Last month, Mattel released a Barbie doll with hearing aids. She wears a floral dress, pink boots and has her hair in a ponytail. Two over-the-ear hearing aids are visible. The assistive devices might ...

YouTube star MrBeast posted a video about helping 1,000 deaf people hear again. Dividing users, this is the second time since January that he's been accused of 'inspiration porn.' Elon Musk Tweets in ...

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Typically, infants with hearing loss are first treated with hearing aids, and if these fail to help them develop early language and speech skills, they then become eligible for cochlear implants at 12 ...

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MrBeast is facing backlash again. After being accused by one writer of posting “inspiration porn” in his latest video, Elon Musk came to the YouTube star’s defense. In his most recent video — titled ...

Cochlear implants are not always recommended for infants with hearing loss and developmental delays, but new research suggests their use could be expanded. Cochlear implants generally are recommended ...

Through Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services in Grand Rapids, the West Michigan Deaf community is receiving vital resources and programs provided by charitable organizations in the area.

A six-year-old deaf dog has found a best friend in his adopted family's son, who has also lost his hearing. The pair were immediately "inseparable," and son Walker is "wearing his hearing aids all the ...

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A deaf woman says she has achieved her “dreams” after being featured wearing a designer cochlear implant in British Vogue. Imy Harris was born “profoundly deaf” meaning she had no hearing from birth ...

“No deaf person should have to go through this,” Shannon Heroux said. Her lawyer says the incident indicates a "massive lack of training." A California woman says she couldn’t get service at a Dunkin’ ...