For decades, the only way to get a hearing aid was to visit a doctor and have one prescribed for you—probably in a strip mall office advertised on the marquee only with “HEARING AIDS” in block letters ...

Some 3 million Americans wear hearing aids. Yet spouses everywhere claim that number should be significantly higher. My wife, for example, says I don’t listen to much of what she tells me. I of course ...

Taking Apple's AirPods Pro Hearing Test Was a Reality Check. This Is How We Protect Our Hearing Now ...

Hearing loss often develops gradually, making it easy to overlook. You might not notice it until you’re regularly asking your partner to turn up the TV or repeat themselves for the fifth time in a ...

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Chances are good that there's somebody in your life who should be using a hearing aid. About 30 million adults in America need hearing aids, but only about 20% use them. Hearing loss is not just an ...

Most of us take hearing for granted, but not everyone enjoys that privilege. Conversations start to feel like guessing games, laughter seems far away, and the soft background sounds that make life ...

How do we hear, and how does hearing affect how we play music? These questions are central to the work of Nikolas Alejandro Francis, 44, an assistant professor in the University of Maryland’s Biology ...

Hearing loss affects one in three people ages 65 to 74, according to the National Institutes of Health. And while hearing aids can greatly improve quality of life, they're often expensive. If you're ...

Dear Eric: I’m deaf, gradually lost my hearing and got a cochlear implant in December 1994. I wanted to respond to “Hearing Jokes,” a person with hearing loss whose hearing-impaired siblings staged an ...