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Untreated Hearing Loss May Lead to Depression and Dementia

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Hearing loss is often neglected since there are no visible symptoms associated with it. But it can lead to some serious psychological and mental issues. People who are suffering hear loss have a...

Hearing Aids that allow you to actually Listen

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People in their middle age often begin suffering from some degree of hearing loss. And as you approach senescence the number may go up to the point where half the old timers are hard of hearing....

Hearing Aids Smartphone App is Wonderful

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A series of new smartphone apps help the aurally-impaired hear sounds that never reached them before. The hook up with hearing aids and increase the volume of the devices. And the really good thing...

Apple Develops First ‘Made for iPhone’ Hearing Aids in Collaboration with GN Store Nord

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While Denmark may not be such a large or powerful country, it has more aces up its sleeve than meet the eye. This small nation makes half the hearing aids used on a global level. And as baby boomers...

Way Sexier than a Hearing Aid

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In an extraordinary fusing of textiles and robotics, the Flutter functional garment was design to aid individuals with hearing impairments “feel” the sounds of the world around them. Within the cotton and polyester dress lies an inner framework of microphones and vibrating leaflets that detect the direction of sound. Leaflets nearest the sound are triggered to flutter in that direction, giving the wearer an alternative sensory awareness of their surroundings.

Designer: Halley Profita

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