The nation's growing wealth and an expanding awareness of implant surgery mean an education and productive future for many deaf children, writes Philip Wen in Beijing.
Bound Brook’s Nicole Minerd looks for a sign from her coach before stepping in the batter’s box. / AUGUSTO F. MENEZES/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Bound Brook’s Nicole Minerd connects for a hit during a game on Monday.
Bound Brook’s Nicole Minerd looks for a sign from her coach before stepping in the batter’s box. / AUGUSTO F. MENEZES/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Bound Brook’s Nicole Minerd connects for a hit during a game on Monday.
Bound Brook’s Nicole Minerd looks for a sign from her coach before stepping in the batter’s box. / AUGUSTO F. MENEZES/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Bound Brook’s Nicole Minerd connects for a hit during a game on Monday.
In high school, fitting in is difficult enough. Many teenagers just want to be like "everyone else" and not to be labeled as "different." But imagine navigating those years without sound.
Second world war hero Kenneth Broom was discharged as medically unfit from the army in 1950 because of his severe hearing loss, and by 1971 he had become stone deaf.
A former army bandsman, deafened after being blown up three times by the Nazis, has heard birds singing this spring for the first time in 60 years after a life-changing operation.
A former army bandsman, deafened after being blown up three times by the Nazis, has heard birds singing this spring for the first time in 60 years after a life-changing operation.
A former army bandsman, deafened after being blown up three times by the Nazis, has heard birds singing this spring for the first time in 60 years after a life-changing operation.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 28 (UPI) -- Learning how the inner ear processes sound could lead to devices that help people with profound hearing loss hear better in noisy places, U.S. scientists say.
