Hearing loss already carries a well-documented mental health cost, cutting people off from conversation, group settings and ...

Untreated hearing loss ranks as the single largest modifiable risk factor for dementia, outweighing smoking, high blood ...

The researchers identified a unique biological mechanism that could enable the regeneration of sensory hair cells in the ...

From dementia to heart attacks, hearing loss has been linked to a wide range of effects across the body, and the condition is on the rise. Fortunately, we're learning how best to safeguard this crucia ...

Doctors may diagnose hearing loss using a range of techniques, such as audiometry tests, brainstem auditory evoked response tests, and otoacoustic emissions tests. Hearing loss can affect one or both ...

Common surgical options for hearing loss may include cochlear implants, or possibly a mastoidectomy, ossiculoplasty, stapedectomy, or tympanoplasty. Hearing loss is a condition that can affect people ...

First rule: stop shouting.

Before a baby’s first babble, language development begins through exposure to voices, music, and everyday sounds. But what happens when that connection to sound is missing from the start? For ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am an RN-Attorney with significant experience in both professions. When you speak to your aging parent, do they keep saying, ...

Hearing loss is now officially tied to a 37 percent higher dementia risk, and most people wait nine years before treating it.

After Alka Yagnik revealed she was diagnosed with sensorineural hearing loss following a viral attack, ENT specialist Dr Vishal Vikas Nair explains the condition, symptoms, treatment options and why ...

Sometimes life's challenges are our greatest teachers. This has certainly been the case for me. While hearing loss presents constant challenges in my life, it has also taught me so much. See my ...