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A free collection of articles about hearing aids published in The New York Times.
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Audio Devices Give New Options to Those Hard of Hearing
(5/5/12)
Technological advances are helping refine tools for hearing in less-than-ideal circumstances.
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WELL; Personal Health: Lifelines for People With Hearing Loss
(1/16/12)
Jane E Brody Personal Health column offers advice on the proper treatment of hearing loss; notes the condition is currently untreated in about 85 percent of those affected, making it a contender for the nation's most damaging and costly sensory handicap. Drawing (M)1
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A Hearing Aid That Cuts Out All the Clatter
(10/23/11)
As hearing loops are installed in stores, banks, museums, subway stations and other public spaces, people who have felt excluded are suddenly back in the conversation.
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Hearing-Aid Ban Forcing Out N.Y.C. Police Officers
(6/19/11)
Two veteran officers who had to retire have filed a federal job discrimination complaint, saying some officers are going without needed devices.
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Hearing Loss Among Older Adults Is Common but Often Ignored
(3/7/11)
A survey found that 63 percent of Americans 70 and older suffered from impaired hearing, but only a minority use hearing aids.
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Buying a Hearing Aid? You?ve Got a Lot to Learn
(7/24/09)
Costs and the ability to pick up sounds are just two factors to consider when shopping for a device.
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A Hearing Test Made for the Big City
(5/17/09)
The Center for Hearing and Communication aims to improve how hearing aids work by providing a new audiovisual test that simulates everyday situations.
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What to Do After a Diagnosis
(12/8/08)
More than 90 percent of newborns in the United States are routinely tested for hearing problems. But what happens when they fail?
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Picking Up Good Vibrations (With Limitations)
(10/22/08)
Hearing aids provide many benefits, but they do not restore hearing to normal, and that is a tough lesson to learn for many people who use them.
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There?s More to Ears Than Just Wax
(5/12/08)
Turning down your iPod is one way to guard against hearing loss due to chronic exposure to loud noises.
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Raves (Yes, It?s True) for New Hearing Aid
(4/14/08)
A new type of hearing aid, called the Lyric, appears to have overcome many of the problems associated with traditional hearing aids.
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Multitasking, Then and Now
(3/29/08)
My family taught me that using time productively meant more than just speeding through school.
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Cochlear Implant Supports an Author?s Active Life
(2/25/08)
For the author of a new memoir, cochlear implants opened a ?whole new world.?
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Early Action Proving Crucial to Hearing Success
(9/3/07)
For a baby who is born deaf or hearing-impaired, early action by both parents and doctors may be essential to his or her social development.
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Wall of Sound
(8/4/07)
Trying to make sense of what he couldn?t quite hear.
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