Congenital Hearing Loss

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A hearing-impaired traveler says he was mistreated by a flight attendant due to his disability. The passenger, who was flying with Delta, says he was wearing a mask on a plane, but it briefly fell below his nose. He then claims he didn’t hear a warning from a flight attendant before he was confronted and eventually escorted off the plane. Andre Hilton says the incident occurred on a Delta flight out of Detroit last month. (iStock) Andre Hilton says the incident occurred on a Delta flight out of Detroit last month, WSB-TV 2 reports. Hilton claims that he wears hearing aids in both ears, and needed to continually pull his mask back up over his nose while waiting on the plane for takeoff. He says he was surprised when a flight attendant suddenly approached him. The attendant reportedly told Hilton that he was being warned for the final time about keeping his mask on, although Hilton says he never heard any previous warnings, possibly due to his impairment....

Share selection to: According to the World Health Organization, 466 million people globally experience disabling hearing loss. An even greater number of children and adults experience mild hearing loss which may impact their ability to communicate freely when conditions are not ideal. Around 466 million people globally experience disabling hearing loss. Picture: Getty Images But, if you can’t fully hear what’s being said – facial expressions and lip patterns can often help complete the message. Now, imagine if you rely on these elements of non-verbal communication in order to understand what someone is trying to tell you. Then, one day, their face is obscured by a mask. This has become the reality for many people with hearing impairment since COVID-19 face masks became a necessary part of our lives. Specialised skills key to helping deaf students thrive Read more Widespread use of face masks is a good thing for everyone as it helps prevent the spread of the virus. For most...

International centre for evidence for disability, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK & South Asia Centre for disability inclusive development & research of the Indian Institute of Public Health, Hyderabad of the Public Health Foundation of India are jointly conducting an online short course on ‘Public Health Planning for Hearing Impairment (PHPHI)’ from November 23 to December 4, 2020. Course highlights are: International and national experts in hearing care, nominal registration fee, scholarships for deserving candidates on a first-come-first-serve basis, group discount and certification from PHFI & LSHTM. Aim of this course is to enable participants to understand the magnitude and causes of hearing impairment and the challenges of providing hearing health in developing countries. The course will familiarise participants with public health approaches to ear and hearing care and show how to develop programmes for prevention and management. It is also to b...

October 19, 2020 1 min read ADD TOPIC TO EMAIL ALERTS Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Subscribe ADDED TO EMAIL ALERTS We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Back to Healio Individuals with visual and/or hearing impairments were at increased risk for cognitive decline and depression, according to results of a cross-sectional study published in JAMA Network Open. “The risk [for] visual and hearing impairments increases with age, and some emerging literature considers them risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia,” Hongguo Rong, PhD, of the China Center for Health Development Studies at Peking University in China, and colleagues wrote. “By 2050, it is estimated that more than 900 million people in the world will be living with clinica...

What do having little or no education, high blood pressure, untreated hearing impairment, smoking, obesity, depression, physical inactivity, diabetes, low social contact, head injuries, excessive alcohol consumption in midlife and air pollution exposure in later life have in common? They are risk factors for dementia and, according to The Lancet Commission on Dementia Prevention, Intervention and Care, if they’re reduced or eliminated, that could prevent or delay 40% of dementia cases worldwide. The commission upped its list of risk factors from nine to 12 recently, and they’re sounding a wake-up call. So listen up. It can help you make sure you and your loved ones do not have to contend with cognitive impairment as you grow older. They want to call your attention to lifestyle choices that damage cardio-cerebral health, increasing the risk of dementia: high blood pressure, inactivity, smoking, obesity, excess alcohol intake and air pollution exposure. Also risky are head in...

PEORIA, AZ (3TV/CBS 5)  -- A hard of hearing choir leader is in the running for a national award for his work to change the perceptions of what it means to have hearing loss. "When I was young, I had the Measles. And so when the Measles spread through the ears, it caused the inner-ear cilia basically to be destroyed," said Matt Deller. Matt lost about 90% of his hearing due to the Measles. "So I can hear, but it's a hard thing to do to understand speech. So I read lips." Matt's hearing impairment didn't stop a love for music. He started as a percussionist, then began directing a choir at a church in Washington. "I think God gave me a talent. I have a perfect pitch as well, which helps a lot," Matt said. "The best part is I read lips, so when I'm conducting a choir, and they're singing for me, I can tell where the mistakes are by watching the choir." Matt's now been directing choirs for about 20 years, ...

