Hearing loss doesn't stop FMU grad

FLORENCE - Surgeries to remove brain tumors left Jonathan Smith nearly totally deaf. But he still graduated close to on-time from Francis Marion University, thanks to help from those on the Florence County campus.

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.

Roche's Sequence Capture Technology Used to Identify SMPX Mutations Underlying Human Hereditary Hearing Loss

MADISON, Wisconsin , January 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Hereditary hearing loss is the most common sensory disorder in humans. A German research team led by Ingo Kurth from the Institute of Human Genetics ...

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.

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.