation can lead to ’lazy ear’
Army band members must protect their hearing
More than half with Chronic Kidney Disease have hearing loss
One in 20 school children has hearing loss in one ear
Extremely dangerous noise levels at NASCAR races
Infrasonics: the Silent Enemy
Men More Likely to Suffer Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
Early treatment hope for tinnitus
Rock your senses
Even minor hearing loss can effect a child’s ability to learn
Protein can help to restore hearing
Hearing loss may result in the loss of both job and income
Alcohol may cause hearing loss
Three million Canadians suffer from hearing loss
A gene identified as the reason for age-related hearing loss
Take care of your child’s hearing
Hearing loss among teenage girls has doubled
Use of cell phones may increase risk of tinnitus
Noise affects our physical and mental well being
Painkillers may cause hearing loss
Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich suffers from ringing in the ears
Parents worried about their children’s hearing
A protein found to be crucial for hearing
More teens are hearing impaired
51% of Irish MP3-users are damaging their hearing
Being hearing impaired is draining
Implanted hearing aids heighten childrens quality of life
Can antibiotics protect hearing?
Men most at risk from noise on the job
Older people have "Golden ears"
GPs do not notice hearing loss enough
Vitamin A may protect from hearing loss
What does your hearing aid sound like?
Study documents mp3-damage
Cochlear implants - the earlier, the better
Solar-powered hearing aids
Tinnitus is not hereditary
Hearing aid batteries now become mercury-free
Is an erection worth a hearing loss?
Stem cells can possibly re-establish hearing
Watch out for your hearing in the World Cup
Socioeconomic status may influence the risk of hearing loss
Noise induced hearing loss a risk for truck drivers
Hearing with your skin
Hearing-problems not the end of the world
Tinnitus on the menu
Parents do not know enough about middle ear inflammation
A gene that can cause hearing impairment
Healthier hearing in the baby boomers
Chemotherapy for testicular cancer causes hearing loss
Work noise to be removed by design
Hybrid hearing aid/cochlear implant
Blue collar workers slower in seeking treatment
Hearing loss affecting psychosocial health, particularly in young people
Hearing loss treatment among top research priorities
More than 1.3 million Swedes with hearing damage
Convertibles damaging hearing
USA: How to receive financial assistance for hearing aids
One in nine in working population suffering from hearing loss
Five million Colombians suffering from hearing problems
Dire Straits star has hearing loss
Therapy and hearing aids helping tinnitus patients
Rebellious young listeners
U.S. child hearing loss more prevalent in Hispanics
Grandchildren prompting hearing tests
Archive 2009
Self-consciousness greatly affects use of hearing aids
Hearing loss has negative impact on relationships with grown children
Take control of your hearing aids
Gene mutations causing tinnitus
General practitioners overlooking patients' hearing loss
Hearing loss causing difficulty at work
Protect your hearing in the subway
One in three school-children with hearing problems
Imperfect bite may cause tinnitus
Hearing aid stigma is French toast
Micro RNA - Molecule key to hearing
Gene associated with age-related hearing loss identified
Common herpes virus can damage hearing in unborn children
One in ten British soldiers suffers from severe hearing loss
Check out living with a hearing aid
Just 12 percent using hearing aids
Mega city traffic noise causing hearing loss
Practice makes for better hearing
Millions of Europeans exposed to noise in the workplace
Sound discrimination ability more important than degree of hearing loss
Brain adapting to hearing damage
Guide: How to select best earplugs for you
Australians ignoring their hearing loss
New test to determine whether hearing damage is in inner ear or brain
Golf shots affecting hearing
Hearing impaired people often struggle to stay in labour market
Extended Bandwidth in Hearing Aids
Parents undermining newborn hearing screening
More people hear low sound frequency smoke alarm
No common guidelines for treatment of sudden hearing loss
Tinnitus patients feel better with hearing aids
Workers in fishing vessels at risk for hearing loss
