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Hearing Disorders and Deafness
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Latest News
- Latest News
- Many Parents Unclear on Genetic Testing Results (06/08/2005, Reuters Health)
From the National Institutes of Health
- From the National Institutes of Health
- Hearing Loss
(National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders) - Hearing, Ear Infections, and Deafness (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
Overviews
- Overviews
- Hearing Loss (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Hearing Loss
(Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
Also available in: Spanish - Types of Hearing Loss (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Hearing Problems (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Understanding Your Audiogram (American Academy of Audiology)
Treatment
- Treatment
- Cochlear Implants (Food and Drug Administration)
- Cochlear Implants (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
Also available in: Spanish - Digital Hearing Aids: Current "State-of-the-Art" (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
- Hearing Aids (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
Also available in: Spanish - What Are Assistive Listening Devices or "ALDs"? (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
Prevention/Screening
- Prevention/Screening
- Choose the Hearing Protection That's Right for You (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)
- Have WISE EARS! for Life: Protect Yourself and Your Family from Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
Also available in: Spanish - Hearing Screening (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
Also available in: Spanish - Noise and Hearing Protection (American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery)
Health Check Tools
- Health Check Tools
- Ten Ways to Recognize Hearing Loss (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
Also available in: Spanish - Test Your Sense of Pitch (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders) - requires Windows Media Player
Rehabilitation/Recovery
- Rehabilitation/Recovery
- Aural Rehabilitation (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
Coping
- Coping
- Adult Aural Rehabilitation (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
- Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing: Tips for Working with Your Doctor (American Academy of Family Physicians)
Also available in: Spanish - Frequently Asked Questions about FCC Provisions for People with Disabilities (Federal Communications Commission)
- Getting Through: Talking to a Person Who Is Hard of Hearing (American Academy of Audiology)
Specific Conditions
- Specific Conditions
- Auditory Neuropathy (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
- Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease (AIED) (American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery)
- Bilateral Vestibulopathy (American Hearing Research Foundation)
- Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
Also available in: Spanish - Otosclerosis (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
- Perforated Eardrum (American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery)
- Sudden Deafness (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
Also available in: Spanish - Waardenburg Syndrome (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
Related Issues
- Related Issues
- American Sign Language (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
- Captions for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Viewers (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
Also available in: Spanish - Common Questions about Audiologists (American Academy of Audiology)
- Earwax (American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery)
- Fire Safety for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (United States Fire Administration)
Also available in: Spanish - Hearing Loss and Bone Disorders (Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases-National Resource Center)
- Hearing Loss: A Side Effect of Medication? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- How Deaf People Communicate (Gallaudet University, Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center)
- Use of Vaccines for the Prevention of Meningitis in Persons with Cochlear Implants (National Immunization Program)
Clinical Trials
- Clinical Trials
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Deafness (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Hearing Disorders (National Institutes of Health)
Genetics
- Genetics
- Genetics Home Reference: Alstr�m syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
- Genetics Home Reference: Collagenopathy, types II and XI (National Library of Medicine)
- Genetics Home Reference: Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
- Genetics Home Reference: Nonsyndromic deafness (National Library of Medicine)
- Genetics Home Reference: Otospondylomegaepiphyseal dysplasia (National Library of Medicine)
- Genetics Home Reference: Pendred syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
- Genetics Home Reference: Stickler syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
- Genetics Home Reference: Usher syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
- Genetics Home Reference: Waardenburg syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
- Genetics Home Reference: Weissenbacher-Zweym�ller syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
- 'Modifier Gene' Makes Some Hearing Loss More Severe (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
- Genes and Disease: Deafness (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
- Genes and Disease: Pendred Syndrome (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
Research
- Research
- Can You Hear Me Now?: What Teens Know about Hearing Loss (Nemours Foundation)
- Early Diagnosis of Usher Syndrome Type 1 Made Possible by New Findings (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
- Gene That Blocks Regrowth of Hearing Cells Identified for the First Time (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
- Gene Therapy to Prevent Hearing Loss (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
- Researchers Discover Mechanism Underlying Stereocilia Self-Renewal (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
- Researchers Use Gene Therapy to Grow New Hair Cells in Mammals (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
- Scientists Use Gene Therapy to Restore Hair Cells in Deaf Guinea Pigs (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
Anatomy/Physiology
- Anatomy/Physiology
- Atlas of the Body: The Ear (American Medical Association)
- How Hearing & Balance Work (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
- Slide Show: How You Hear (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Dictionaries/Glossaries
- NIDCD Glossary (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
Directories
- Directories
- Directory of Organizations (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
- Find a Professional: Online Directory of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Programs (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
- Find an Audiologist (American Academy of Audiology)
Organizations
- Organizations
- American Academy of Audiology
- American Hearing Research Foundation
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Law and Policy
- Law and Policy
- Employment Rights of People with Communication Disabilities (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
- Telecommunications Relay Services and National 711 (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
Statistics
- Statistics
- Prevalence and Incidence of Hearing Loss in Adults (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
Seniors
- Seniors
- Hearing Loss and Older Adults (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
Also available in: Spanish - Presbycusis (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
Also available in: Spanish - Sound Advice about Age--Related Hearing Loss (Food and Drug Administration)
Other Languages
- Other Languages
- Im Lang Vang (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders) - Links to PDF - In Vietnamese