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'Switched at Birth' airs groundbreaking episode tonight
ABC Family will make history tonight, airing an episode of “Switched at Birth” completely in American Sign Language, with subtitles for hearing viewers. It's something the network says has never been done before on scripted, mainstream...
Tags: Washington, DC, Gallaudet University, ABC Family (tv network)
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Young children should have hearing tested more frequently: study
Parul Bhatia, a pediatrician at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, remembers the patient well. The girl was 3 years old and profoundly deaf. Even though she had failed a hearing test at birth, she hadn’t been treated for hearing loss....
Tags: David Geffen, Medical Procedures and Tests, Hospitals and Clinics, Pediatrics
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Hearing loss, cognitive decline associated in older people, study says
Hearing loss among older adults appears to be associated with faster cognitive decline than people without hearing loss, researchers found. The study published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine on Monday suggests that, on average, individuals with...Tags: Internal Medicine, Health and Medical Professionals, Internists, Alzheimer's Disease
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Hearing loss partially reversed in noise-damaged ears of mice
Anyone who’s gone to too many rock concerts or worked with loud machinery for too long (or listened to too many kazillion-decibel advertisements at a movie theater) may eventually pay the price: hearing loss caused by damage to tiny, sound-...
Tags: Harvard Medical School, Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend
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Meredith's offer to Nurse Aria over the flu puts Hanna and Emily on high alert
Scopin' The SoapsBOLD AND BEAUTIFUL: When Maya, a woman from Dayzee's past, confronted her about what she had left behind, Dayzee tried to hide her worries from Marcus. After walking in on Hope and Liam's private evening, Taylor warned Brooke that she won't allow Steffy...Tags: Time (magazine), Flu
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Device for the hearing impaired uses bone, not air, to conduct sound
marieg@herald-mail.comNothing can prepare a person for living in silence. After all, the world is filled with sound — car horns beeping, babies crying, conversations and music bouncing off the walls of a noisy restaurant. But sometimes, those sounds disappear, either...Tags: Physiology, Internal Medicine, Medical Procedures and Tests, University of Maryland Medical Center, Hospitals and Clinics
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Geneva girl prompts ESPN anchor's fundraising
When Eliza Peters dribbles the ball up the basketball court, listens to the cheering crowd or takes direction from her coach on the sideline, she does so with the help of two tiny hearing aids covered in silver sparkles. The devices help the 12-year-old...
Tags: Spain, Big Ten Network (tv network), ESPN (tv network)
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Scholarship available for deaf student
The Maryland State Grange has announced the availability of a deaf scholarship for the 2013-14 school year. Individuals who are hearing impaired or preparing to work with the hearing impaired are urged to apply. Applicants must meet one of the...Tags: Awards and Prizes
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Blankner registrar wins Support Person of the Year award
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelSheryl Scherr, the registrar at Orange County's Blankner School, has been named the district's Support Person of the Year for 2013. Scherr, who has worked at Blankner for 16 years, serves as the school's homeless liaison and works closely with students... -
Del. Neil C. Parrott seeking anonymity for petition signers
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comDel. Neil C. Parrott stirred up the state last year by creating a website to collect signed petitions, forcing laws such as the ones on same-sex marriage and in-state tuition for illegal immigrants onto the ballot in the November election. And...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Laws, Nancy Jacobs, Annapolis, Washington, DC
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Dr. William F. House dies at 89; championed cochlear implant
Dr. William F. House, a dentist-turned-ear specialist who 50 years ago defied the medical establishment and many advocates for the hearing impaired to champion an implantable device, now widely accepted, that made everyday sounds audible to the profoundly...
Tags: NASA, World War II (1939-1945), Skin Cancer, Dentistry and Dental Health, Tom Hanks
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Is diabetes linked to hearing loss?
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Diabetes has already been tied to an increased risk of kidney and cardiovascular troubles, nerve damage and vision loss, and now a new study finds diabetics to be more than twice as likely as those without the disease to have...Tags: Medical Research, Mayo Clinic, Hormones and Metabolism, Diabetes, Physiology
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