Hearing loss is one of the most common yet underdiagnosed medical conditions in the world, affecting over 73 million Americans and nearly 1.5 billion people worldwide. It’s not just about struggling ...

Hearing healthcare still important during COVID-19 pandemic; Cochlear's Hearing Aid Check provides baseline status to help adults understand if further hearing loss intervention needed LONE TREE, Colo ...

When over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids became available last October, there was a list of concerns about the extent of their viability. While typically cheaper than traditional hearing aids, there ...

Hearing loss charity RNID has called on the Government to include hearing in the NHS Health Check "to help millions of people in the UK identify hearing loss earlier and potentially reduce their risk ...

Hearing healthcare isn’t always easy to access. For instance, Medicare pays for a hearing exam only if you have a referral from a doctor. But a growing number of tests—in apps and online—are meant to ...

With virtual shopping on the rise, shopping for hearing aids appears to be no exception. MDHearing (formerly MDHearingAid) is just one brand that offers hearing tests online, along with hearing aids ...

Adults with mild to moderate hearing loss will now be able to buy hearing aids without getting their hearing tested by an audiologist or other specialist, under a new FDA rule announced Tuesday. The ...

Putting aside their exorbitant cost, the trouble with prescription hearing aids is the prescription. Find a doctor. Get an appointment. Sit in a waiting room. Suffer through an hour of testing before ...

About 37.5 million adults in the United States have some trouble hearing, according to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. And nearly 29 million adults could benefit ...

If you struggle with mild to moderate hearing loss, you can now buy less expensive, over-the-counter hearing aids without a doctor's exam or prescription. A new Food and Drug Administration rule ...

Eliene Augenbraun, D.O., Ph.D., is a lifelong science and health journalist whose mission is to make sense of complex concepts. She led ScienCentral, a broadcast television newsroom that supplied ...