The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that more than 5% of the World’s population (360 million) has disabling hearing loss. Latin American and the Caribbean account for 9% of global hearing loss, but the highest prevalence is found in the Asia Pacific, South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. About half of all cases of hearing loss […]
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Like any mom, Courtney Allen would do anything for her 14-month-old son, Caysen. Thankfully, her son’s doctor was willing to do the same. When Caysen was born with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome; only the right half of his heart properly pumped blood. While in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at The Children’s Hospital at
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Dr. Martha Takata, Audiologist at Chears Audiology in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, volunteered on a hearing mission trip this January in Burkina Faso, a land-locked country located in western Africa. Dr. Takata volunteered in one of the poorest districts of Burkina Faso at a training medical center sponsored by Emsimision. In a blog post prior
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In an earlier post this month, Audiologist Melissa Lowe from St. Louis, Missouri, shared with us her mission trip to Hospital Santo Hermano Pedro located in Catacamas, Honduros. Today we continue her story of helping the Honduran people. For the ENT physicians, residents, and medical students, the first two days are typically spent figuring out
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Rodney Thompson is a Certified Clinical Audiologist at Thompson Audiology. He recently requested ReSound’s help in a Mission Trip to the Marshall Islands and we donated 15 Metrix hearing aids. We interviewed Dr. Thompson to learn more about his work in the Marshall Islands. Why did you decide to participate in this mission trip? I
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On Saturday, October 26, about 15 people gathered at the Hearing Center at Montefiore Hospital in New York. For many of them, what followed would be a life-enhancing experience. For at least one patient, the sweet sounds of laughing children, songbirds, music, and so much more were about to come alive after four decades of silence.
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Every year, the Foundation for Sight and Sound awards a Help America Hear scholarship to high school seniors who have a hearing loss, which requires the use of hearing aid(s) in their daily life. The 2013 winner of this scholarship is Jordyn Fruth from Arizona.
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It’s that time of year again when we all turn out for the great Minnesota get-together – the State Fair (Aug 22 – Sep 2). This year, ReSound has once again donated hundreds of hearing aid batteries on a stick to the Minnesota Academy of Audiology. Visit the MN Academy of Audiology booth at the
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Lindsey Simonin is 18 years old and was born with a hearing disability that was not discovered until she was two years of age. She wears two hearing aids, but her hearing is only 50% in both ears and she has struggled in school because she can’t hear what the teachers are saying. Lindsey applied
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The Auburn University Audiology Outreach in Guatemala Project recently completed its fifth annual trip to Guatemala. Over the past five years, their partnership with the Municipality of Guatemala City has grown deeper as they continue to serve the hearing needs of children enrolled in the 9 schools established for children at risk of being “ninos
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