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1. The Facts on Alport Syndrome Alport Syndrome is an hereditary kidney disease which typically afflicts men more often than women. What is its cause? Is there a cure? My primary reason for this lens is personal: I want to keep track of everything I can find out about the disease...
2. Beethoven 1770-1827 Beethoven took music into new dimensions, breaking rules but always with good reason. His influence today is still huge. He suffered greatly because of deafness, a cruel twist of fate for a musician to suffer.Against all odds achieving much during hi...
3. Eh? What did you say? I suffer from hearing loss. Not mine, Bob's. It is so frustrating to have to repeat myself over and over. Does your partner yell instead of speaking? Perhaps he or she has hearing loss. Are you tired of being able to hear the television from the oth...
4. Marlee Matlin Marlee Beth Matlin was born on August 24, 1965, to Don and Libby Matlin; she was their third child. Marlee became deaf at the age of 18 months due to a bout with Roseola Infantum. and yet nothing stopped her! Marlee is also a spokeswoman for the Nat...
5. Medical and Health News RSS Feeds A list of Health and Medical RSS News Feeds from a range of sources covering many categories. I am still adding new feeds and news categories as I find them. Please feel free to rate your favorite news feeds and please add to the lists. Please let me...
6. DEAFWORLD - ASL Resources for Teachers, Students and Members of the Deaf Community My name is Jessica Eisler. My fascination with American Sign Language started when I was five-years-old. There were sign language interpreters at a large convention which I attended with my family. I sat transfixed, watching the interpreter's hands p...
7. Silent Night My Grandmother used a particular quote quite often; "I used to complain that my feet hurt until I met the man who didn't have any legs!" I mention that because that pretty much sums up how my entire family felt about hardships. My Parents had gone th...
8. Noise Induced Hearing Loss Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) is the loss of hearing as a direct result of noise. While some hearing loss can be due to illness, reaction to drugs, or other causes, NIHL comes about as a result of exposure to noise alone.
9. Hearing Loss Sound is measured by its loudness or intensity, measured in decibels (dB), and its frequency or pitch, measured in hertz (Hz). Hearing impairments can occur in either loudness or intensity, in only one ear or in both ears. Recognising hearing loss,...
10. Sign Language for Babies In this photo, a young mother signs "eat" to her baby. With time and repetition, the baby will come to associate his high chair and the sign with eating. Teaching your baby to use Sign Language is a terrific idea. Not only will it increase the bondi...
11. Hearing Disorders Dealing With The Social Stigma Of A Hearing Disorder Although there is no replacement to the help that a hearing aid gives to anyone who has a hearing disorder, it is a sad fact that there is a rampant social stigma associated with the use of hearin...
12. Living With a Deaf Ferret Did you know that ferrets can be deaf? It's not a terribly big problem with ferrets. But unfortunately ferrets can be born deaf. Below I tell of how to find out if your ferret is deaf and what you need to do to help your ferret cope
13. This or That? A hearing aid is an electroacoustic body worn apparatus which typically fits in or behind the wearer's ear, and is designed to amplify and modulate sound for the wearer. Earlier devices, known as an "ear trumpet" or "ear horn", were passive funnel-l...
14. Deaf Awareness What exactly is Deaf Awareness?
15. Types of Hearing Losses There are different types of hearing losses, depending on which part of the hearing pathway is affected. A audiologist will always try to localize where in the hearing pathway the problem lays. It is important to know as to determine the appropriate...