Johnson County Department of Health and Environment (JCDHE), located within the Kansas City metropolitan region, is offering the DPP lifestyle change program in ASL to bridge the language gap that can traditionally hamper efforts to provide health-related services to the hearing-impaired community.
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The charity issued the warning after its new analysis of the Department for Education’s 2018 exam results for pupils up to the age of 19. It showed that just 44% of deaf pupils achieve two A-levels or equivalent, compared to 63% of hearing pupils.
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The PARCA-R is recommended for routine use in the UK to screen for cognitive and language developmental delay in children born preterm and can be completed by parents in 10 to 15 minutes.
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AB 598, authored by Assemblymember Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica), would require private health insurance companies to cover the costs of hearing aids for children.
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The research is part of a 5-year, $9 million grant awarded from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to USF’s Global Center.
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More recent research, published in the “Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)” and summarized in a “Forbes” article, showed a lower volume of white matter in the brains of those government employees stationed in Cuba as compared to healthy controls with no history of exposure to sonic injury.
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In a segment on CBS News’ ‘Sunday Morning’ show, contributor and Yahoo Finance tech critic David Pogue examines the low rate of hearing aid adoption in comparison to the percentage of people over 70 with hearing difficulties.
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The Minnesota Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Division’s (DHHSD) website—funded with $88,000 set aside by the Legislature in 2017, according to the “Tribune” article—provides information on grants, assistive technology, and training as well as American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters, mentors, and support groups.
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Researchers from the National Taiwan Normal University in Taipei looked at over 16,000 men and women, and found that a new hearing loss diagnosis more than doubled dementia risk in the next 12 years.
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This software update is said to enhances the Lantos 3D Scanning System, making it “faster and easier” to use to map the anatomy of the ear for the production of personalized hearing enhancement and protection solutions.
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Still located at www.sensaphonics.com, the new site features a “sleek, modern design with enhanced shopping functionality,” according to the company’s announcement.
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Website visitors are invited to cast their vote for the 12 finalists who represent the “best of the best” from this year’s nominations in each of four categories— Student, Adult, Advocacy, and Practitioner.
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The proteins, described in a report published June 12 in “eLife,” may hold a key to future therapies to restore hearing in people with irreversible deafness. An article summarizing the research was published on the Johns Hopkins Medicine website.
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According to Natus, the program will be rolled out gradually in close collaboration between local parties in markets where Otoscan is already commercially available.
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Furey was most recently Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Spark Therapeutics, a global gene therapy developer. This appointment will be effective at the next meeting of the board of directors of the company, in September 2019.
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