Fall 2007 Issue
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Partnership Raises Standard of Cochlear Implant Support in Southeast Asia
Three-year-old twins Yumin and Yukai were born deaf and soon diagnosed through newborn hearing screening. Not long ago, such a diagnosis for babies born in Southeast Asia would have been as good ... Read More »
Bilateral Implants Are Two Better than One?
A number of recent studies suggest that children with dual or bilateral cochlear implants (CIs) have advantages over children with a single implant, particularly the ability to distinguish where sound ... Read More »
One Little, Two Little Cochlear Implants
This fall Rachel Skergan will be four years old. Like any typical girl her age, Rachel is afraid of the dark and blessed with a beautiful laugh. She loves to read books, and even though Rachel has profound ... Read More »
DRF 2007-2008 Grant Recipients Announced
DRF is proud to support 23 highly qualified research scientists as they do groundbreaking research in the following areas:
Fundamental auditory research – development, genetics, molecular biology, ... Read More »
Getting an Earful A Case for Direct Access Legislation
We don’t like to think of our personal doctors as fallible. In fact, the very idea of an error-prone physician shakes our core belief in some of life’s basic presumptive protections – that judges ... Read More »
Tribute to Warren Hanna
On June 21, 2007, America lost another member of the revered “Band of Brothers,” the courageous young paratroopers from Easy Company’s 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, who were dropped behind ... Read More »
Inside the Research Lab
A brightly lit, sterile-white lab opens the scene. The latest technology shines from all corners of the room. Scientists in white lab coats and glasses concentrate with furrowed brows on microscopes. ... Read More »
The Buzz About a New Tinnitus Treatment
Broadly speaking, tinnitus is the perception of a sound that doesn’t correspond with an external sound. Practically speaking, that usually means that a person hears something like a ring, hum, buzz ... Read More »
Seven Million in the UK Suffer from Tinnitus
British national charity RNID reported in July that 15 percent of persons surveyed – which equates to more than seven million people across the United Kingdom – have experienced tinnitus for more ... Read More »
Silence on the Outside Only
One day as I was talking on the phone, I unwittingly transferred the handset from my left ear to my right ear and suddenly the voice from the other end seemed faint and distant. Unable to converse, I ... Read More »
Hip Trends for Kids Practical Products for Parents
With the widespread practice of hearing screening at birth, the average age at which children are diagnosed with hearing loss has steadily decreased. In tandem, earlier intervention has caused a steady ... Read More »
Balancing Act Researcher Stays Centered In and Out of Lab
Lavanya Rajagopalan is half a world away from her native country. Living in a climate that’s a lot like home, with a new husband, baby on the way and a job she loves, she has no plans to head back to ... Read More »
HEARING HEALTH: In Praise of Ear Plugs
HEARING HEALTH: In Praise of Ear Plugs
BY ALAN WILLIAMSON
I was standing at the kitchen sink cleaning my ear plugs in warm soapy water and suddenly ... Read More »
