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Hearing Loss Up 30 Percent in American Adolescents

(Aug. 17) -- Teens might be wise to listen up when parents ask them to turn down the volume. According to a new study, American adolescents are suffering significantly more hearing loss than they were 30 years ago, and one in five now have a problem. A team of researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital evaluated two...

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Education Amplified

We've all heard it -- or didn't hear it.

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The Stigma Behind 'Deafness Denial' - And Why It's Not an Age Issue

Apparently us Brits are in the grip of 'deafness denial' as four million of us refuse to admit that we're losing our hearing, despite the symptoms being loud and clear.

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Pardon? Why Brits Are In âDeafness Denial'

If you are forever being told to turn the TV down, regularly ask for a question to be repeated three times or more, or struggle to hear in a crowded room - chances are you're losing your hearing... but are yet to admit it.

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Chris Martin, Coldplay Frontman Reveals Tinnitus Hell

Coldplay star Chris Martin has been fighting a secret battle with painful ear condition tinnitus for over a decade.

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Hearing Ability Linked With Sense Of Touch, Twin Study Suggests

Sound and touch may seem completely separate, except possibly when playing the game Operation.

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06/03/12 Wooten: Americans put a premium on being loud Source: The Eagle Citizen People in the next apartment who are determined to be deaf someday, playing the bass so loud it rattles your teeth.
06/03/12 The 'time traveler' who is 'using a cell phone' in a... Source: The Week An Irish filmmaker claims to have found an anachronistic cell phone user in a classic 1928 silent film.
06/03/12 Charity urges Diamond Jubilee celebrations are... Source: Exeter Express & Echo - Exeter - Devon - UK "We encourage Diamond Jubilee party organisers in Tiverton to follow our basic deaf awareness tips to ensure friends and neighbours with hearing loss don't miss out on the weekend's royal celebrations."
06/03/12 Public Health Muskegon County to host clinic on... Source: Muskegon Chronicle - Muskegon MI Public Health Muskegon County will hold a hearing clinic for children who didn't pass their school screenings June 15.
06/03/12 Help America Hear Program Plans 3rd Gift of Sound... Source: PRWeb Lakewood, CO (PRWEB) June 03, 2012 On Thursday, June 14, 2012 the Foundation For Sight & Sound's (FSS) Help America Hear Program will be fitting 15 Denver area residents with hearing aids.