The Sounding Board

In 1927, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association designated May as Better Hearing and Speech Month. Raising awareness about hearing and speech challenges and reminding people to get their hearing checked is …

Working with hearing loss can present challenges, and the pandemic changed the way we work. Forty-five percent of full-time U.S. employees worked from home either all (25%) or part of …

The modern world is loud and if it's loud enough it can damage your hearing. Noise-induced hearing loss is typically caused by exposure to excessively loud sounds or from listening …

The most common complaint from people living with hearing loss is difficulty hearing and understanding speech in background noise. Background noise is present in almost all situations, with the impact …

Hearing loss is the third most common chronic physical condition in the United States, twice as prevalent as diabetes or cancer. It's also one of the few modifiable risk factors …

The pandemic has brought grief, frustration, fear, and isolation to many over the last 18 months. However, it also brought growth, change, and progress to our lives in record time …

The recent pandemic has had a major impact on the way we access healthcare. Telehealth, or using digital information and communication technologies (computers and mobile devices) to access health care …

Did you know that the word deaf and Deaf (with a capital D) mean two different things? Most of us are familiar with deaf as a general term used to …

On July 9th President Biden signed a broad-reaching executive order designed to promote competition in the American Economy and establish fair, open, and competitive marketplaces for American businesses and consumers …

Have you ever noticed a ringing or buzzing in your ear when the world around you was silent? For some people, it is a swishing or clicking sound. Many might …