At a campus often known for its large Deaf community, guest speaker and NCOD Academic Advisor Zachary Lotane challenged non-Deaf students, faculty and staff to step up, support and ensure that their ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Every day, we encounter different obstacles, and for some, these obstacles make it harder for them to hear the world around them. September is recognized as Deaf Awareness Month, ...

Deafness represents a profound hearing loss affecting approximately half a million Americans, creating significant communication challenges. People experiencing deafness might hear absolutely nothing ...

Approximately 430 million people live with disabling hearing loss, and 26 million individuals are affected by congenital hearing loss, with 60% of cases attributed to genetic factors. Given the large ...

On Nov. 4, Gastonia’s Rotary Centennial Pavilion will host another awareness walk, and this one has a twist. The organization hosting SignFest, Nita’s Silent Hands, will provide ear plugs for hearing ...

These are some common causes of hearing loss, but there may be other factors or conditions that also contribute to it. What are the three types of hearing loss? In the field of audiology, hearing loss ...

Pendred syndrome is an important cause of congenital hearing loss in children and is believed to be underdiagnosed. Finding the gene is the beginning of a better basic understanding of syndromes ...

Click on the images for more information. Dye, M.W.G., & Terhune-Cotter, B. (2023). Development of visual sustained selective attention and response inhibition in ...

For those born with certain types of congenital deafness, the cochlear implant has been a positive and enabling technology.