Hearing Health Foundation
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Largest nonprofit US funder of innovative hearing loss, tinnitus, and related hearing and balance research🔬💪
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"In a nutshell, they dynamically ramp up active noise cancellation and at the same time (!) decrease the sensitivity of the microphones that let you hear your environment." noisyworld.org/bose-qc-earb... #keeplistening
My Experience with the QC Earbuds Ultra 2 for Everyday Noise Reduction - NoisyWorld
Recently I have been traveling in Europe and Southeast Asia for several weeks. I spent a lot of time walking around vibrant, but also quite loud cities in the Philippines and Vietnam. This included bu...
noisyworld.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
"In a nutshell, they dynamically ramp up active noise cancellation and at the same time (!) decrease the sensitivity of the microphones that let you hear your environment." noisyworld.org/bose-qc-earb... #keeplistening
"Nepal has trained its first cohort of deaf trekking guides, with four women and 21 men receiving instruction ranging from mountain safety and logistics to geography and wildlife." www.undp.org/nepal/storie... #nepal #himalayas #keeplistening @undp.org
www.undp.org
December 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"Nepal has trained its first cohort of deaf trekking guides, with four women and 21 men receiving instruction ranging from mountain safety and logistics to geography and wildlife." www.undp.org/nepal/storie... #nepal #himalayas #keeplistening @undp.org
"The Sound Notifications feature on Android uses your phone’s microphone to listen for specific sounds around you." www.makeuseof.com/never-miss-i... #android @makeuseof.bsky.social #keeplistening
Your Android phone can warn you about important sounds you can’t hear with this feature
Never miss a thing — even with your headphones on.
www.makeuseof.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
"The Sound Notifications feature on Android uses your phone’s microphone to listen for specific sounds around you." www.makeuseof.com/never-miss-i... #android @makeuseof.bsky.social #keeplistening
"Seemingly, active vocalization requires a level of engagement, attention and effort that can translate into improved motor patterns." theconversation.com/we-are-hardw... @theconversation.com via @popsci.com #brain #health #singing #keeplistening
We are hardwired to sing − and it’s good for us, too
Modern science is increasingly validating what many traditions have long held: Singing and chanting can have profound health benefits.
theconversation.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
"Seemingly, active vocalization requires a level of engagement, attention and effort that can translate into improved motor patterns." theconversation.com/we-are-hardw... @theconversation.com via @popsci.com #brain #health #singing #keeplistening
"Schoolkids now spend an estimated 7.5 hrs per day using phones, computers, and tablets—an all-time high. This screen time doesn't merely increase the risk of mental health concerns like anxiety and depression. It's also linked to alarming rates of hearing loss." www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Opinion | The Other Screen Time Risk We Rarely Hear About
Hearing loss in kids has serious consequences
www.medpagetoday.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
"Schoolkids now spend an estimated 7.5 hrs per day using phones, computers, and tablets—an all-time high. This screen time doesn't merely increase the risk of mental health concerns like anxiety and depression. It's also linked to alarming rates of hearing loss." www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
"Imagine if cancer severity were determined by giving patients a questionnaire – this is the state of affairs for some common neurological disorders like tinnitus," Polley says. From: www.sciencealert.com/tinnitus-tri... #tinnitus #keeplistening
Tinnitus Triggers Your Body's 'Fight or Flight' Response, Study Finds
Chronic tinnitus may increase stress levels by keeping the body that much closer to a fight-or-flight response to sound, a new study suggests.
www.sciencealert.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
"Imagine if cancer severity were determined by giving patients a questionnaire – this is the state of affairs for some common neurological disorders like tinnitus," Polley says. From: www.sciencealert.com/tinnitus-tri... #tinnitus #keeplistening
The deaf and hard-of-hearing community is “a community that needs to be represented just like everyone else,” Moorer says. “This is making the theater even more accessible than it ever was.” From: www.montereycountynow.com/people/831/a... #signlanguage #ASL #keeplistening #theater
A story about theater, sign language and accessibility takes center stage.
