Health and Medical Guide to Seniors' Health Hearing Disorders and Deafness Health information topics about Hearing Disorders and Deafness: Anatomy/Physiology 1. Atlas of the Body: The Ear American Medical Association http://www.medem.com/MedLB/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZYXNW46JC&sub_... 2. How Hearing & Balance Work American Speech-Language-Hearing Association http://www.asha.org/public/hearing/anatomy/ 3. Slide Show: How You Hear Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=EI00027 Clinical Trials 1. ClinicalTrials.gov: Deafness National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D003638&recruiting... 2. ClinicalTrials.gov: Hearing Disorders National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D006311&recruiting... Coping 1. Getting Through: Talking to a Person Who Is Hard American Academy of Audiology http://www.audiology.org/consumer/guides/getthru.php 2. Frequently Asked Questions about FCC Provisions fo Federal Communications Commission http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/dro/dtffaq.html 3. Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing: Tips for Working with You American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/240.xml 4. Adult Aural Rehabilitation American Speech-Language-Hearing Association http://www.asha.org/public/hearing/treatment/adult_aur_rehab.htm Diagnosis/Symptoms 1. Hearing Problems American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/508.xml 2. Understanding Your Audiogram American Academy of Audiology http://www.audiology.org/consumer/guides/uya.php Dictionaries/Glossaries 1. NIDCD Glossary National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/glossary/glossary.asp Directories 1. Find a Professional: Online Directory of Audiology American Speech-Language-Hearing Association http://www.asha.org/proserv/ 2. Directory of Organizations National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/directory/index.asp 3. Find an Audiologist American Academy of Audiology http://www.audiology.org/consumer/find/ Genetics 1. Genetics Home Reference: Usher syndrome National Library of Medicine http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=ushersyndrome 2. Genetics Home Reference: Stickler syndrome National Library of Medicine http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=sticklersyndrome 3. Genetics Home Reference: Pendred syndrome National Library of Medicine http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=pendredsyndrome 4. Genetics Home Reference: Waardenburg syndrome National Library of Medicine http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=waardenburgsyndrome 5. Genetics Home Reference: Otospondylomegaepiphyseal National Library of Medicine http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=otospondylomegaepiphysealdysplasia 6. Genetics Home Reference: Nonsyndromic deafness National Library of Medicine http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=nonsyndromicdeafness 7. Genetics Home Reference: Jervell and Lange-Nielsen National Library of Medicine http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=jervellandlangenielsensyndrome 8. Genetics Home Reference: Collagenopathy, types II National Library of Medicine http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=collagenopathytypesiiandxi 9. Genetics Home Reference: Alström synd National Library of Medicine http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=alstromsyndrome 10. Genetics Home Reference: Weissenbacher-Zweym&Atild National Library of Medicine http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=weissenbacherzweymullersyndrome 11. 'Modifier Gene' Makes Some Hearing Loss National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/news/releases/05/4_13_05.asp 12. Genes and Disease: Deafness National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=gnd.section.123 13. Genes and Disease: Pendred Syndrome National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=gnd.section.125 Health Check Tools 1. Ten Ways to Recognize Hearing Loss National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/10ways.asp 2. Test Your Sense of Pitch National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/tunetest/index.asp Law and Policy 1. Employment Rights of People with Communication Dis American Speech-Language-Hearing Association http://www.asha.org/public/outreach/take-action/Employment+Rights.htm 2. Telecommunications Relay Services and National 711 National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/telecomm.asp National Institutes of Health 1. Hearing Loss National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders http://nihseniorhealth.gov/hearingloss/toc.html 2. Hearing, Ear Infections, and Deafness National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/index.asp Organizations 1. National Institute on Deafness and Other Communica http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/ 2. American Academy of Audiology http://www.audiology.org/ 3. