Hearing aids are medical devices designed to assist individuals suffering from mild to profound hearing loss. The use of these devices has been shown to improve not only hearing but also overall ...

Hearing loss is an inevitable aspect of aging. Everyone experiences it to some degree. But for more than a third of those age 65 or older, the loss is severe enough to be an impairment. And our aging ...

The Audiology group in the UAB Department of Otolaryngology includes three main components: diagnostic testing, hearing aid services, and cochlear implants. Pure tone and speech audiometry Impedance ...

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Experimental gene therapy studied in both China and the United States has allowed several children born with inherited deafness to hear. On Tuesday, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia announced ...

Regeneron’s investigational gene therapy has been tied to notable hearing improvements in 10 of 11 children who were treated for a rare genetic condition that causes hearing loss. “You can see the ...