March 2 (UPI) --Researchers found seniors with hearing loss benefit from hearing aids, but that proper fit and instruction from audiologists offers the best outcome for patients. The Indiana ...

Hearing tests can be classified into two main types: diagnostic and screening. Screening tests that employ pure tone audiometry via basic air conduction are utilized to rapidly assess whether more ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A smartphone-based device performed comparably to a traditional otoacoustic emission probe for screening. The ...

Newborn children were not usually screened for hearing deficiency in the past. This was primarily because the technology to do so did not exist as yet. This resulted in lifelong problems with speech ...

If you find yourself asking your loved ones, "What did you say?" a lot, you might be starting to wonder about your hearing. You're not alone. Roughly 15% of American adults have some level of hearing ...

When she was 5 years old, Lexie Maxwell remembers sitting in a hard plastic chair, wearing a pair of oversized headphones in the nurse’s office at Holy Angels School in Newark and raising her hand ...

Newborns are routinely screened for hearing loss; screening typically occurs in the newborn nursery and newborn intensive care unit. Understanding the process and outcomes of initial hearing screening ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Newborns delivered by cesarean section may be more likely to "fail" their first hearing test, even if their hearing is perfectly normal, a new study suggests. The problem ...

Chris Brennan-Jones receives funding from the Cochlear Foundation, the Lions Hearing Foundation (WA) and has previously received funding from the Medical Research ...