Sandra Gordon is a journalist specializing in health and medicine for consumers and healthcare providers. Her work has appeared in major magazines and websites, including Prevention, Parents, Medical ...

Hearing loss becomes increasingly more prevalent as we get older. In fact, more than 37.5 million American adults experience hearing loss, according to the National Institute on Deafness and Other ...

Hearing loss affects one in three people ages 65 to 74, according to the National Institutes of Health. And while hearing aids can greatly improve quality of life, they're often expensive. If you're ...

The high cost of hearing aids has long been a barrier for many people who have hearing problems. Traditional prescription hearing aids cost on average $2,000 per ear, and many people need two of them.

Why is Apple, one of the biggest and most valuable names in technology, turning its bestselling headphones into lower-cost hearing aids? The answer lies in the tech company’s steady expansion and ...

PHILADELPHIA — David Decker had all the signs. He often missed things that actors said on TV. Hearing in crowds was a challenge. And when he came home each day from work in a noisy data center, where ...

Sales of hearing aids are rising, both globally and in the U.S. As the average human life span increases, a larger number of adults are experiencing hearing loss, which is directly correlated with age ...

Through a new partnership with the Hearing Aid Project (HAP), a program of Sertoma International, HearUSA will provide free hearing aids, screenings, and audiology services to those in-need at its ...

Joyce Shen was devastated when doctors said her firstborn, Emory, hadn't passed her newborn hearing screening. Emory was diagnosed with profound sensorineural hearing loss in both ears as an infant, ...

While E.K. Sharp (Letters, Feb. 8) reflects some misunderstanding of the technology and costs of current hearing-aid instruments, she is correct that hearing aids are too expensive for a large segment ...