Awareness

The world’s biggest from little Norway

Details: Published on 06 February 2013

When the Norwegian organization for the Hearing impaired reached 55,000 members in November, it became not only the biggest interest organization for the handicapped, but also the world’s biggest organization for the hearing impaired. HLF became a nationwide organization in 1947, and has more than doubled its membership since 1996, when the organization

Foundation aims to challenge hearing loss stigma

Details: Published on 04 February 2013

alt — © HearStrong Foundation. From left to right: Ed Keller, CEO of The HearStrong Foundation, Paul Szemborski Jr. and Andrew Hebert, Director of The HearStrong Foundation.

Ed Keller, president of The HearStrong Foundation, wanted to “shatter social stigmas” and radically challenge the general perception of hearing loss by celebrating individuals who have not only faced hearing loss, but conquered it with a determined spirit, a focused mind and an unwavering heart. So he took his message to this weekend’s Super Bowl in New Orleans. Throughout the pre-game activities in New Orleans, Keller and members of his team joined

Most Aussies say they experience tinnitus

Details: Published on 01 February 2013

Last year, Sound Check Australia took to the Internet with an online hearing test to ask Aussies about their hearing and nearly 7,500 people responded in what it calls “the power of citizen science”. Its early results show that the average age of people whose hearing begins to slide in Australia is 60, while the average of those reporting perfect hearing was 32 years old. 64% reported that their hearing was between good and perfect. “While we may think our hearing is in pretty good nick, 40% of respondents also felt

Petroleum workers exposed to hearing damage

Details: Published on 09 January 2013

The Norwegian hospital in the south of Norway, Sørlandet sykehus, has long waiting lists of hearing impaired people, and more and more experience tinnitus and hyperacusis, says Georg Træland from the hospital to NRK . no. The audiology department at the hospital experiences

Educational technology with sign language

Details: Published on 04 January 2013

Educational software adapted for children with hearing disabilities or specially developed for their needs is now reaching the classrooms of 19 schools in Chile as part of a pilot scheme set up under the ministry of education's Enlaces (Links) programme.The 'TIC diversity' project means a notebook, projector, video camera, interactive blackboard, and software are to be delivered so children can work with content in language, maths, text creation, and vocabulary widening.

"Unheard of, an adventure in hearing" reaches Chile

Details: Published on 03 January 2013

Exhibition

October 30 to March 20 of 2013 will bring the interactive exhibition "Unheard of, an adventure in hearing" to the Chilean capital, Santiago. The venue for the show will be the National History Museum in the traditional district of Quinta Normal. The touring exhibition aims to create awareness on

Starkey Hearing Foundation founders honored

Details: Published on 03 January 2013

India

On a recent visit to India, Starkey Hearing Foundation founders Bill and Tani Austin were blessed by the Dalai Lama in recognition for their philanthropic works around the world. The trip was the Foundation’s second mission to India in 2012 where their team fitted patients with hearing aids in a total of six cities – Hubli, Delhi, Lucknow, Jaipur, Bangalore and Mundgod. In Lucknow with an expanded mission team, Starkey Hearing Foundation set a new record for patients fit in one day, with a total of 1,337 receiving the gift of hearing, many hearing for the first time.

Parents favor hearing screening

Details: Published on 03 January 2013

A University of Michigan poll suggests that parents are strongly in favor of required hearing screenings for kids from birth to age 17.

The University of Michigan Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health asked a nationwide sample of parents of children 0-17 years old about whether they would support requirements for hearing screening.