Summer 2010 Issue
MailBag
Share the Road
I read with interest the article "Life with Hearing Loss: Fast-Paced Canadian Race Car Driver Sets Sights on NASCAR" (Spring 2010). However, ... Read More »
Advances in Vestibular and Balance Rehabilitation
A bike ride sounds like fun but your bike has been garaged for years. The last time you rode, you felt shaky. Now, you're doing well to walk across the living room without losing your balance. Are you ... Read More »
In Praise of Ear Plugs
I was standing at the kitchen sink cleaning my ear plugs in warm soapy water and suddenly wondered: How did I get to this level of personal strangeness? Or more specifically: How did I become a man who ... Read More »
Listen to Your Buds
Because misuse of personal audio technology can lead to noise-induced hearing loss, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) launched a multifaceted campaign, "Listen To Your Buds" (LTYB), ... Read More »
Going Bilateral (Online Exclusive)
My world of silence was mercifully shattered. At age 11, my first cochlear implant (CI) brought out of the silence the sound of birds, the wind and the sea. Though I was born with a severe-to-profound ... Read More »
Showstoppers! On the Red Carpet in San Diego
Trends reporters set out like paparazzi to get a glimpse of this year's new premieres, stars and major players in the exhibit hall of AudiologyNOW!, the annual conference ... Read More »
Life With Hearing Loss
LIFE WITH HEARING LOSS: Starving Artist No More
By Jessica Woodard, Staff Writer
Joe Finkler, 71, is a prolific artist. But he hasn't ... Read More »
COLLETTE RAMSEY BAKER FOUNDER, DEAFNESS RESEARCH FOUNDATION
COLLETTE RAMSEY BAKER FOUNDER, DEAFNESS RESEARCH FOUNDATION
On May 9, 2010, Collette Ramsey Baker passed away at age 91, with her adoring husband and devoted ... Read More »
MANAGING HEARING LOSS: New Treatments and Technologies for Better Hearing
MANAGING HEARING LOSS: New Treatments and Technologies for Better Hearing BY JAMIE MORRISON, ASSOC. EDITOR
Bullets whizz overhead. ... Read More »
High School Senior Deserves a Standing Ovation
As graduation day neared, Farida Esaa faced hours of violin practice to prepare for her senior recital in April. Plus she needed to complete a community service project in order to graduate. So she resourcefully ... Read More »
Winners of DRF's Drawing Contest during Better Hearing and Speech Month in May
Congratulations to Bryanna Smith and Lucy Hewitt for their winning entries in Deafness
Research Foundation's drawing contest during Better Hearing and Speech Month in May. The contest theme was "It's ... Read More »
RESEARCH: The Ototoxic Drug Dilemma: You Live, Hair Cells Die
RESEARCH: The Ototoxic Drug Dilemma: You Live, Hair Cells Die
BY ANDRA E. TALASKA AND JOCHEN SCHACHT, PH.D.
Searching the World ... Read More »
Beach Bag Essentials: New Hearing-Related Reads for Summer
Whether you're lying out on the beach or suspended in a hammock under your favorite shade tree, lazy summer days just beg for a good book. In between the romance novels, how about a good read that will ... Read More »
Heard Around the World
Steady as She Goes
Zentrip is a new, fast-acting motion sickness remedy in the form of a citrusflavored medicated strip placed on the tongue about an hour before ... Read More »
Research: Baby Ears Need Extra TLC
Baby Ears Need Extra TLC
Jessica Gately's pregnancy was normal, but the delivery was complicated, resulting in an emergency caesarean section. During 16 hours of labor, Jessica developed a fever ... Read More »
Have You Heard?
Another AARP Benefit
Even though 95 percent of Americans with hearing loss could hear better with hearing aids, only 20 percent currently use them, according ... Read More »
Under the Scope: In the Absence of Sound
Under the Scope: In the Absence of Sound
BY JAMIE MORRISON, ASSOC. EDITOR
Deep thinkers continue to ponder the philosophical conundrum: ... Read More »