Discover how PacRep makes theater accessible with ASL-interpreted performances, bringing the arts to a wider audience.
www.montereycountynow.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The deaf and hard-of-hearing community is “a community that needs to be represented just like everyone else,” Moorer says. “This is making the theater even more accessible than it ever was.” From: www.montereycountynow.com/people/831/a... #signlanguage #ASL #keeplistening #theater
"Food and Drug Administration has approved expanding the use of [MED-EL's] Synchrony cochlear implants to children as young as 7 months who have bilateral profound sensorineural hearing loss. The implants were previously indicated for 9 months and older." www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/h... #cochlearimplant
Babies as young as 7 months now have access to ‘transformative’ cochlear implants | CNN
Medical technology company MED-EL announced Thursday that the US Food and Drug Administration has approved expanding the use of its Synchrony cochlear implants to children as young as 7 months who hav...
www.cnn.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"Food and Drug Administration has approved expanding the use of [MED-EL's] Synchrony cochlear implants to children as young as 7 months who have bilateral profound sensorineural hearing loss. The implants were previously indicated for 9 months and older." www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/h... #cochlearimplant
"a new 'silent house' typology is proposed as a functional group of buildings, with an architectural acoustics design guideline.... The importance of using heavy and layered walls, floating floors, suspended ceilings and flexible connections is stated." www.hrpub.org/download/202... #hyperacusis
www.hrpub.org
December 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
"a new 'silent house' typology is proposed as a functional group of buildings, with an architectural acoustics design guideline.... The importance of using heavy and layered walls, floating floors, suspended ceilings and flexible connections is stated." www.hrpub.org/download/202... #hyperacusis
“We all have this incredible neural network in our heads honed by billions of years of evolution to recognize speech. If you do the source separation with the slightest deviation from full naturalness, your brain will immediately hear it.” www.wired.com/story/hearin... #keeplistening @wired.com
Want This Hearing Aid? Well, Who Do You Know?
AI-powered startup Fortell has become a secret handshake for the privileged hearing-impaired crowd who swear by the product. Now, it wants to be in your ears.
www.wired.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
“We all have this incredible neural network in our heads honed by billions of years of evolution to recognize speech. If you do the source separation with the slightest deviation from full naturalness, your brain will immediately hear it.” www.wired.com/story/hearin... #keeplistening @wired.com
From our friends at ARO: Exploring Funding Opportunities: Foundation and Private Support, Wed Dec 10 at 12pm ET, w/Emerging Research Grants scientist Wei Sun, Ph.D., generously funded by our partner Hyperacusis Research us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #research #science #funding #keeplistening
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: ARO DMAC Coffee Hour: Exploring Funding Opportunities: Foundation and Private Support. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joini...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: ARO DMAC Coffee Hour: Exploring Funding Opportunities: Foundation and Private Support. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joini...
us02web.zoom.us
December 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
From our friends at ARO: Exploring Funding Opportunities: Foundation and Private Support, Wed Dec 10 at 12pm ET, w/Emerging Research Grants scientist Wei Sun, Ph.D., generously funded by our partner Hyperacusis Research us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #research #science #funding #keeplistening
"A follow-up study, published Tuesday in the journal Cell, adds to that research by suggesting that the vaccine could also have therapeutic properties against dementia, by slowing the progression of the disease, leading to a reduced risk of dying from the disease." www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/h... #brain
Shingles vaccine may slow progression of dementia, new study suggests | CNN
The shingles vaccine not only offers protection against the painful viral infection, but a new study suggests that the two-dose shot also may slow the progression of dementia.
www.cnn.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
"A follow-up study, published Tuesday in the journal Cell, adds to that research by suggesting that the vaccine could also have therapeutic properties against dementia, by slowing the progression of the disease, leading to a reduced risk of dying from the disease." www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/h... #brain
"Scheduling pop-up hearing screening events at senior centers, community fairs, and faith-based gatherings in underserved neighborhoods is another avenue." hearinghealthmatters.org/hearing-news... #keeplistening
Expanding the Hearing Health Care Team | Hearing Health & Technology Matters
Terry Mactaggart argues that expanding the hearing-care team—across clinicians, nurses, pharmacists, and technicians—is key to earlier detection and better outcomes.
