Hearing Loss

• ‘Hearing shouldn’t be for the privileged’: Family fights for cochlear implant coverage

  Cochlear implants are surgically implanted devices that provide a sense of hearing to profoundly deaf adults and children. They're expensive, and not equally funded in Canada.

  Canada

  May 24
  
• Winnipeg experts advise people to turn the tunes down amid rise in hearing issues

  The country is dealing with a rise in hearing issues as the population ages and more young people come to clinics with noise-related hearing problems.

  Health

  Mar 20
  
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• Manitoba announces hearing aid grants for seniors

  A new provincial government program will offer hearing aid grants of up to $2,000 to eligible Manitobans aged 65 years of age and over who suffer from hearing loss.

  Health

  Mar 2
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• How a life behind the mic made me paranoid about my hearing

  Thanks to the prevalence of headphones and personal music devices, around a billion young people around the world are in danger of severe hearing difficulties.

  Entertainment

  Dec 4, 2022
• U.S. FDA allows over-the-counter hearing aids in ‘milestone’ regulation

  The U.S. regulator said the new regulation cuts red tape by creating a new class of hearing aids that don't require a medical exam, a prescription and other specialty evaluations.

  Health

  Aug 16, 2022
• Manitoba government expands cochlear implant program to adults

  Manitoba is expanding its cochlear implant program to include adults. Those under the plan only have to pay 20 per cent of the retail cost of the implants.

  Health

  Jun 9, 2022
• Urban noise and the dangers to our health 

  As Canada’s population grows, so too do its big cities. With that growth comes urban noise, a serious public health threat that experts say doesn’t get the attention it should.

  Canada

  Mar 5, 2022
• Quebec company launches new Health Canada-compliant surgical mask for hearing loss community

  The pandemic and the use of windowless masks has resulted in communication breakdown for many people and not just those with hearing issues.

  Health

  Dec 9, 2020
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• COVID-19: Face masks spark ‘fear and anxiety’ among deaf, hard of hearing

  The coronavirus pandemic has revealed long-standing challenges for those who are deaf or having hearing loss.

  Health

  Aug 4, 2020
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• Google’s Live Transcribe app creator, Dimitri Kanevsky, has a Montreal connection

  Russian-born hearing-impaired American-based research scientist creates speech recognition app Live Transcribe to help communicate with his granddaughters.

  Canada

  Feb 10, 2020