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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. 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 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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? 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. 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. 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. Multitasking, Then and Now (3/29/08) My family taught me that using time productively meant more than just speeding through school. 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.? 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. Wall of Sound (8/4/07) Trying to make sense of what he couldn?t quite hear.