Lifelines for people with hearing loss

Hearing loss, a disability currently untreated in about 85 percent of those affected, may be the nation's most damaging and costly sensory handicap. It is a hidden disability, often not obvious to others or even to those who have it. Its onset is usually insidious, gradually worsening over years and thus easily ignored.

Personal Health: Lifelines for People With Hearing Loss

This "hidden" disability, currently untreated in about 85 percent of those affected, may be the nation's most damaging sensory handicap.

Mill Neck Audiology Helping Those With Hearing Loss

Organization operates a facility on 501 South Broadway in Hicksville Many people would agree that noise levels are on the rise. Ear-piercing sounds emanate from movies screens, concert stages and cranked-up volumes on iPods. And how often, when waiting for a live operator, is one subjected to high-decibel recordings while on hold? There is no denying the prevalence of loud noise these days ...

Babies and Deafness screening

My deafness is not hereditary, but nevertheless in the back of my mind was whether my delightful new grandson had somehow inherited my deafness.

Deafness payouts for Burnley and Pendle mill workers

FORMER weavers in Burnley and Pendle have received nearly £40,000 in compensation for hearing loss.