Benson highlighted the emergence of the state’s Communication Access Grants program that has awarded over $1.5 million to 17 counties since 2022 to make services and facilities more accessible.

There’s a telling moment in poet Raymond Antrobus’s memoir, The Quiet Ear – his first book of prose – where he describes being told, aged six, that he is deaf. The doctor shows him a graph of the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — My first tip-off were the little things, the high-pitched little things: the doorbell and ringtones my kids could hear but I could not. Then it was the garbled-sounding conversations, ...

It’s music to our ears. Approximately 11 million people in the US consider themselves deaf or severely hard of hearing. No medications have been approved to treat hereditary hearing loss, but cochlear ...

“Assistive listening technologies or devices help individuals hear better in difficult listening situations,” says Kristina ...

Ken Schechter, a Navy Veteran, said he likely lost his hearing while stationed next to a three-inch gun mount or during small arms training without ear protection. He was diagnosed with hearing loss ...

Medically reviewed by Anju Goel, MD A cochlear implant is an electronic device used for people who are severely hard of hearing or deaf. They require surgery to be implanted, but you won’t be able to ...

The documentary recalls the 1988 protests that erupted at Gallaudet University when trustees rejected deaf candidates to lead it. By Alissa Wilkinson In 1988, the board of trustees of Gallaudet ...