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I have a question about the different aids that use frequency transposition or compression or whatever. My son (age 6) has been wearing Phonak Naidas for 4 years now, and he's due for a new pair. I figured we'd just get the newest Naidas and be fine, but then I read this article: Hearing Aid...

I heard a story on the radio this afternoon which made me pretty angry. Ok, really angry. It was about a woman who lost her hearing due to her work as a military pilot (noise damage, surprise). She was sent home hard of hearing, retrained to work in a daycare, and then lost her hearing. So, in...

Can someone point me to a reliable source of unbiased information on the success/failure rates of CI? I've seen all the miracle success stories, and the implant failure stories. But are there any straight-up stats available on success/failure rates? What frequencies do CIs cover? Do they go...

The Dalmatian Club of America (which is endorsed by the American Kennel Club) advocates killing any dalmatian found to be deaf. Here's their position on the issue: Edited for brevity, read the whole thing here: Dalmatian Club of America Position on Dalmatian Deafness I find this so horrifying I...

Possibly a dumb question, but everyone's in a meeting here so there's no one around I can ask... what is the sign for "champ" ? It seems to come up a lot! thanks :) jb

My son is hh, moderately-severe to profound, sloping (we figure he has a cochlear deazone around 3000-4000hz), and so far he's doing really great in school, great with reading and language and motor skills etc. etc., but his handwriting is atrocious and illegible and he gets upset if you even...

Participants needed for Focus Group in Toronto (Canada)! Have you ever tried to watch videos on the internet and been frustrated by poor-quality captions – or maybe there were no captions at all? CHS is developing a captioning service for digital media (web videos etc.), and we need your...

hi there, i'm new to all deaf although i've lurked on and off for a while... i'm hearing, but my son is hard of hearing (sloping, moderately-severe to profound), was identified as a baby, and has had bilateral aids since he was 4 months old. he's now 5 years old and in junior kindergarten -...