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For people living with hearing loss, difficulty using the phone can be a fact of life. Not being able to communicate with loved ones, work effectively and handle day-to-day tasks can be isolating. Captioned phones could be the answer.
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It’s what's on the inside that counts. Everyone has a disability and deserves to be treated with respect. After having his face paralyzed and losing hearing in his left ear due to AN surgery, John realized how people treated him differently.
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We talk a lot about how exhausting trying to hear and understand can be for those in the AN community. For many, they also struggle with tinnitus.
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To increase awareness about potential complications in patients implanted with both programmable cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt systems and some hearing implants that contain magnets, such as cochlear implants, bone conduction hearing devices, or middle ear hearing devices, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a letter to healthcare providers on July 16.
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ANA Board Vice-President Neil Donnenfeld is working hard in his own neighborhood to battle noise pollution and fighting for those suffering from hearing loss and hyperacusis, an extreme sensitivity to sound.