Medicine misuse causing hearing loss among Chinese children
70 percent of young Australians experiencing tinnitus
Stem cells from the brain may offer cure for hearing loss
T-loop systems in public facilities
Tuning the ear to restore hearing
International Noise Awareness Day
Anthropologist: Evolution of the ear ongoing
Disco noise volume over the top
Hearing loss epidemic approaching in the US
Effects on babies of prenatal exposure to smoking
85 percent of Aborigine children in Northern Australia suffer from hearing problems
Hearing Aids May be Set for Different Languages
Hearing screening of newborns improves speech development
Video arcades causing hearing loss and tinnitus
Scientists find hearing loss gene
Advancements in tinnitus research
Military battling hearing loss
Little awareness about hearing loss among young adults
The eyes also listen
Turning the brain scanner on the ear
EU: Millions of music listeners risk hearing loss
Breakthrough: Inner ear hair cells generated through gene therapy
Nursery school noise causing tinnitus
Painkillers may aggravate tinnitus
More than 1.3 million Swedes with hearing damage
Hear-it on Facebook
Chemotherapy can cause hearing loss
Hearing impaired people still stigmatized
Smoking and being overweight damaging to your hearing
Codeine can cause hearing loss
TV channel for hearing impaired audience
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy may alleviate sudden hearing loss
Hearing protection against snoring partner
Archive 2008
Stem-cell and gene research may lead to new treatment options for hearing impairment.
Up to 10 times more people could benefit from cochlear implants
Vitamins and magnesium may prevent noise-induced hearing loss
Trendier way to protect people’s ears
Most missed sounds
Researchers warning against cheap hearing aids
EU directive requiring captioning for all public service TV programming
Special road surface to dampen noise
Hearing loss hard on couples
Discovery leading towards intelligent hearing aids
Hearing loss combined with other disabilities hard on teenagers
Zebrafish offering insights into hearing loss
Sudden hearing loss linked to stroke risk
Nigerian children lose hearing from untreated ear infections
Pentagon sponsoring tinnitus research
Patients with arthritis prone to suffering from hearing loss
Can Botox cure tinnitus?
Campaign to prevent noise induced hearing loss at work
Diabetics twice as likely to suffer hearing loss
National hearing screening in newborns failing in Argentina
Cholesterol affecting hearing
Tinnitus takes toll on quality of life
Please, listen up!
Some cars more noisy than others
Hearing impaired youngsters more likely to be bullied
Cochlear implants improve quality of life
Dangerous bouncer
Low birth weight increases risk of hearing loss
Help for hearing impaired Namibians
Bad hearing affecting grades
Tougher noise guidelines in Germany
Airbags save lives, damage hearing
Regenerating damaged hearing cells may be possible
Hispanics with risky listening habits
Hearing aids enhance quality of life
Legislators weigh national tax credit for hearing aid
Classical musicians at extreme risk for hearing loss
Hearing at risk in Mexico and Puerto Rico
Spain: One in ten schoolchildren with hearing loss
American soldiers lose hearing in war with insurgents and terrorists
Miners’ hearing at risk
Hearing loss research drastically under-funded
Airplane noise unbearable
Major funding for noise research
Nursery school teachers wearing hearing protection
Hearing loss epidemic anticipated in young New Zealand generation
Needlessly high prevalence of hearing loss in children of Sudan
Raising awareness of noise induced hearing loss
Battle against construction noise
School noise hard on pupils
One in five French teenagers hearing impaired
MP3 players cause hearing loss at an early age
Compensation claims for work related hearing loss
Mobile telephones for all
Hearing loss
Hearing impairment
Causes
Causes of hearing loss
Noise and music
Noise and hearing loss
Daily exposure to noise
EU: Millions of music listeners risk hearing loss
MP3 players cause hearing loss at an early age
School noise hard on pupils
Nursery school noise causing tinnitus
Noisy toys are not for delicate ears
The dangers of being a musician
Noisy work
The global burden of noise-induced hearing loss
Teaching among noisiest jobs
Farmers risk hearing loss
U.S. rules on hearing protection
