| DID YOU KNOW... | | According to the National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) more than 112,000 people worldwide have received cochlear implants. In the United States, roughly 23,000 adults and 15,500 children have received them.
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: Our Story Relationships and Hearing Loss
Saturday, April 29 @ 19:51:20 PDT by silentears (2749 reads) |  ileneraku writes "It started off with comments like "you never listen to me", "why aren't you answering me", "I told you already", "how many times do I have to repeat myself", "you're mumbling, talk up". He blamed me and I blamed him.
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: MedBio's Breakthrough Technology
Saturday, April 08 @ 00:10:24 PDT by silentears (2891 reads) | April 12, 2006 MEDBIO RESEARCH CENTRE of Honolulu, Hawaii announced today that their new hardware and software technology allows the price of their Speak ‘n Read (SNR) assistive listening device to be reduced from $5,995.00 to just $2,995.00.
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: Could It Be Hyperacusis?
Saturday, August 27 @ 03:41:32 PDT by silentears (8132 reads) | Submitted by Janice Ashby
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Facts About Deafness
Tuesday, May 10 @ 01:04:51 PDT by silentears (18203 reads) | | The U.S. Department of Health and Human Service's National Health Interview Survey for 2004 found that "overall, 16% of the adult population in the United States experienced some hearing difficulty without a hearing aid (defined as "a little trouble," "alot of trouble," or "deaf"). Men were more likely to experience hearing trouble (19.3%) than were women (13.6%)."
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) approximates that 17 percent (36 million) Americans report some degree of hearing loss.
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