hearinghealthmatters.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
"Scheduling pop-up hearing screening events at senior centers, community fairs, and faith-based gatherings in underserved neighborhoods is another avenue." hearinghealthmatters.org/hearing-news... #keeplistening
"Malovhr said he hopes the university will try to keep up with demand, as ASL continues to be one of the fastest-growing languages in the United States." carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu/usc-student-... #signlanguage #ASL
USC student advocates for more American Sign Language classes | Carolina News and Reporter
carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu
December 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
"Malovhr said he hopes the university will try to keep up with demand, as ASL continues to be one of the fastest-growing languages in the United States." carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu/usc-student-... #signlanguage #ASL
"SPI-1005 is an investigational drug containing ebselen, a new chemical entity that mimics and enhances glutathione peroxidase (GPx) activity. GPx1 plays a key role in repairing cellular injury in organs including the inner ear" hearinghealthmatters.org/hearing-news... #menieres #keeplistening
Sound Pharmaceuticals Receives FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation for SPI-1005 in Meniere’s Disease | Hearing Health & Technology Matters
The FDA has granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation to Sound Pharmaceuticals’ investigational drug SPI-1005 for treating hearing loss in Meniere’s disease, marking the first designation of its kind f...
hearinghealthmatters.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
"SPI-1005 is an investigational drug containing ebselen, a new chemical entity that mimics and enhances glutathione peroxidase (GPx) activity. GPx1 plays a key role in repairing cellular injury in organs including the inner ear" hearinghealthmatters.org/hearing-news... #menieres #keeplistening
“These encouraging results from the first large-scale pediatric and adolescent and young adults (AYA) trial in Japan demonstrate that PEDMARK® can protect hearing without compromising cisplatin’s efficacy or introducing any concerning side effects.” hearinghealthmatters.org/hearing-news... #cancer
PEDMARK® Study in Japan Shows Significant Reduction in Cisplatin-Related Hearing Loss in Pediatric Patients | Hearing Health & Technology Matters
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — Fennec Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: FENC; TSX: FRX), a specialty pharmaceutical company, today announced positive topline results from the investigator-initiated Phase ...
hearinghealthmatters.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
“These encouraging results from the first large-scale pediatric and adolescent and young adults (AYA) trial in Japan demonstrate that PEDMARK® can protect hearing without compromising cisplatin’s efficacy or introducing any concerning side effects.” hearinghealthmatters.org/hearing-news... #cancer
“What was surprising was that they learned best in spaces with ‘just the right’ amount of echo – about 400 milliseconds of reverberation, which is typical of many modern spaces like lecture theatres.” hearingreview.com/inside-heari... #keeplistening
Study Reveals the ‘Goldilocks’ Echo That Boosts Speech Understanding
Researchers have discovered the human brain rapidly adapts to the acoustic characteristics of spaces, with speech understanding optimized in environments with a "Goldilocks" moderate amount of reverbe...
hearingreview.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
“What was surprising was that they learned best in spaces with ‘just the right’ amount of echo – about 400 milliseconds of reverberation, which is typical of many modern spaces like lecture theatres.” hearingreview.com/inside-heari... #keeplistening
“Our simulations show that the middle ear can cope surprisingly well until fluid fills about half its volume. Beyond that point, the system’s ability to transmit sound collapses.” hearingreview.com/hearing-loss... #keeplistening
Research Reveals New Clues to Middle-Ear Hearing Damage with Digital Reconstruction
A digital reconstruction study shows middle-ear hearing loss from otitis media becomes severe when fluid occupies about half the ear cavity.
hearingreview.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
“Our simulations show that the middle ear can cope surprisingly well until fluid fills about half its volume. Beyond that point, the system’s ability to transmit sound collapses.” hearingreview.com/hearing-loss... #keeplistening
"The proposed hearing test combines a smartphone with a customized clip-on pupillometer that measures the user’s pupils as a series of sounds play from an app. That data is then fed into software on the smartphone, including deep learning algorithms, to be analyzed." www.buffalo.edu/news/release...
New hearing loss test checks the eyes – not the ears
University at Buffalo spinout Auspex Medix advances AI-powered hearing test to help older adults thwart cognitive decline, Alzheimer’s.
www.buffalo.edu
December 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
"The proposed hearing test combines a smartphone with a customized clip-on pupillometer that measures the user’s pupils as a series of sounds play from an app. That data is then fed into software on the smartphone, including deep learning algorithms, to be analyzed." www.buffalo.edu/news/release...
