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Sundance Jury Members Walk Out Over Closed Captioning Issues 10 sheshe2 Jan 2023 Aug 15 19 7833

Noisy restaurants, muffled voices: How hearing loss creeps up on us 2 canetoad Jul 13 Jul 14 7 646

iPhones and AirPods now come with hearing health tools. Here's how they work. 8 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Jun 3 1 2861

Welp, I'm finally going to go about getting hearing aids. So I'll be reading a lot from your experiences. 11 electric_blue68 Sep 2024 Nov 2024 3 2453

Deaf Woman Detained and Harassed in Front of Her Twin Daughters - How NauNauSOS Could Have Helped 0 BlueWaveNeverEnd Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 1330

In the ear or behind-the-ear, that is the question 14 peggysue2 Jun 2024 Jul 2024 11 3063

I'm thinking of getting a sound bar for my tv or a headphone. Any users of either one? Both a little pricey so want 18 SheilaAnn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 0 2619

Tinnitus.........this is the only place I saw to post this in..... 11 mrmpa Mar 2016 Apr 2024 3 11738

Basic phone for hearing impaired ? 6 left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 Mar 2024 2 4099

How long do hearing aid batteries last? 8 TrogL Sep 2022 Mar 2024 1 4684

ASL Music Videos - Russell Harvard 1 ihaveaquestion Nov 2023 Jan 2024 5 3549

Usable hearing aids for an elderly parent 9 ThoughtCriminal Sep 2023 Nov 2023 7 5751

Good debt ceiling video for us hard of hearing folks. 0 blm May 2023 May 2023 4 8729

Use live captions to better understand audio 2 ItsjustMe Oct 2022 May 2023 7 3896

The power of understanding: School bridges the gap between English and ASL - The 11th Hour - MSNBC 0 Rhiannon12866 Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 7808

This message was self-deleted by its author 4 Tetrachloride Jan 2023 Jan 2023 0 6513

Who at DU has looked into the new OTC hearing aids? 6 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2022 Jan 2023 1 8249

Cochlear implants? 12 photokath Dec 2022 Jan 2023 3 5087

Hearing aid advice - 'over the ear' loop or 'in the ear' button? 12 left-of-center2012 Jan 2022 Nov 2022 1 15368

Deaf America's Team: the rise of the Gallaudet University Bison 1 Jilly_in_VA Sep 2022 Sep 2022 3 5808

Miraculous 21 TygrBright Jan 2022 Sep 2022 41 6565

I have had tinnitus since about 1986. Most of the time I don't even notice. 12 Ferrets are Cool Sep 2022 Sep 2022 3 9678

Over-the-counter hearing aids expected this fall in US 1 douglas9 Aug 2022 Aug 2022 10 5402

Odd phrase 4 FraDon Aug 2022 Aug 2022 0 2518

Big Five Personality Traits are Associated with Tinnitus Improvement Over Time Scientific Reports 3 sprinkleeninow Aug 2022 Aug 2022 2 7160

NYT Article on the changes in ASL b/c of digital life 0 irisblue Aug 2022 Aug 2022 3 2748

Here's how Helen Keller describes listening to #Beethoven's "Ninth Symphony" 0 elleng May 2022 May 2022 4 7610

Just inherited a pair of new Eargo 6 5 Auggie Apr 2022 Apr 2022 4 5226

Locally developed hearing aid cuts through the noise -- and masks -- with help of AI 11 SheltieLover Feb 2022 Mar 2022 7 10524

Watch Live: ASL interpretation of Biden's first State of the Union address - CBS News 0 Rhiannon12866 Mar 2022 Mar 2022 1 5235

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Apple Airpod Pros make not bad hearing aids 7 TrogL Jan 2022 Feb 2022 7 7269

FTC submits comment in support of FDA's proposed rule to establish over-the-counter hearing aids 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2022 Jan 2022 3 6589

What am I actually paying for, and is it worth it? 14 TygrBright Dec 2021 Jan 2022 3 16141

The World is a Very Noisy Place! LOL 4 peggysue2 Dec 2021 Dec 2021 13 5688

I can't hear most smoke detectors because the tone frequency is too high. 5 Xoan Oct 2021 Oct 2021 6 6826

I don't know anything about hearing aids, but I think my BIL is about to be scammed big time. 23 Grasswire2 Sep 2021 Sep 2021 8 11795

Looks like I'll be getting aids, so I'm adding this forum to my faves. 4 TygrBright Aug 2021 Aug 2021 2 6397

Any Hearing Aid users here? I'm having trouble. 29 leftieNanner Jul 2021 Jul 2021 3 15895