Dive Brief: An Indiana Subway franchisee violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when it refused to hire an applicant with a hearing impairment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in a lawsuit filed Sept. 23. The EEOC said Ranrae, Inc., which owns and operates a Subway store in Bloomington, Indiana, refused to hire the qualified applicant for an open sandwich artist position because of "a communication concern" due to the applicant’s "hearing" and "speaking." The agency's lawsuit requested back pay, compensatory and punitive damages, and a permanent injunction to prevent future discrimination in hiring, among other relief. Dive Insight: The ADA requires that employers provide reasonable accommodations to qualified workers and applicants, unless doing so creates undue hardship for the employer. Undue hardship means that the accommodation "is costly, compromises workplace safety, decreases workplace ef...

Dive Brief: A federal appeals court has revived a Union Pacific train conductor's Americans with Disabilties Act (ADA) lawsuit, saying that the employer's purported "extensive search" for accommodations never occurred ( Mlsna v. Union Pacific Railroad Co ., No. 19-2780 (7th Cir. Sept. 14, 2020)). Union Pacific maintained rules related to hearing safety that were stricter than federal regulations. Namely, it required certain employees to wear ear protection that met a certain standard. The plaintiff, however, had a hearing impairment and when wearing the usual protection, could not pass a hearing test. He suggested alternatives and the employer said it researched other options, to no avail. He was eventually fired and he sued, alleging Union Pacific failed to accommodate his impairment. A federal district court granted summary judgment for the employer, finding that the plaintiff had not shown that a reasonable jury could conclude that he could fulfill the essenti...

The game is pretty simple: trainers toss a frisbee and their furry friend runs to fetch it and bring it back, getting points for speed, distance covered and style. After hour upon hours of training, Finn and Rogue are ready to defend her title as one of the best canine athletes in the world.

This article was originally published here J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2020 Sep 18:gbaa166. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbaa166. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES: Hearing impairment is one of the most common disabilities among older people, and its prevalence will increase as the U.S. population ages. However, little is known about social disparities in onset or transitions into and out of hearing impairment, nor how these transitions impact years of life to be spent impaired. METHODS: We investigate the number of years an “average” person can expect to live with and without hearing impairment after age 50; sex, race, educational, and regional differences in these expectancies; and the implication of hearing impairment for remaining life expectancy. Bayesian multistate life table methods are applied to 9 waves of data from the Health and Retirement Study (1998-2014) to investigate social disparities in life expectancy with hearing impairment (n=20,200) for the general pop...

This article was originally published here J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2020 Sep 18:gbaa166. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbaa166. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES: Hearing impairment is one of the most common disabilities among older people, and its prevalence will increase as the U.S. population ages. However, little is known about social disparities in onset or transitions into and out of hearing impairment, nor how these transitions impact years of life to be spent impaired. METHODS: We investigate the number of years an “average” person can expect to live with and without hearing impairment after age 50; sex, race, educational, and regional differences in these expectancies; and the implication of hearing impairment for remaining life expectancy. Bayesian multistate life table methods are applied to 9 waves of data from the Health and Retirement Study (1998-2014) to investigate social disparities in life expectancy with hearing impairment (n=20,200) for the general pop...

Sep 14, 2020 5:00 PM ET iCrowd Newswire – Sep 14, 2020 Key Companies Covered in the Hearing Aids Market Research Report Are Cochlear Ltd., MED-EL, Widex A/S/, Sivantos Pte. Ltd, Starkey, GN Stire Nord A/S, Demand A/S, Sonova and other key market players. The global hearing aids market is projected to witness notable growth and reach USD 14.45 billion by the end of 2026 on account of the increasing issues of hearing impairment especially among the geriatric population. A hearing aid is a tiny electronic device that helps people to hear sounds at a higher intensity than normal. A recent report by Fortune Business Insights titled, “Hearing Aids Market Size, Share & Industry Analysis, By Product (Hearing Devices, Hearing Implants), By Patient Type (Adult, Pediatric), By Distribution Channel (OTC (Over the Counter), Medical Channel/ Hospital Pharmacies, Private Practice/ Retail Pharmacies) and Regional Forecast, 2019-2026,” the value of this market was USD 8.39 billion in the year 2...