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association http://www.asha.org/ 4. American Hearing Research Foundation http://www.american-hearing.org/ Other Languages 1. Im Lang Vang National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/VietSilence.pdf Overviews 1. Types of Hearing Loss American Speech-Language-Hearing Association http://www.asha.org/public/hearing/disorders/types.htm 2. Hearing Loss Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00172 Prevention/Screening 1. Noise and Hearing Protection American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery http://www.entnet.org/healthinfo/hearing/noise_hearing.cfm 2. Hearing Screening American Speech-Language-Hearing Association http://www.asha.org/public/hearing/testing/ 3. Have WISE EARS! for Life: Protect Yourself and You National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/wiseears.asp 4. Choose the Hearing Protection That's Right fo National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/noise/abouthlp/chooseprotection.html Rehabilitation/Recovery 1. Aural Rehabilitation American Speech-Language-Hearing Association http://www.asha.org/public/hearing/treatment/gen_aur_rehab.htm Related Issues 1. Use of Vaccines for the Prevention of Meningitis i National Immunization Program http://www.cdc.gov/nip/issues/cochlear/cochlear-gen.htm 2. How Deaf People Communicate Gallaudet University, Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/InfoToGo/492/492-1.html 3. American Sign Language National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/asl.asp 4. Captions for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Viewers National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/caption.asp 5. Common Questions about Audiologists American Academy of Audiology http://www.audiology.org/about/commonq.php 6. Earwax American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery http://www.entnet.org/healthinfo/ears/earwax.cfm 7. Fire Safety for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing United States Fire Administration http://www.usfa.fema.gov/safety/atrisk/disabilities/fswy19.shtm 8. Hearing Loss and Bone Disorders Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases-National Resource Center http://www.osteo.org/newfile.asp?doc=r604i&doctitle=Hearing+Loss+%26+Bone+D... 9. Hearing Loss: A Side Effect of Medication? Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00874 Research 1. Scientists Use Gene Therapy to Restore Hair Cells National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/news/releases/05/2_13_05.asp 2. Researchers Use Gene Therapy to Grow New Hair Cell National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/news/releases/03/06_05_03.asp 3. Researchers Discover Mechanism Underlying Stereoci National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/news/stories/04/04_19_04.asp 4. Gene That Blocks Regrowth of Hearing Cells Identif National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/news/releases/05/1_19_05.asp 5. Early Diagnosis of Usher Syndrome Type 1 Made Poss National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/news/releases/03/04_23_03.asp 6. Can You Hear Me Now?: What Teens Know about Hearin Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/research/teens_know_hearing.html Seniors 1. Presbycusis National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/presbycusis.asp 2. Hearing Loss and Older Adults National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/older.asp Specific Conditions 1. Waardenburg Syndrome National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/waard.asp 2. Sudden Deafness National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/sudden.asp 3. Perforated Eardrum American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery http://www.entnet.org/healthinfo/ears/perforation.cfm 4. Auditory Neuropathy National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/neuropathy.asp 5. Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease (AIED) American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery http://www.entnet.org/healthinfo/hearing/autoimmune.cfm 6. Bilateral Vestibulopathy American Hearing Research Foundation http://www.american-hearing.org/name/bilateral_vestibulopathy.html 7. Noise-Induced Hearing Loss National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/noise.asp 8. Otosclerosis National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/otosclerosis.asp Statistics 1. Prevalence and Incidence of Hearing Loss in Adults American Speech-Language-Hearing Association http://www.asha.org/public/hearing/disorders/prevalence_adults.htm Treatment 1. Cochlear Implants Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/cochlear/ 2. Cochlear Implants National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/coch.asp 3. Digital Hearing Aids: Current "State-of-t American Speech-Language-Hearing Association http://www.asha.org/public/hearing/treatment/digital_aid.htm 4. Hearing Aids National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/hearingaid.asp 5. What Are Assistive Listening Devices or " American Speech-Language-Hearing Association http://www.asha.org/public/hearing/treatment/assist_tech.htm   Recommended Resources: [CaRP] Can't open cache file. [CaRP] Unable to create/open RSS cache file. 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