With age, hearing and vision loss affect social life
People over the age of 50 who have sight or hearing impairments tend to cut themselves off from the outside ...
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Usher syndrome: will gene therapy restore hearing?
© iStockPhotosResearchers at Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard University (USA) have successfully restored hearing in mice suffering from a genetic ...
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Hearing loss is more complex than you might think
April 17, 2017. If you believe that hearing problems only affect the elderly, or that in order to be one ...
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Smartphones: the hearing health of young people is in danger
March 6, 2017. Young people are not yet sufficiently aware of the risks to which they expose their hearing system ...
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This is how you protect your hearing
Standard earplugs in your bag Your hearing will deteriorate as you get older, but you can try to protect your ...
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Hearing problems: the harmful effects of pain relievers
December 20, 2016. According to a study conducted by a team of researchers from Harvard Medical School in the United ...
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Improved cochlear implant helps restore fine hearing
Australian researchers have developed a cochlear implant coupled with gene therapy. It will allow wearers to regain the ability to ...
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Cochlear implants: Joanne Milne hears for the first time at 40
Affected by Usher syndrome, Joanne Milne was born deaf. Thanks to cochlear implants, she regained hearing at the age of ...
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Too much caffeine would prevent the ears from recovering from hearing loss
Caffeine is said to interfere with the repair of the ear after hearing loss temporary, according to the results of ...
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Tinnitus: consult a doctor within 48 hours
When tinnitus becomes chronic, a return to silence is impossible. Hence the importance of quickly consulting a specialist.Symptoms that should ...
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Hearing aids now available in pharmacies
© ThinkstockAccording to the World Health Organization, 360 million people worldwide suffer from disabling hearing loss. Their condition could be ...
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An honest story about hearing better
Be honest, do you still hear as well as 10 years ago? If you answer no to this question, know ...
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Emotion sequence between Santa Claus and a hearing impaired girl
November 16, 2015. It is good to witness the magic of Christmas! This is what we witness when discovering this ...
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Hearing aids, a shield against memory loss?
© istockWith age, hearing abilities deteriorate. Problem, these hearing problems, when they are not taken care of, are accompanied by ...
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The Ray Charles effect: depriving yourself of sight to improve hearing
Mice plunged into darkness for a week saw their hearing improve. The experiment, carried out by two American researchers, is ...
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The French invited to test their hearing on March 8
March 03, 2012 - The 15th national hearing day (JNA) will be held in France on March 8. On this ...
Read moreThese toys that break your ears
The toys you just bought are really making a lot of noise and breaking your ears. But do they damage ...
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Infographic: the key figures of hearing loss
© iStockAccording to the World Health Organization, we talk about hearing loss when one person is no longer able to ...
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Pacifiers prevent baby from hearing well
© ThinkstockWith the baby-phone and the Teddy, the pacifier is parents' best friend. The problem is that it is not ...
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What is the hearing protocol?
Questionnaire and hearing test Since 2013, the hearing care professional has determined for which category of hearing aids you are ...
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Hearing loss is part of getting older
What can you do about hearing impairment? Hearing worse is part of getting older. However, hearing loss does not have ...
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Hearing aids are too expensive for the French
© ThinkstockIn France, statistics estimate that around 5 million people are hearing impaired. However, this handicap has a significant cost: ...
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Noise poisons our daily life
Noise not only affects the ears, it affects the quality of sleep and the health of the heart and the ...
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Hearing thanks to the cochlear implant
Outcome for the deaf and hard of hearing A hearing aid does not offer a solution for all people with ...
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Rather surgery than hearing aid
Years ago I had surgery on one ear for hearing loss. I got a new so-called stirrup, after which the ...
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Hearing: more than just listening
Lip reading, body language and modern technology Hearing well is more than just listening. Body language and lip reading are ...
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Sweat, water and dust: enemies of the hearing aid
About purchase and maintenance The Netherlands now has about 1.4 million hearing impaired people. About 650,000 of them use a ...
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How does your hearing work?
The ear from front to back While not everyone is happy with the outside of their ears, what matters most ...
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A suitable hearing aid for everyone
All devices in a row If you can no longer hear what is being said around you, a hearing aid ...
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The inner ear suspected in hyperactivity
According to an American study, hyperactivity could result from disorders of the inner ear. An unprecedented discovery which suggests the ...
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