As hearing care professionals, we are too familiar with the impact of long-term exposure to loud music and headphone usage. There are many stories of musicians facing the effects, such as tinnitus sufferers, Will I Am of the Black Eyed Peas, Chris Martin of Coldplay, Eric Clapton and Neil Young, just to name a few. […]
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By Amber Hilderman, University of Kansas Student The Audiology department at the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) has participated in a medical mission trip for the past few years. Our mission trip consisted of working six days while the last day we were able to take advantage of the local activities and culture. The
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On September 7, 1983, the official announcement was made about President Ronald Reagan wearing hearing aids. The September issue of the Hearing Review includes Dr. Thomas Powers’ story of fitting the President with hearing aids in the Oval Office. Powers says,”The President wanted a set of small custom instruments, so we built him a pair
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By Shanna Groves, Guest Blogger I want to discuss an important difference we have—something that can impact our entire communication from this point forward. When you were born, your hearing was normal. So was mine. For years, I took the ability to hear for granted. I listened to my car stereo several notches too loud
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Lipreading Mom, Shanna Groves, was recently interviewed by Motherhood Moment about coming to terms with her hearing loss and why it inspired her to start blogging. “Grief is a common side effect of hearing loss,” said Groves. “I experienced denial at first, followed by shock, anger, depression, and eventual acceptance. Blogging about this kind of
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Lipreading Mom, Shanna Groves, has been blogging about her listening experiences ever since she was fit with ReSound Verso and the Unite wireless accessories on October 22. The Mini Microphone, in particular, has opened up her World, allowing her to hear sounds unavailable to her for more than a decade. “The Mini-Mic helps me hear
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With the Olympic Games currently going on in London, we decided to take a look at some of the Olympic athletes (both current and historic) that have overcome their hearing impairment to compete. David Smith 2012 US Men’s Volleyball Team David is a 27 year old first time Olympian. He was born with hearing loss,
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ReSound has partnered with Auburn University to donate hearing aids to hearing impaired children in Guatemala City. The Audiology Outreach in Guatemala Program by Auburn University was created to serve impoverished children identified by the Municipality of Guatemala City as being at risk for becoming “children of the street”. The program was founded by Sandra
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ReSound friend, Dusty Potter, President of Ear Level Communications, recounts his recent mission trip to the Dominican Republic to fit hearing impaired children with donated ReSound hearing aids. We were able to fit about 90 children with about 170 hearing aids in just 3 days’ time. Most of the hearing instruments dispensed, and accompanying batteries
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