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WASHINGTON, June 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- During National Employee Wellness Month, the Better Hearing Institute (BHI) is urging employers to make hearing health a key aspect of their workplace wellness initiatives, the institute announced today. A growing body of research links hearing loss to several costly chronic diseases--including heart disease, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and Alzheimer's disease. Studies also link hearing loss to a three-fold risk of falling among...

Deaf-Blindness didn't stop with Helen Keller. People who experience combined vision and hearing losses are in need of highly specialized services. The Helmsley Trust's gift of $6 million will substantially increase the number of professionals capable of working with this unique population. (PRWEB) May 23, 2012 The Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults (HKNC) has received a $6 million gift from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust. Operated...

WARRENVILLE, Ill., May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Former US Olympian Jim Ryun set the record for the mile as a high school junior, competed in three US Olympics and held a seat in Congress from 1996-2007. Now he's partnered with Hear the World and Special Olympics to set another record: the overall number of people in the US who take care of their hearing health. About Healthy Athletes, Healthy HearingHealthcare outcomes data show that people with intellectual disabilities are...

Hearing loss in the workplace creates a number of problems and has a high price tag. Including hearing health in workplace wellness programs yields significant improvements and cost savings. Middletown, Ohio (PRWEB) May 13, 2012 Hearing Loss in the Work Place According to the Better Hearing Institute, more than 34 million Americans suffer from hearing loss and roughly 60% of them are in the workforce. Numerous studies have linked untreated hearing loss to increased worker absenteeism and...

WASHINGTON, May 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Better Hearing Institute is joining the American Tinnitus Association (ATA) in recognizing National Tinnitus Awareness Week (TAW), May 13 to 19, 2012, and is raising awareness of hearing aids as a potential therapy to help quiet chronic "ringing in the ears." According to a BHI study published in Hearing Review, 43.5 percent of people with tinnitus were helped at least mildly with hearing aids. And 3 out of 10 were helped...

The genetics responsible for frequency-specific hearing loss have remained elusive until recently, when genetic loci were found that affected high-frequency hearing. Now, a study published today in the open access journal BMC Genetics reports, for the first time, genetic loci with effects that are limited to specific portions of the hearing frequency map, particularly those that are most affected in aging-related hearing loss. Presbycusis is the loss of hearing for high-pitched sounds that...

WASHINGTON, April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Better Hearing Institute (BHI) is urging employers to make hearing health a key aspect of their workplace wellness initiatives, the institute announced today. A growing body of research links hearing loss to several costly chronic diseases; a three-fold risk of falling; increased absenteeism; and reduced productivity in the workplace. In recognition of Better Hearing Month, BHI is urging employers to recognize the financial toll that...

Previous concerns about complications of cochlear implantation in FAO patients were not seen using newer surgical techniques Clinical-researchers from University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center report that cochlear implantation provides an effective and safe way of restoring hearing in patients with far advanced otosclerosis (FAO), a hereditary condition that can lead to severe hearing loss. "This is the first study to demonstrate that cochlear implants provide robust and long-term...

The Audiology and Dentistry Sciences are two new key health categories covered by the Sciences Social Network ScienceIndex.com. The users of the website monitor nearly 50 scientific Audiology and Dentistry Sciences journals and submit the most significant scientific results of these journals for inclusion in ScienceIndex.com. ScienceIndex.com was established in 1998 to index the very latest news, headlines, references and resources from science journals, books and websites worldwide. The...

BRISBANE, Australia, April 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Acoustiblok USA announced this week that it has teamed with Stephen Nolan of Brisbane to be the sound abatement material company's main distributor for Australia. Developed to address a lack of effective and available soundproofing material options in Australia, Nolan saw the opportunity to make Acoustiblok products available to Australians who are ready to address noise pollution problems in their homes and communities. "Not...