Recent News » Miss America 2005 gets personal about hearing loss Published 11/27/2007 Miss America 2005, Deidre Downs, spent the past four months traveling the country and sharing her personal story about hearing loss—and she’s helped others learn that technology today means treatment is effective and beneficial.  read more
» Deaf students fight for help in the classroom Published 11/26/2007 After a yearlong legal battle, a deaf student at Glendora High School won the right to have an in-class, real-time transcription service.  read more
» OHSU hearing loss preventative in final test phase Published 11/21/2007 Adherex Technologies Inc. has begun the final phase of clinical testing of a treatment developed by Oregon Health & Science University to prevent hearing loss in children undergoing chemotherapy for liver cancer.  read more
» Impact of Hearing Loss and Related Health Problems Published 11/20/2007 Virginia Commonwealth University will use a federal grant to determine how disabilities that are present at birth affect how physicians identify, evaluate and treat hearing loss in infants and young children.  read more
» Turn down the volume on kid's music devices Published 11/19/2007 An article in the journal Pediatrics estimated that 12.5 percent of children ages 6 to 19 have noise-induced hearing loss.  Hearing loss accumulates over a lifespan and is irreversible. It's important that your child understands the importance of not cranking up the volume. Setting firm guidelines for safe use, especially if you can do so right up front, can help your child play by the rules.  read more
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