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