My friend and mentor Jo Walker, who has died aged 91, was a specialist teacher of deaf people and an examiner for the British Association of Teachers of the Deaf (Batod). Born in Bradford, she was the daughter of Aquila Walker and his wife, Vera (whose maiden name was also Walker), both master confectioners. Jo went to Grange secondary school in Bradford and then in 1948 qualified as a teacher at Whitelands Training College in Putney, south London, where she characteristically rebelled against the policy of voice training sessions designed to remove her Yorkshire accent. Returning to Yorkshire for her first teaching post at Armley infants school in Leeds in 1950, Jo fairly soon chose to move out of the mainstream to teach people with hearing impairments, taking up a post, in 1953, at Odsal School for the Deaf in Bradford, where she gained her Batod diploma two years later. In 1956 she left Odsal to take up an offer to fly to Rome to teach the three children of an American oil execu...

A large cross-sectional cohort study of survivors of childhood cancers showed that more than one-third of patients treated with potentially ototoxic therapy experienced severe hearing impairment, with associated increased risks of deficits in verbal abilities, as well as executive functioning, and other cognitive skills. 1 These findingswere presented in JAMA Oncology . There is a substantial body of literature on the negative impact of hearing impairment occurring prior to the development of language skills on academic performance in children. However, few studies have assessed these measures in the setting of acquired hearing impairment despite known ototoxicity associated with many childhood cancer treatments, such as platinum-based chemotherapy and cranial radiotherapy (CRT). This study included 1520 childhood cancer survivor participants from the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort Study. All participants included in this analysis had to have survived at least 5 years following their o...

PANAJI: Chief minister Pramod Sawant's first online interaction with students on Friday was made accessible to students with hearing impairment. A sign language interpreter was brought on board and interpreted his speech and his responses to students questions during the hour long session. An appeal was made by activists for persons with disability to make the interaction accessible to persons with disabilities. Sawant said besides special schools for students with disabilities, the state government also has resource rooms available in schools so that slow learners can be integrated in the main stream.

BREAKTHROUGH: Quickly determining the cause of hearing impairments in newborns is crucial, as early treatment should start ‘as soon as possible’ By Yang Mien-chieh and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer Taipei Veterans General Hospital might have just taken the lead globally in completing a preliminary diagnosis for a hearing impairment in less than one week and allowing doctors to offer treatment. A hospital research team, headed by Department of Pediatric Medicine director Niu Dau-ming (牛道明), on Thursday said that they used Agena Bioscience’s MassARRAY system to examine up to many hundreds of single nucleotide polymorphisms per sample. Three to five of every 1,000 newborns have a congenital hearing impairment, statistics show. Taiwan follows the American Academy of Pediatrics’ 1-3-6 guidelines: screening by one month of age, diagnosis of hearing loss by three months of age and entry into early intervention services by six months of age. Niu and his team attem...

BREAKTHROUGH: Quickly determining the cause of hearing impairments in newborns is crucial, as early treatment should start ‘as soon as possible’ By Yang Mien-chieh and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer Taipei Veterans General Hospital might have just taken the lead globally in completing a preliminary diagnosis for a hearing impairment in less than one week and allowing doctors to offer treatment. A hospital research team, headed by Department of Pediatric Medicine director Niu Dau-ming (牛道明), on Thursday said that they used Agena Bioscience’s MassARRAY system to examine up to many hundreds of single nucleotide polymorphisms per sample. Three to five of every 1,000 newborns have a congenital hearing impairment, statistics show. Taiwan follows the American Academy of Pediatrics’ 1-3-6 guidelines: screening by one month of age, diagnosis of hearing loss by three months of age and entry into early intervention services by six months of age. Niu and his team attem...

Study results published in JAMA Oncology suggested that severe hearing impairment in childhood cancer survivors is associated with neurocognitive deficits independent of the neurotoxic treatment received. 1 Given these findings, researchers indicated that early screening and intervention for hearing impairment, including adherence to hearing aids and cochlear implants, neuropsychological consultation, and educational accommodations, may promote the development and maintenance of neurocognitive function and may also identify individuals at risk for future impairment. “Even patients not exposed to neurotoxic therapies who develop mild hearing deficits can have problems with their neurocognitive skills,” senior author Kevin Krull, PhD, of St. Jude Epidemiology and Cancer Control, said in a press release. 2 “This makes it important to identify these patients early and suggest interventions to help improve their hearing and thus their neurocognitive outcomes.” In this cross-sectional ...