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Fall 2009 Issue
All Dressed Up…With Someplace to Go! Technology and Accommodations to Get You “Out There”
It’s Saturday night! What do you have planned? For the hearing, it would seem that entertainment possibilities are limitless, with new choices popping up every day. But for the deaf and hard of hearing ... Read More »
Fire Safety for People with Hearing Loss
In the United States in 2006, there were 412,500 home fires that killed 2,580 people and injured another 12,925 people. That’s scary! On the average, these same fires killed one person with hearing ... Read More »
Thinking Green for Household,Hearing Aid and Implant Batteries -- Collection, Safe Disposal And
We all want to be good stewards of Planet Earth, right? And wouldn’t we like to save some of the other kind of green too – the kind that doesn’t grow on trees? Hearing aid and cochlear implant users ... Read More »
Mailbag
HEARING AID INSURANCE DOES EXIST AND IS AFFORDABLE
“Hearing Aids: Available, Affordable, Accessible” in the Summer 2009 issue goes a long way in describing ... Read More »
Musician No More (Online Exclusive)
By age 50, I was deaf. Hearing aids helped a little, but to communicate, I used sign language, a TTY, lip-reading and the written word. Since I was most likely born with hearing loss, I had adapted throughout ... Read More »
Music and the Cochlear Implant
As a researcher, I have had the distinct pleasure of working with numerous cochlear implant (CI) users, both children and adults. Without exception, they are thankful to be able to hear, and for many ... Read More »
Compensating in Amazing Ways
Hearing Health staff writer Amy Morrison interviewed author Lee Woodruff about her daughter Nora, who was diagnosed as a baby with moderate to severe hearing loss. ... Read More »
I’ll Scream Later – The Autobiography Of Marlee Matlin
Summing up the first four decades of her life, the singular driving force that has propelled Marlee Matlin forward has been her desire to “experience as much of life as I can, pile up moments – good ... Read More »
If Only Life Were Closed Captioned
My son Jay has whiled away the summer watching episodes of Sponge- Bob, which he can now
fully enjoy via closed captioning since becoming a proficient reader. But with summer drawing to a close and ... Read More »
DRF Centerstage
DRF BENEFITS FROM COMMISSIONS FOR CHARITY DAY
Deafness Research Foundation (DRF) is grateful to BTIG LLC, which specializes in global trading and fund services ... Read More »
Reversible Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Hearing loss is a huge public health problem, both because of its major negative impact on quality of life and because it can occur at any age, being present at birth or arising later during childhood ... Read More »
The Doctor Is In
DRF CENTURIONS — AT THE FOREFRONT OF OUR CAUSE
In 1963, the nation’s leading ear, nose and throat specialists came together with a simple but important ... Read More »
DRF 2009-2010 Grant Recipients Announced
Deafness Research Foundation (DRF) is excited to announce that it has awarded 17 grants of up to $25,000 and one Centurion Clinical Research Award of $50,000 to outstanding young scientists in the field ... Read More »
Meniere’s Disease Sets Former Miss USA on a New Track
Andrea Boidman, chief operating officer of Deafness Research Foundation (DRF) and publisher of Hearing Health, sat down with 1998 Miss USA Shawnae Jebbia at the DRF offices in New York City on June 3, ... Read More »
Deaf Dancer (Online Exclusive)
Like many dancers, Sarah Clark started her training at a young age. People who saw her perform knew they were seeing a tremendously talented young girl. But few of them realized they were witnessing a ... Read More »
