Resources

• Adult Aural Rehabilitation (American Speech-Language Hearing Association)
• Age Page: Hearing Loss (National Institute on Aging)
• American Academy of Audiology
• American Hearing Research Foundation
• American Sign Language (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
• Atlas of the Body: The Ear (American Medical Association)
• Auditory Neuropathy (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease (AIED) (American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery)
• ¿Cuándo es excesivo el ruido? (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• Better Communication Needed to Reduce Infants 'Lost to Follow-Up' (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• Bilateral Vestibulopathy (American Hearing Research Foundation)
• Captions for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Viewers (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• Choose the Hearing Protection That's Right for You (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Deafness (National Institutes of Health)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Hearing Disorders (National Institutes of Health)
• Cochlear Implants (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• Cochlear Implants (Office of Medical Applications of Research)
• Communication and Perceptions of Health Care: Observations and Suggestions from Persons Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (American College of Physicians)
• Consejos:La audición cuenta--protéjala (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing: Tips for Working with Your Doctor (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Deafness and Hearing Impairment (National Women's Health Information Center)
• Diez Maneras de Detectar La Pérdidia del Oído (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• Digital Hearing Aids: Current "State-of-the-Art" (American Speech-Language Hearing Association)
• Directory of Organizations (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders) - lists organizations that focus on health issues relating to hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech, and language
• Early Diagnosis of Usher Syndrome Type 1 Made Possible by New Findings (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
• Early Identification of Hearing Impairment in Infants and Young Children (Office of Medical Applications of Research)
• Earwax (American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery)
• Employment Rights of People with Communication Disabilities (American Speech-Language Hearing Association)
• Find a Professional: Online Directory of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Programs (American Speech-Language Hearing Association)
• Find an Audiologist (American Academy of Audiology)
• Five Minute Hearing Test (American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery)
• Frequently Asked Questions about FCC Provisions for People with Disabilities (Federal Communications Commission)
• Frequently Asked Questions about Hearing Aids (American Academy of Audiology)
• Genes and Disease: Deafness (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
• Genes and Disease: Pendred Syndrome (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
• Genetics Home Reference: Alström syndrome (Genetics Home Reference)
• Genetics Home Reference: Collagenopathy, types II and XI (Genetics Home Reference)
• Genetics Home Reference: Nonsyndromic deafness (Genetics Home Reference)
• Genetics Home Reference: Otospondylomegaepiphyseal dysplasia (Genetics Home Reference)
• Genetics Home Reference: Pendred syndrome (Genetics Home Reference)
• Genetics Home Reference: Stickler syndrome (Genetics Home Reference)
• Genetics Home Reference: Waardenburg syndrome (Genetics Home Reference)
• Genetics Home Reference: Weissenbacher-Zweymüller syndrome (Genetics Home Reference)
• Getting Through: Talking to a Person Who Is Hard of Hearing (American Academy of Audiology)
• Hearing Aids (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Information Clearinghouse, NIDCD, NIH, HHS)
• Hearing Aids (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• Hearing Disorders & Deafness (National Institutes of Health)
• Hearing Disorders and Deafness (Medline Plus)
• Hearing Impairment (Nemours Foundation)
• Hearing Loss (MayoClinic)
• Hearing Loss and Bone Disorders (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
• Hearing Loss and Older Adults (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• Hearing Loss [Interactive Tutorial] (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
• Hearing Loss [NIHSeniorHealth] (National Institute on Aging)
• Hearing Loss: A Side Effect of Medication? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Hearing Problems (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Hearing Screening (American Speech-Language Hearing Association)
• Hearing, Speech, and Language Problems in Children (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• How Deaf People Communicate (Gallaudet University, Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center)
• How Hearing & Balance Work (American Speech-Language Hearing Association)
• Im Lang Vang (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders) - Links to PDF File - Vietnamese language: Silence Isn't Always Golden (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• JAMA Patient Page: Cochlear Implants (American Medical Association)
• Lessons in Shooter Safety (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• Medication Effects on Hearing (American Speech-Language Hearing Association)
• Methotrexate Not Effective in Maintaining Improvements in Hearing Gained from Prednisone (National Institutes of Health)
• More About Cochlear Implants... (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
• NIDCD Directory of Organizations (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• NIDCD Glossary (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• No Siempre el Silencio es Oro (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• Noise and Hearing Loss (Office of Medical Applications of Research)
• Noise and Hearing Protection (American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery)
• Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• Noise: How Loud Is Too Loud? (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• OI Issues: Hearing Loss (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
• Otosclerosis (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• Perforated Eardrum (American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery)
• Presbycusis (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• Prevalence and Incidence of Hearing Loss in Adults (American Speech-Language Hearing Association)
• Prevent Noise-Induced Hearing Loss: Have WISE EARS! (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• Protect Your Hearing (Office of the Director)
• Researchers Discover Mechanism Underlying Stereocilia Self-Renewal (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• Researchers Use Gene Therapy to Grow New Hair Cells in Mammals (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• Resources about Hearing Loss, Cochlear Implants, and Meningitis (National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities) - Links to PDF File
• Slide Show: How You Hear (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Statistics on Hearing (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• Status of State Universal Newborn and Infant Hearing Screening Legislation and Laws (American Speech-Language Hearing Association)
• Sudden Deafness (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• Telecommunications Relay Services (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• Ten Ways To Recognize Hearing Loss (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• Test Your Baby's Hearing (Office of the Director)
• Test Your Sense of Pitch (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders) - requires Windows Media Player (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• Types of Hearing Loss (American Speech-Language Hearing Association)
• Understanding Your Audiogram (American Academy of Audiology)
• Use of Vaccines for the Prevention of Meningitis in Persons with Cochlear Implants (National Immunization Program)
• Vestibular Schwannoma and Neurofibromatosis (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• Waardenburg Syndrome (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• What Are Assistive Listening Devices or "ALDs"? (American Speech-Language Hearing Association)
• What You Should Know about Hearing Loss (American Academy of Audiology)
• WISE EARS! Coalition Member Organizations (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• WISE EARS!® At Work! (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• WISE EARS!® Campaign to Prevent NIHL (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• WISE EARS!® Tips: Hearing Matters (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• ¡ESCUCHE CON SABIDURÍA! para toda la vida (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)