Month: June 2018

Where Hearing Loss is the Norm

Katherine Bouton #hearingaids, #HLAA., Healthy Hearing, hearing aid costs

There’s one event a year where my hearing loss is not a factor in my ability to communicate. That’s the Hearing Loss Association of America’s annual Convention. This year’s convention was held in Minneapolis June 21st to June 24th. I don’t know how many attended but virtually everyone was deaf or hard of hearing – or … Continue reading Where Hearing Loss is the Norm

One Potential Way to Cure Hearing Loss

Katherine Bouton Hair Cell Regeneration, Hearing Restoration, Heroes With Hearing Loss, Research on Hearing Loss

At the end of May (May 30), a few days after Americans honored Veterans on Memorial Day, a New England biotech company announced that it had received a grant from the Department of Defense to research a therapeutic opportunity that may help reverse hearing loss. A 2015 study of almost 50,000 soldiers showed that peak … Continue reading One Potential Way to Cure Hearing Loss