A new map shows unexpected patterns in hearing loss across the US, highlighting the impact of geography, jobs, and age.

Researchers at the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) of the University of Chicago, with funding from the Centers for ...

Evidence proves practical lifestyle adjustments add years of well-being.

Reporting in the Washington Post, Leana S. Wen, ...

New research links prolonged loud video gaming to permanent hearing loss and persistent tinnitus (ear-ringing). The study calls attention to the sensory risk recreational video gaming imposes on its three billion fans worldwide.

• The study ...

Researchers at Maastricht University in the Netherlands have identified modifiable factors, like hearing health and vitamin levels, that may prevent young-onset cognitive decline and dementia.

• Your 30s and 40s present a window to reduce ...

Researchers at the University of Washington have developed "semantic hearing" technology that blends noise cancellation with customizable sound filtering.

The experimental technology uses deep-learning algorithms on a connected smartphone ...

New research confirms that repeated early childhood ear infections if left untreated, can considerably impact children's auditory processing and verbal skills later on.

University of Florida scientists assessed over 100 children ages 5-10, finding ...

Astrophysicist Jason Nordhaus of the Rochester Institute of Technology has secured a $313,000 National Science Foundation grant to boost underrepresented groups in physics research.

His initiative connects promising deaf, hard-of-hearing, and ...

New research shows that training your brain using a smartphone app can reduce tinnitus, the perception of sound without an external source.

Tinnitus is irritating and intrusive and can't be turned off as long as the brain focuses on it—and focusing ...

Adults can now buy certain types of hearing aids without a prescription. But for children, over-the-counter hearing aids risk delays in brain and language-skills development.

What to know: Pediatric audiologists play a crucial ...