Everything you want to know about hearing loss! http://www.hearinglossweb.com Should we try to get our daughters access to spoken language through hearing technology, or to immerse them (and ourselves) in American Sign Language, or to try to do both? http://www.hearinglossweb.com/Issues/Family/Children/children.htm#tong Can blindness or other forms of visual deprivation really enhance our other senses such as hearing or touch http://www.hearinglossweb.com/Medical/how/blind.htm A U.S. study of people aged 50 and older shows that 47% of respondents report having some kind of hearing difficulty which has not been treated. http://www.hearinglossweb.com/Issues/Identity/aarp.htm The prevalence of hearing impairment* in adults 65-74 years old is lower now than it was 40 years ago http://www.hearinglossweb.com/Issues/Identity/btr.htm Listening and Spoken Language Knowledge Center, the essential Internet resource for parents of children with hearing loss, individuals with hearing loss and professionals who serve them. http://www.hearinglossweb.com/res/hlorg/agb/ctr.htm Verizon Wireless is taking steps toward offering many of its customers a new way to communicate with 911 call centers run by public safety officials. http://www.hearinglossweb.com/Issues/EmergPlan/sms.htm This year, ATA is "going for gold" in its efforts to raise awareness and encourage people across the United States and around the world to help educate people about "ringing in the ears." http://www.hearinglossweb.com/Medical/Tinnitus/aware.htm Now, a study published today in the open access journal BMC Genetics reports, for the first time, genetic loci with effects that are limited to specific portions of the hearing frequency map, particularly those that are most affected in ageing-related hearing loss. http://www.hearinglossweb.com/Medical/Causes/gen/loci.htm Cochlear Americas announced today the launch of its smartphone support application for Nucleus(r) Cochlear Implant recipients. http://www.hearinglossweb.com/res/ci/coch/app.htm University of Utah engineer and colleagues in Ohio have developed a tiny prototype microphone that can be implanted in the middle ear to avoid such problems. http://www.hearinglossweb.com/tech/ci/tech/mid.htm