"Figures estimate that there are 200-1,000+ Cajun descendants with the 'Acadian' variance, which means they are born deaf and gradually lose their sight." thecurrentla.com/2025/giving-... #cajun #louisiana #ushersyndrome #keeplistening
Giving voice to the ‘quiet Cajuns’
A new documentary spotlights the endurance and adaptability of Cajuns with genetic deaf-blindness.
thecurrentla.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"Figures estimate that there are 200-1,000+ Cajun descendants with the 'Acadian' variance, which means they are born deaf and gradually lose their sight." thecurrentla.com/2025/giving-... #cajun #louisiana #ushersyndrome #keeplistening
"Recreational noise exposure—especially from personal listening devices, gaming, concerts, and other loud environments—is a major and preventable driver of permanent hearing damage in teens." hearingreview.com/hearing-loss... (not sure the photo is appropriate!) #keeplistening
Study: One in Eight Teens Shows Signs of Hearing Damage by 18
A major study finds that by age 18, one in eight adolescents shows signs of noise-induced hearing damage and over 6% have sensorineural hearing loss.
hearingreview.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
"Recreational noise exposure—especially from personal listening devices, gaming, concerts, and other loud environments—is a major and preventable driver of permanent hearing damage in teens." hearingreview.com/hearing-loss... (not sure the photo is appropriate!) #keeplistening
"Bigras's study confirmed that hyperacusis can occur at frequencies above 8,000 Hz, which conventional tests don't measure. Therefore, testing at higher frequencies could become a new clinical evaluation tool." medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11... #hyperacusis #keeplistening
Hyperacusis: When everything sounds too loud
For most of us, the hum of a refrigerator, the clatter of plates or a nearby conversation are just background noise. But for some, these sounds are uncomfortable, distressing or even painful. Hyperacu...
medicalxpress.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:42 AM
"Bigras's study confirmed that hyperacusis can occur at frequencies above 8,000 Hz, which conventional tests don't measure. Therefore, testing at higher frequencies could become a new clinical evaluation tool." medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11... #hyperacusis #keeplistening
Emerging Research Grants Letters of Intent Due in ONE WEEK Dec 5 >> hearing/balance science, age-related hearing loss, Ménière’s disease, pain and/or loudness hyperacusis, tinnitus—$50,000 per year—PLUS auditory processing disorder awards at $100,000 per year. Due 11:59pm ET hhf.org/how-to-apply
Instructions for Applicants: Emerging Research Grants (ERG) Funding | Hearing and Balance Research — Hearing Health Foundation
Through the Emerging Research Grants (ERG) program, Hearing Health Foundation (HHF) provides seed money to researchers working on the entire spectrum of hearing research and balance research, includin...
hearinghealthfoundation.org
November 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Emerging Research Grants Letters of Intent Due in ONE WEEK Dec 5 >> hearing/balance science, age-related hearing loss, Ménière’s disease, pain and/or loudness hyperacusis, tinnitus—$50,000 per year—PLUS auditory processing disorder awards at $100,000 per year. Due 11:59pm ET hhf.org/how-to-apply
"Branda compares veteran hearing-aid programming to 'fine-tuning a graphic equalizer.' Research shows veterans often experience high-frequency damage from noise exposure, which reduces access to key consonant sounds and makes speech harder to interpret." www.military.com/feature/2025... #tinnitus
More Than Just a Ringing in the Ears
Hearing challenges like tinnitus and noise-related high-frequency loss affect many veterans long after their service ends, making everyday communication tiring and discouraging. In a recent conversati...
www.military.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
"Branda compares veteran hearing-aid programming to 'fine-tuning a graphic equalizer.' Research shows veterans often experience high-frequency damage from noise exposure, which reduces access to key consonant sounds and makes speech harder to interpret." www.military.com/feature/2025... #tinnitus
"most of our population are aware of the hygiene of the earphones but not the duration and level of sound. Therefore, it’s essential to raise awareness of the appropriate and correct way to use earphones." www.nature.com/articles/s41... @nature.com @natureportfolio.nature.com #keeplistening
Earphone use habits and their association with auditory and dermatologic complications - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Earphone use habits and their association with auditory and dermatologic complications
www.nature.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
"most of our population are aware of the hygiene of the earphones but not the duration and level of sound. Therefore, it’s essential to raise awareness of the appropriate and correct way to use earphones." www.nature.com/articles/s41... @nature.com @natureportfolio.nature.com #keeplistening