#hearingloss — Public Fediverse posts

FDA Approves First-Ever Gene Therapy for Treatment of Genetic Hearing Loss

https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-first-ever-gene-therapy-treatment-genetic-hearing-loss-under-national-priority-voucher

#HackerNews #FDA #GeneTherapy #HearingLoss #MedicalInnovation #GeneticResearch

32-year-old woman who survived four brain surgeries reveals how she found true happiness

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/32-year-old-woman-who-survived-four-brain-surgeries-reveals-how-she-s-found-true-happiness

Woman Suffers Permanent Hearing Loss Due to Regular Use of AirPods https://ul131web.blogspot.com/2025/08/woman-suffers-permanent-hearing-loss.html #AirPods #HearingLoss #Tinnitus #NoiseCancelling #EarHealth #HearingProtection #TechSafety #Tech #technews #news #Apple #anc

There's a new article by me about #hearingloss (in German):

https://digitalcourage.social/@doofeohren/114788196346767346

#Hörgerät #Hörgeräte #Schwerhörigkeit #Hörverlust #Behinderung #Inklusion #Barrierefrei #Barrierearm #Accessibility #A11y #Zugänglichkeit #Teilhabe

@lauren @klausfiend @taseroth

100%. The "modern" way Hollywood does audio in its films, with dialogue mixed low, actors not speaking clearly in the first place, music or sound effects obliterating dialogue - is particularly galling to me because I have (significant) partial hearing loss. Older films I have no trouble picking up every word of the dialogue, but current films? It doesn't matter how far I crank the volume or otherwise manipulate audio settings, I'm still missing 20% or more of the dialogue entirely unless I turn on captions (which are a poor substitute as Lauren says).

I don't know who in the chain of filmmaking - sound mixer, director, producer, studio head? - encourages the current way of doing things, but I wish a few more of them would develop hearing impairments so they understood what they're imposing on us a little better.

#hearing #HearingImpaired #HearingLoss #film #audio #movie

Time for a new #Introduction . I’m a Lecturer in #Neuroscience in #London at the #UniversityOfRoehampton . I study #NoiseExposure & #HearingLoss & how it affects #AuditoryProcessing , #Audiology , & #Hearing ; particularly #SpeechInNoise & #PredictiveCoding . I focus on #HiddenHearingLoss noise exposure & I’m really interested in the intersection between noise exposure & #Neurodivergent conditions like #Autism & #Schizophrenia .

My home is a #Boat & most of my pictures here involve my #Cat .

Video gamers worldwide may be risking irreversible #hearingloss and/or #tinnitus

The sound levels reported in studies of more than 50,000 people often near, or exceed, permissible safe limits, conclude the researchers.

#videogamers #headphones #earbuds #hearing

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-01-video-gamers-worldwide-irreversible-loss.html

This is a fantastic article on the Escape Collective on cycling with hearing loss:

"For people with severe hearing loss, listening is not automatic or passive; it is hard, multi-sensory work, an all-encompassing cognitive load. Solo rides, as ever, were an escape, a solace of simple pedal strokes" https://escapecollective.com/ride-sounds/?mc_cid=b390fc5caa&mc_eid=fc31b4c0ad

#hearingloss #hearingimpaired #BikeTooter #cycling

I guess I should probably do an #Introduction as well. I’m a #Neuroscience #Postdoc in #Spain studying #NoiseExposure & #HearingLoss & how it affects #AuditoryProcessing, #Audiology, & #Hearing; particularly #SpeechInNoise & #PredictiveCoding. I focus on #HiddenHearingLoss noise exposure & I’m really interested in the intersection between noise exposure & #Neurodivergent conditions like #Autism & #Schizophrenia.

My permanent home is a #Boat & most of my pictures here involve my #Cat.