Audiology students create program to help older adults manage hearing loss
Students demonstrated that with minimal resources, providers can offer meaningful aural rehabilitation training for their patients.
Posts tagged as
Hearing Loss
Clearing up confusion about over-the-counter hearing aids
Dr. Sterling Sheffield offers advice on navigating the new hearing aid market.
UF findings may lead to new field of study in speech production among users of cochlear implants
The team is the first to demonstrate that a novel technology can effectively be used to assess speech development in children born deaf who received cochlear implants.
When it comes to hearing, diet may trump noise exposure
Dr. Christopher Spankovich and colleagues found a healthy diet may play a part in preventing hearing loss.
Hearing loss prevention drugs closer to reality thanks to new UF testing method
Dr. Colleen Le Prell has developed a new way to test hearing loss prevention drugs that could help land those medicines on pharmacy shelves sooner.
UF study: College students often miss mark when reporting ‘normal’ hearing
Some college students who think they have normal hearing may actually be overestimating their abilities. In a University of Florida study of college students who believed they had normal hearing, one-quarter did not have normal hearing sensitivity.