Hearing

Better Hearing, Breathing and Hearts
The Breastfeeding Book: Everything You Need to Know About Nursing Your Child
by Martha Sears, R. N., William Sears, M. D.
Not only do breastfed infants think, grow, and see better, but they are also likely to hear better. Being able to hear well is necessary for language development, so this benefit of breastfeeding is very important. The reason breastfeeding promotes health

The Many Tolls of Hearing Loss
Save Your Hearing Now
by Michael D. Seidman, M.D., FACS, Marie Moneysmith
Most of us have had little misunderstandings when words weren't heard correctly. But when these incidents become a regular part of the day, hearing loss could be to blame.

A Handbook of Health
by Woods Hutchinson
Structure of the Ear. Next after sight, hearing is our most important sense; without it, speaking, and consequently reading and writing, would be impossible. Man learned to speak by hearing the sounds made by other people and things, and then by listening

Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
by George M. Gould, M.D., Walter L. Pyle, M.D.
The folly of the practice of boxing children's ears, and the possible disastrous results subsequent to this punishment, are well exemplified throughout medical literature. Stewart quotes four cases of rupture of the tympanum from boxing the ears

Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools
by Francis M. Walters
Man is a social being. His inclinations are not to live alone, but to be a part of that great human organization known as society. For men to work together, to be mutually helpful one to another, requires the ability to exchange ideas

Hearing Loss Explained
by National Institute on Aging
Hearing loss is one of the most common conditions affecting older adults. Roughly one-third of Americans over 60 and 40 to 50 percent of those 75 and older have hearing loss. People with hearing loss find it difficult to talk with friends and family.

Test Your Baby's Hearing: Early Detection Important for Speech and Language Development
by National Institute of Health
Most children hear and listen from birth. But that's not true for all children. In fact, about two or three out of every 1,000 children in the United States are born deaf or hard-of-hearing. More lose their hearing later during childhood.

Understanding Hearing Loss
by CDC
Before we can understand hearing loss, we must first understand what hearing entails. When we hear sounds, we really are interpreting patterns of movement of air molecules. We can describe sounds in terms of their frequency (or pitch) and intensity

Newborn Hearing Screening and Testing
by CDC
All infants should be screened for hearing loss before 1 month of age, preferably before leaving the birth hospital. The age of a child when a hearing loss is diagnosed is important to the development of the child's speech, language, cognitive

Age-Related Hearing Loss
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Learn how people can overcome the gradual loss of hearing that occurs as they age. The popular notion that older people are 'hard of hearing' is often true. Hearing loss occurs gradually in most people as they age.

How to Lessen the Severity of Age-Related Hearing Loss
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Doctors know that hearing aids, telephone amplifiers, and medical evaluations can help individuals with hearing impairment avoid social isolation and other problems associated with hearing difficulties.

Hearing Loss and Noise
by Health Canada
Some studies suggest that many teenagers and young adults have already experienced permanent hearing loss caused by exposure to excessive noise from a variety of leisure activities.

Aging and Hearing Loss
by National Institute on Aging
About one-third of Americans between the ages of 65 and 74 have hearing problems. About half the people who are 85 and older have hearing loss. Whether a hearing loss is small (missing certain sounds) or large (being profoundly deaf)

Protect Your Hearing
by National Institute of Health
Many years ago, a high school sophomore went to his first rock concert with his buddies. They stayed up late, ecstatic with the excitement of the teeming crowd, overwhelmed by the driving, booming beat.