Seeking loud, pulsating, mid-tone alarm clock 11 uppityperson Apr 2016 Apr 2021 2 13236

These babies are hearing for the first time... 5 ClearSky24 Apr 2020 Apr 2020 16 28515

A week in the dark rewires brain cell networks and changes hearing in adult mice 0 safeinOhio Dec 2019 Dec 2019 5 20545

Simple Online Hearing Test - Headphones Only 1 LVZ Nov 2019 Nov 2019 4 6909

Need help with American Sign Language interpretation... 3 targetpractice May 2019 May 2019 1 8916

Frequency Therapeutics Announces Positive Phase 1/2 Data for Drug Candidate for Hearing Restoration 3 pscot Apr 2019 Apr 2019 7 9522

When is it time to get a hearing aid? 21 Maxheader Mar 2019 Mar 2019 2 9470

AAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!!! Dammit, DU! 16 tblue37 Mar 2017 Mar 2019 22 9593

Hope for tinnitus sufferers like me 6 Ohiogal Jan 2018 Mar 2019 7 9309

Day 2 of my 2/5 fast. 7 safeinOhio Feb 2017 Nov 2018 0 8560

Between Sound and Silence 0 elleng Aug 2018 Aug 2018 1 5047

Has anyone tried the Caption Call phone? 3 kas125 Jan 2012 Dec 2017 3 7695

ISSNHL - Idopathic Sudden Sensorineural Healing Loss 12 Lisa0825 May 2016 Nov 2017 3 6486

has anyone had an allergic reaction to earmolds? 4 pscot Jul 2016 Jul 2016 0 8393

A researcher is trying to document Philadelphia's ASL accent, before it disappear 1 KamaAina Dec 2015 Jan 2016 2 8055

Cat learned to sign to deaf owner to get what it wants: 0 tblue37 Jan 2016 Jan 2016 8 5070

High frequency hearing lost at the movies - 2 hedgehog Dec 2015 Dec 2015 0 4806

I am severely hearing-impaired. I wear high-end hearing aids when I interact with other 5 tblue37 Dec 2013 Dec 2015 5 7827

I think CNN must offshore its closed captioning 9 pscot Apr 2012 Nov 2015 1 9088

Hearing aid info needed: I'm being offered 6 hedgehog Sep 2015 Sep 2015 0 5309

Hearing Loss Linked to Accelerated Brain Tissue Loss... 0 TeeYiYi Sep 2015 Sep 2015 3 4373

I go to get fitted for hearing aids Tuesday - 14 hedgehog Aug 2015 Sep 2015 3 9509

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Further adventures in having recent hearing loss - tinnitus 3 hedgehog Jun 2015 Aug 2015 0 6503

Question re hearing aid/smartphone/audiobook combo 0 Jim Lane Jun 2015 Jun 2015 0 3867

I'm new to this - I've lost (am losing?) my ability to hear highfrequency due to chemo treatment. 2 hedgehog May 2015 May 2015 1 5630

Southern California Police Beat and Taser an Innocent Deaf Man 3 jakeXT Feb 2014 Mar 2015 5 6516

Hey, anyone use the Resound Lynx that work with the iPhone? If So What do you think? 0 LiberalArkie Mar 2015 Mar 2015 0 5194

No money for hearing aids 12 left-of-center2012 Oct 2012 Dec 2014 1 7605

Sign-language translator uses gesture-sensing technology (xpost from GD) 0 KamaAina Nov 2014 Nov 2014 2 5460

Hey. Someone directed me to this group. 1 deafskeptic Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 4322

Hearing Aids? 20 kjackson227 Mar 2012 Apr 2014 0 9080

Having a sinus thing has kickstarted the mother of all tinnitus episodes. 7 GreenPartyVoter May 2013 Aug 2013 0 7536

Article in NYT helped my mother hear better! 3 OnionPatch Apr 2013 Apr 2013 9 6090

Does anyone have experience with high-end hearing aids? 3 kskiska Sep 2012 Dec 2012 1 10398

Costco hearing aids 2 eridani Oct 2012 Oct 2012 2 7067

Time to get new HAs. Oh my. $1300 for basic bte 6 uppityperson Jul 2012 Aug 2012 0 7606

Got rid of the feedback with my HA and can now use phone also 0 uppityperson Apr 2012 Apr 2012 1 5652

Where is everyone? 13 GreenPartyVoter Dec 2011 Dec 2011 1 7273

A novel method for the removal of ear cerumen 3 uppityperson Dec 2011 Dec 2011 0 6518

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