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The risk of cutaneous squamous-cell carcinoma (skin cancer) recurring or spreading around the body is increased when tumour thickness exceeds 6.0 mm or when desmoplastic growth*...

Echolocation is a method of perceiving the world by emitting noises, then listening to the reflections of these noises off objects in the environment. Animals use echolocation…

Childrens Music Star Justin Roberts To Give First Ever Listen To Your Buds Concerts Rockville, MD July 14, 2008 The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Parents…

Findings Could Help Scientists Study ConsciousnessPeople with tune deafness arent able to tell when a musician accidentally strikes the wrong note in a song, but their brains…

Researchers at the University of Washington recently published the results of a study conducted on zebra fish those freshwater staples of any home aquarium. These zebra have…

ASHA submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Education in response to its notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would make changes to the No Child Left Behind (NCLB)...

Dr. Marsha Green’s quest to regulate ocean noise impacts ~Rob Parsons June 26, 2008 The world’s oceans are reeling under a myriad of impacts. A large part of this is to man’s…

June 12, 2008 – Reno, Nevada: Mark Ross, Ph.D., received the Hearing Loss Association of America’s (HLAA) Lifetime Achievement Award during the Opening Session of HLAA’s co…

Oklahoma City, June 23, 2008 Explosions. Jet engines. Bursts of gunfire.In todays military, soldiers can be hurt by more than just bullets, and one very sensitive area has un…

June 10, 2008- Smoking is a risk factor in the development of age-related hearing loss, one of the largest ever studies into risk factors for hearing loss has found.The study led…

Study highlights:Patients hospitalized for sudden hearing loss were more likely to suffer a later stroke than some other patients.The findings havent been duplicated in other…

Indianapolis – May 29, 2008 A study of cochlear implant patients seen by Indiana University School of Medicine physicians is the first research to show evidence that impl…

Just a week after Colorado passed a childrens insurance mandate for hearing aids, Delaware followed suit with its own childrens insurance mandate. The new law, which takes effect…

In October, 2007, Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF), in conjunction with hearing aid maker, Rexton, Inc., announced its latest philanthropic endeavor the Hear…

Hearing loss is about twice as common in adults with diabetes compared to those who do not have the disease, according to a new study funded by the National Institutes of Health…