EU directive against noise
Hearing loss widespread among construction workers
City life is hazardous to hearing
Austrians suffer increasingly from noise in the workplace
Cement workers risk their hearing
High levels of noise and car exhaust hazardous to hearing
The German office is too noisy
Workers at risk of hearing loss
Norwegian offshore workers hard of hearing
Noise meter to warn people about noise
Nursery school teachers wearing hearing protection
Classical musicians at extreme risk for hearing loss
Diseases of the ear
Diseases can lead to hearing loss
Sensorineural hearing loss
Sensorineural hearing loss
Cookie bite hearing loss
Ski slope hearing loss
Sudden hearing loss
Sudden Hearing Loss - SSNHL
Now you hear it, now you don't
Causes of sudden hearing loss
Treatment of sudden hearing loss
Ménière
Ménière's Disease
Signs of Ménière's Disease
How to live with Ménière's Disease
Other diseases
Otosclerosis
Glue ear
Otitis media
Conductive hearing loss
Loudness discomfort
Hyperacusis
Usher's Syndrome
Acoustic trauma
Patulous Eustachain Tube
Acoustic tumour
Pendred Syndrome
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease
Labyrinthitis
Central Auditory Processing Disorder
Misophonia
Genes
Genetic hearing loss
Hearing loss, genes, DNA and mutations
Mutations causing hearing loss
Other causes
Age-related hearing loss - Presbyacusis
Cigarette smoking and hearing loss
Smoking and being overweight damaging to your hearing
Solvents worsen hearing ability
Low birth weight increases risk of hearing loss
Cholesterol affecting hearing
Diabetics twice as likely to suffer hearing loss
Patients with arthritis prone to suffering from hearing loss
Codeine can cause hearing loss
Chemotherapy can cause hearing loss
Consequences
Consequences of hearing loss
Personal consequences
Psychological consequences
Social consequences
Physical consequences
Labour market
Reduced work productivity expensive for society
Hearing impaired twice as likely to be on disability
Harder to retain job when hearing impaired
Absenteeism higher among hearing impaired people
Hearing loss significantly affecting work and home life
Hearing problems force teachers into early retirement
Discrimination in the job market still common
Fewer working, lower pay
Hearing loss forcing people out of the job market
Widespread barriers in the labour market
Hearing endangered among Singapore conscripts
Millions of Europeans exposed to noise in the workplace
Hearing loss causing difficulty at work
Costs
Untreated hearing loss costs Europe 213 billion euros per year
The economic burden of hearing loss
Lack of hearing loss treatment costs billions
Untreated hearing loss accounts for at least $100 billion in lost income in the United States
Hearing loss costing billions in lost productivity
8 million hearing impaired in 2050 costly to Australian society
Hearing loss treatment inexpensive
How to measure QALY and costs
Cochlear implants in children are highly cost-effective
Newborn hearing screening a money saver for society
Numbers and countries
Hearing loss in different countries
One in Six Adults Suffers from Hearing Loss
More and more hearing impaired people
Receiving hearing aids in different countries
Europe A-I
One in six suffering from hearing loss
Millions of Europeans exposed to noise in the workplace
EU directive against noise
Europe goes to battle against noise
EU Protects the Rights of Handicapped People
Austria
Austria
Austrians suffer increasingly from noise in the workplace
Belgium
Belgium
Denmark
Denmark
One in ten in Danish work place is hearing impaired
More Danish children with hearing problems
Finland
Finland
France
France
France: One-in-eight says they have a hearing loss
One in five French teenagers hearing impaired
Paris puts noise on the map
Germany
Germany
One-in-eight Germans suffers from hearing loss
Ireland
Ireland
51% of Irish MP3-users are damaging their hearing
Italy
Italy
Italy's Generation hearing loss
Italy: One-in-seven say they have a hearing loss
Europe J-Z
One in six suffering from hearing loss
Millions of Europeans exposed to noise in the workplace
EU directive against noise
Europe goes to battle against noise
EU Protects the Rights of Handicapped People
Netherlands
The Netherlands
Norway
Norway
Norway: One-in-nine say that they have a hearing loss
Portugal
Portugal
Russia
Russia: Hearing problems widespread among children
Spain
