Late last year, the US Food and Drug Administration announced that certain types of hearing aids can now be sold over the counter, allowing individuals with hearing loss to buy these critical medical ...

If you find yourself asking your loved ones, "What did you say?" a lot, you might be starting to wonder about your hearing. You're not alone. Roughly 15% of American adults have some level of hearing ...

Treating hearing loss may help lower dementia risk, new research suggests. Image credit: Westend61/Getty Images. According to the National Institutes on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, ...

A community health worker screening a child’s hearing in Cape Town. Ora Buerkli Healthy hearing and vision in early childhood are the foundation for success at school. Hearing and vision difficulties ...

There are many types of hearing loss, and the type depends on the part of the ear that is damaged. Conductive hearing loss. This happens when something prevents sound from entering through the outer ...

Hearing loss is associated with higher health care spending and use, but little is known about the unmet health care needs of people with hearing loss or difficulty. Analysis of 2016 Medicare Current ...

Based in Tampa, Florida, Virginia Pelley is a former women's magazine editor who has written health and fitness content for Men's Journal, Cosmopolitan magazine, the Chicago Tribune, ...