Silent Voyager Sets World Record

When a man’s wife says he has perseverance and tenacity, his teenage son attributes him with “incredible courage,” and his teenage daughter says people need to sit up and pay attention to him, ... Read More »

DRF Update

And the Winners Are...

The Deafness Research Foundation, established in 1958,  is the leading source of
private funding for basic and clinical research in hearing science. Since ... Read More »

FYI

Gene Inhibits Hair Growth

Researchers from Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Harvard Medical School among others, have discovered that deleting the retinoblastoma (Rb1) gene causes the ... Read More »

Heard Around the World

Traffic Noise Hazardous to Health

High traffic noise levels may cause heart disease, high blood pressure and even
early death, according to Danish Work Environment Institute’s senior ... Read More »

Paramedic Turns Challenge into Triumph

Ask Pamela Jackson to describe her pet peeves and you’ll hear about mustaches, people who mumble and oxygen masks. Why are they such a bother? Because Pamela is hard of hearing. She’s also a paramedic ... Read More »

Mailbag - Letters to the Editor

Willing Now Able with Voc Rehab

I read “Willing but Unable to Get Hearing Aids” in Mailbag (Summer ’04) and would like to let Michelle Harvey and others like her know that if she ... Read More »

Winning Personalities in Healthcare

Have you ever been to an ophthalmologist who tested your eyes, talked with you about your problem but ironically couldn’t look you in the eye? How about the dentist who leaves you in the chair with ... Read More »

What’s Your Personality Type?

To take a free, ten-minute personality assessment and receive a brief interpretation, log on to www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes1.htm or check your local library for David Keirsey’s Please Understand ... Read More »

Musical Ear Syndrome - The Secret Sounds Many Hard of Hearing People Experience

Marilyn woke with a start, her heart pounding. It was the middle of the night. “I thought people were calling to me,” she explained. “I became truly frightened when I realized that I was deaf ... Read More »

Where There's A Will, There's A Way

Several years ago I visited a lady whose husband had passed away recently. This couple had been steady donors to the Deafness Research Foundation for many years. As we spoke, she confided in me that ... Read More »

Stem Cells and Gene Therapy - Are We Expecting Too Much Too Soon

The potential for stem cell and molecular genetic therapies to restore damaged organs is raising hope that many disorders may soon be curable. However, this blind optimism may be
creating unrealistic ... Read More »

Treating Sudden Deafness: A New Study

Sudden deafness, more correctly known as sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL), is a common hearing emergency. In the U. S. alone, there are up to 52,000 new cases of SSNHL each year. About one-third ... Read More »

Employing Assistive Technology in the Workplace

Modern technology coupled with legally-protected rights give today’s Americans who are deaf or hard of hearing (D/HH) mainstream access that their counterparts from just fifty years ago could not ... Read More »

Trends

E Z to Phone Home

Collaboration is the key to progress and this trend is evident in telecommunications technology advances made possible by public and private initiatives. Partnerships ... Read More »