Spain
Spain: One in ten schoolchildren with hearing loss
Spain: 40 percent with poor hearing
4 million people in Madrid exposed to excessive noise
The second noisiest country in the world
Sweden
Sweden
One in nine in working population suffering from hearing loss
More than 1.3 million Swedes with hearing damage
Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland: One-in-ten say they have a hearing loss
UK
United Kingdom
UK: Almost one-in-eight says they have a hearing loss
Asia
Low public awareness of hearing loss
Hearing loss among young Chinese
High incidence of hearing loss among newborns in China
Indian children with hearing loss
India - mega city traffic noise causing hearing loss
Japan
Hearing loss in Thailand
Pakistan - hearing loss widespread in rural areas
Hearing endangered among Singapore conscripts
Japan: One-in-eight say they have a hearing loss
Africa
Hearing loss in Africa
Causes of hearing loss in Africa
Nigerian children lose hearing from untreated ear infections
Nigeria: One in seven children suffers from hearing loss
Nigeria: Dramatic consequences of noisy work places
Needlessly high prevalence of hearing loss in children of Sudan
Hearing loss widespread among the children of Sierra Leone
Latin America
Little is known about hearing loss
Five million Colombians suffering from hearing problems
Hearing at risk in Mexico and Puerto Rico
Little use of hearing aids among hearing impaired children
Hazardous noise increase in Bogotá
Chile: Many school children with hearing problems
Up to 1, 5 million Chileans with hearing problems
Buenos Aires is too noisy
Hearing loss among children in Costa Rica in line with the Western world
Brazil: Infections cause hearing loss
North America
Hearing loss in North America
Canada
Canada
Three million Canadians suffer from hearing loss
Hearing loss ’epidemic’ in Canada
Many hearing impaired people and much prejudice
USA
USA
30 minutes in New York subway can damage the hearing
1 out of 6 baby boomers and 1 out of 14 "Generation Xers" have hearing problems
35 million Americans suffering from hearing loss
The Americans with Disabilities Act
The city of noise
Five million school children with hearing loss
U.S. rules on hearing protection
Oceania
Hearing loss in Oceania
Australia
Australia: Nine in 10 over the age of 55 are deaf to their own needs
8 million Australians with hearing loss in 2050
Hearing loss epidemic anticipated in young New Zealand generation
New Zealand: Under-diagnosed hearing loss in elderly
New Zealand: Hearing problems picked up too late
One in six children has hearing loss
About hearing tests
Hearing tests
Definition of hearing loss
Audiogram: a picture of the sense of hearing
Hearing screening of infants
Ears and sound
The ear - a magnificent organ
The outer ear
The middle ear
The inner ear
Both ears are needed to hear well
Sounds are waves in the air
The direction of sound
Masking
Discovery leading towards intelligent hearing aids
Interviewing
Interviewing a hearing-impaired person
Hearing aids
About hearing aids
Types of hearing aid
Four categories of hearing aids
Deep canal hearing aids
Hearing aid components
Lifestyle and hearing aids
Two hearing aids best
The history of hearing aids
Researchers warning against cheap hearing aids
Use of hearing aids
Only one in four has hearing aids
Among elderly, too few use hearing aids
Main reasons for getting hearing aids
Just 12 percent using hearing aids
Use of batteries
Quality of life
Hearing loss and quality of life
WHO: Adult onset hearing loss has great impact on our lives
Hearing aids perform better than expected
Nine in ten improve quality of life
A better life with hearing aids
Hearing aids improve quality of life
Assistive devices
Technical aids
Mobile phones and hearing aids
Listening devices for TV/radio
Telecommunication equipment
Alerting devices
Implants
Middle ear implants
Inner ear implants
Bone anchored hearing aids
Auditory brainstem implants
Hybrid hearing aid/cochlear implant
Tinnitus
Main causes of tinnitus
Tinnitus - a widespread problem
Psychological and social consequences of tinnitus
Tinnitus - an individual condition
Tinnitus takes toll on quality of life
A connection between Tinnitus and Hearing loss
Children have tinnitus, too
Links
Organisations
Organisations for hearing-impaired people
Manufactures
Manufacturers
Other links
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