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Topic: Hearing Loss and Deafness

  

Looking for an Audiologist in Miami?

Finding a professional and economical Audiologist in Miami Florida is hard to find. A skilled audiologist can be a very usefully ally as you work to combat hearing loss. Having the wrong audiologist, on the other hand, can create many ...READ»

Self Test Shows if you Need to See an Audiologist in Miami

Hearing loss affects many all over the world, especially in the United States. Although we have no concrete number of how many people worldwide are affected by hearing loss we can approximate 30 million people as being diagnosed ...READ»

Is your Child Suffering from Hearing Loss in Florida?

Top 10 Causes of Hearing Loss in Children- by About.comWhat are the top causes of hearing loss in children? For the answers, I turned to the Regional and National Summary Report of Data from the Annual Surveys of Deaf and Hard of ...READ»

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Tech Award Laureates: Solar Ear Provides Affordable Hearing Aids to Developing Countries

Businessman Howard Weinstein shed his former life, moved to Botswana, and developed a solar-powered analogue hearing aid that costs under $100--and won a Tech Award.READ»

How to Overcome Hearing Loss in Miami

How you hearHearing happens when sound waves reach the structures inside your ear, where the vibrations of the sound waves re converted into nerve signals that your brain recognizes as sound. Your ear is made up of three major ...READ»

Everyone in Miami Goes to Dr. Joseph K Duran for Audiology

Starting a new company may be a daunting task for some, but not for the brother and sister team of Dr. Joseph K. Duran and Yvette Duran Someillan. They combined their vast knowledge and experience in the field of Audiology and hearing ...READ»

Overcome Hearing Loss and Deafness in Miami

From Danielle Karth, Helium.comHearing loss and deafnessHearing loss and deafness occur for many reasons. Some are preventable and others are not. The lines between the hard of hearing and the deaf are often blurred due to the Deaf ...READ»

Looking for Quality Hearing Aids in Miami Florida?

When someone suffers from hearing loss, it is important for them to get quality and professional attention. There are several steps one must take before they can feel and hear the results of their hearing aid. First and foremost, ...READ»

Professional Physican in South Florida offers Hearing Loss Services

 If you or a loved one suffer from hearing loss, it is important to get immediate professional assistance. Living in such a loud city as Miami makes it especially difficult to live with a hearing loss problem. Loud background ...READ»

New Technology in Hearing Aids Are Available in Miami

Digital hearing aids use computer technology. The comfort and sound level that you hear can be custom-tailored to your unique hearing loss. Connecting the digital hearing aids to a computer and programming them to your loss accomplish ...READ»

Take our Miami Self-Hearing Test to See if you Have Hearing Problems


The following questions will help you determine if you have a hearing loss and need to have your hearing evaluated:
    * Do you have a problem hearing over the telephone?
    * Do you hear better ...READ»

Get the Facts on Hearing Loss in Miami

 Hearing loss is more common than many people think and can affect any person, young or old alike. Due to the increasing amount of environmental and recreational noise, we see the affects of hearing loss on children of younger ...READ»

Self Assessment Test to Determine if you have Hearing Loss

 Many elderly in Miami suffer from hearing loss but aren’t the only age group that suffers from symptoms. The following self-assessment test provided by the Hearing Loss Association of America lets you test yourself and check ...READ»

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Futuristic Z!n Hearing Aid Bags People's Design Award

Recognized as an unprecedented marriage of design and technological innovation, Stuart Karten's Z!n hearing aid walked away with this year's Cooper-Hewitt People's Design Award.READ»

Suffer From Hearing Loss in Miami?

There are a good amount of people that suffer from hearing loss yet don’t even know it. Some people just brush it off while others are just afraid to go see the doctor. Unfortunately both circumstances are bad. Hearing loss damages ...READ»

Battling SSHL in Miami Florida

SSHL (SenSineural Hearing Loss) in Miami Sensorineural Hearing Loss (SSHL), or sudden deafness, is a rapid loss of hearing. SSHL can happen to a person all at once or over a period of time within a maximum 3 days. There are over 100 ...READ»

Looking to Protect Your hearing in Florida?


Did you know that over one third of people 65 and up are experiencing hearing loss? 28 million- or nearly one in ten- Americans experience hearing loss. Aging, illness, trauma, and continuous exposure to loud noise all play a part ...READ»

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Introducing Guest Blogger Stuart Karten: Advice to the Design-Challenged

Around the halls at the the L.A. Chapter of IDSA, among folks at USC's program in Medical Device and Diagnostic Engineering, and at the offices at the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum, most people know Stuart Karten as the founder of the ...READ»

Treating TMJ and Migraine Symptoms

Aesthetic Dental Creations of Jackson, New Jersey offers treatment to patients in the Ocean County, NJ area that are experiencing TMJ and migraine symptoms.If you are experiencing any of the following symptoms visit Dr. Balaji ...READ»

Able Planet Releases Noise Cancelling Headphones for Business Travelers

If you're anything like me you're easily distracted when you're working, you listen to your iPod at dangerously high levels, and your attempts to remedy the former by opting for the latter prove pretty futile in most instances. I've ...READ»

This Organization Is Dis-Organization

No titles. No offices. No paper. How Denmark's Oticon thrives on chaos.READ»

Save Your "Miami" Ears from Future Hearing Problems

New EU PMP ruling… Could an American Version be On Its Way?
Thanks to a new European Union ruling, any Personal Music Player (PMP) sold in Europe will need to have a lower default volume level to avoid ear damage.  These ...READ»

Prevent Hearing Loss by Eating these Foods in Miami

No matter what may think, if you are in the presence of too much loud noise, you WILL eventually lose your hearing. However, there are certain nutrients you can eat to help maintain your current state of hearing. -Magnesium: In a ...READ»

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MIT's 3-D Digital Scanner Dives Deep Into the Ear

How do you build a better hearing aid? Researchers at MIT believe the answer is to bring new eyes to the ears, with imaging technology to make an aid that fits the user perfectly.READ»

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MIT Advances the Model for Retinal Implants

Several institutions have developed models for retinal implants--some companies, such as California-based Second Sight, have even started developing them commercially. But, while cochlear implants, for example, can impart fairly ...READ»