Among newly arrived immigrants studying Swedish, 17 percent reported problems hearing conversations. More than half had some form of established hearing problem, according to a study at the University ...

Hearing loss may increase your risk of developing dementia, scientists have warned. And according to new research, hearing aids may be able to prevent or delay the onset and progression of this ...

Are you using your noise-cancelling headphones safely? Audiologists have recently raised concerns that ANC over-ears or earbuds could be contributing to hearing problems in our increasingly ...

A new study led by Yale School of Medicine scientists has pinpointed why some adults—by some estimates, at least 50% of the population after 75 years of age—develop hearing problems. While congenital ...

Hard of hearing people with dementia are not receiving the care they desperately need, according to a new study by University of Manchester researchers. The anonymized study of 10 staff from eight ...

In A Nutshell Brain scans of 110 adults show that in people with age-related hearing loss, certain brain regions can’t maintain adequate activity levels as tissue shrinks A memory-related region ...

According to a WHO report, one in five people worldwide currently suffers from some form of hearing impairment. Lack of timely treatment and care is a major reason for the rise in cases. WHO Hearing ...

A long-term study of older adults with moderate hearing loss found that hearing aids did not lead to better performance on ...

Thanks to new rules the FDA put in place last fall, hearing aids are now divided into two key categories: prescription and over-the-counter. OTCs can be further divided into two types: self-fitting ...

Over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids have been available for around two years. These devices, meant for people with mild to moderate hearing loss, are easy to purchase, eliminating the need for an ...