Hearing loss reportedly affects more than 36 million Americans. Although hearing problems are commonly associated with the normal aging process, more than half of all hearing-impaired persons are younger than 65. With the increased use of personal audio devices and earbuds, the number of Americans experiencing hearing loss at a younger age is growing.
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A great-grandmother who survived breast cancer died after suffering a rare allergic reaction after a hearing aid fitting.
Doctors at Bradford Royal Infirmary could not save Mary Elizabeth Hibbitt, 83, after she contracted an infection through cracks in her skin, an inquest in Bradford heard yesterday.
Mrs Hibbitt, of Tyersal Garth, Tyersal, Bradford, who had beaten breast [...]

YouTube have, at long last, added subtitle/caption support to their videos. Their blog says that they hope this will makes the videos they host more accessible to more people, including the deaf and hard of hearing.
You can add subtitles to a video you have uploaded by uploading a closed caption file using the “Captions and [...]

A website has been launched exploring the journey of a profoundly deaf Scot who cycled to the Arctic Circle.
Edinburgh-based artist and filmmaker Matt Hulse has created the interactive website about James Duthie’s journey in advance of a feature film he is making.
Mr Duthie, also known as Dummy Jim because he was mute, covered 3000 miles [...]

This is cool. A company called Good Morning Design have produced hearing aid packaging for Widex that produces what looks like a moving sound wave when the box is opened. Not only that, apparently the sound wave represents someone saying Widex’s “High Definition Hearing” slogan.