Extra Effort: Central student turns hearing loss into opportunity to excel

Megan Mikkelson can hear her future calling her. Tied for first in her class of 318, the Central High School senior isn't about to let anything stop her - least of all profound hearing loss.

Georgia Program Offers New Digital Amplified Phone Free to Residents With Hearing Loss

DECATUR, GA-- - Georgians who are deaf or hard of hearing can now obtain a new amplified cordless phone for free thanks to Georgia Council for the Hearing Impaired, Inc. , the statewide nonprofit that ...

ETSU's new cochlear implant clinic sees it's second patient

Cochlear implants are a miracle of modern science that allows people with profound hearing loss to have a sense of hearing.

Musical training can avoid age-related hearing loss

Age-related delays in neural timing are not inevitable and can be avoided or offset with musical training, according to a new study from Northwestern University. The study is the first to provide biological evidence that lifelong musical experience has an impact on the aging process.

Digital, amplified phone available to hearing impaired

Southern Crescent residents, who are deaf, or hard of hearing –– from one percent hearing loss, to profound deafness –– can now obtain a new amplified, cordless phone for free, thanks to the Georgia Council for the Hearing Impaired, Inc. (GACHI).