Difficulty distinguishing spoken words from background noise, called speech-in-noise hearing impairment, was associated with increased risk for Parkinson's disease (PD), with a 57% elevation in risk ...

Los Angeles County residents can now send text messages to 911 during an emergency, according to a Los Angeles Times report. The new system, called Text-to-911, helps people who are hearing-impaired, ...

Kenneth S. Henry (from left), a postdoctoral researcher, and Michael G. Heinz, an associate professor, of Purdue's Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences found that background noise ...

Plenty of people struggle to make sense of a multitude of converging voices in a crowded room. Commonly known as the 'cocktail party effect,' people with hearing loss find it's especially difficult to ...

The Yonsei University School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering in South Korea has developed an innovation that centers on delivering technology for assisting the hearing-impaired. This ...

BOSSIER PARISH, La. (KSLA) - Did you know you can text 911 services during an emergency? Communications leaders in Bossier Parish want to make sure you do. It’s called Text-to-911 and is has been ...