MedlinePlus: Hearing Disorders and Deafness


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From the National Institutes of Health
Hearing Loss (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
Ten Ways to Recognize Hearing Loss (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
Also available in: Spanish

Overviews
Hearing Loss (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
Hearing Loss (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
Also available in: Spanish

Anatomy/Physiology
Atlas of the Body: The Ear (American Medical Association)
How Hearing & Balance Work (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
Slide Show: How You Hear (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)

Diagnosis/Symptoms
Five Minute Hearing Test (American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery)
Hearing Problems (American Academy of Family Physicians)
Understanding Your Audiogram (American Academy of Audiology)

Treatment
Cochlear Implants (Food and Drug Administration)
Cochlear Implants (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
Digital Hearing Aids: Current "State-of-the-Art" (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
Frequently Asked Questions about Hearing Aids (American Academy of Audiology)
Hearing Aids (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
Also available in: Spanish
JAMA Patient Page: Cochlear Implants (American Medical Association)
What Are Assistive Listening Devices or "ALDs"? (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)

Clinical Trials
ClinicalTrials.gov: Deafness (National Institutes of Health)
ClinicalTrials.gov: Hearing Disorders (National Institutes of Health)

Specific Conditions
American Sign Language (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
Auditory Neuropathy (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease (AIED) (American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery)
Bilateral Vestibulopathy (American Hearing Research Foundation)
Captions for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Viewers (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
Earwax (American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery)
Hearing Loss and Bone Disorders (Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases-National Resource Center)
How Deaf People Communicate (Gallaudet University, Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center)
Medication Effects on Hearing (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
Also available in: Spanish
Otosclerosis (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
Perforated Eardrum (American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery)
Sudden Deafness (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
Also available in: Spanish
Test Your Sense of Pitch (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders) - requires Windows Media Player
Types of Hearing Loss (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
Use of Vaccines for the Prevention of Meningitis in Persons with Cochlear Implants (National Immunization Program)
Waardenburg Syndrome (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)

Prevention/Screening
Choose the Hearing Protection That's Right for You (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)
Have WISE EARS! For Life: Protect Yourself and Your Family from Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
Also available in: Spanish
Hearing Screening (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
Also available in: Spanish
Noise and Hearing Protection (American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery)

Coping
Adult Aural Rehabilitation (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing: Tips for Working with Your Doctor (American Academy of Family Physicians)
Frequently Asked Questions about FCC Provisions for People with Disabilities (Federal Communications Commission)
Getting Through: Talking to a Person Who Is Hard of Hearing (American Academy of Audiology)

Related Issues
Hearing Loss: A Side Effect of Medication? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)

Research
Communication and Perceptions of Health Care: Observations and Suggestions from Persons Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (American College of Physicians)
Early Diagnosis of Usher Syndrome Type 1 Made Possible by New Findings (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
Methotrexate Not Effective in Maintaining Improvements in Hearing Gained from Prednisone (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
Researchers Discover Mechanism Underlying Stereocilia Self-Renewal (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
Researchers Use Gene Therapy to Grow New Hair Cells in Mammals (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)

Genetics
Genetics Home Reference: Alström syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
Genetics Home Reference: Collagenopathy, types II and XI (National Library of Medicine)
Genetics Home Reference: Nonsyndromic deafness (National Library of Medicine)
Genetics Home Reference: Otospondylomegaepiphyseal dysplasia (National Library of Medicine)
Genetics Home Reference: Pendred syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
Genetics Home Reference: Stickler syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
Genetics Home Reference: Waardenburg syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
Genetics Home Reference: Weissenbacher-Zweymüller syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
Genes and Disease: Deafness (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
Genes and Disease: Pendred Syndrome (National Center for Biotechnology Information)

Dictionaries/Glossaries
NIDCD Glossary (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)

Directories
Directory of Organizations (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders) - lists organizations that focus on health issues relating to hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech, and language
Find a Professional: Online Directory of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Programs (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
Find an Audiologist (American Academy of Audiology)
Resources about Hearing Loss, Cochlear Implants, and Meningitis (National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities) - Links to PDF File

Law and Policy
Employment Rights of People with Communication Disabilities (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
Status of State Universal Newborn and Infant Hearing Screening Legislation and Laws (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
Telecommunications Relay Services and National 711 (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)

Statistics
Prevalence and Incidence of Hearing Loss in Adults (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)

Teenagers
Hearing Impairment (Nemours Foundation)

Seniors
Hearing Loss and Older Adults (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
Also available in: Spanish
Presbycusis (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
Also available in: Spanish
What You Should Know about Hearing Loss (American Academy of Audiology)

Other Languages
Im Lang Vang (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders) - Links to PDF File - In Vietnamese

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