50th Anniversary Gala Celebration

Deafness Research Foundation (DRF) celebrated its 50th anniversary at a star-studded gala reception on May 14, 2008, at the Hudson Theatre in New York City. President William J. Clinton was the honorary ... Read More »

More Road Work Ahead

On a recent road trip I passed a big flashing sign on the side of the road that said, “More Road Work Ahead.” A few minutes later, traffic slowed as I passed orange cones, people with fluorescent ... Read More »

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High Tech in the House

House Ear Institute (HEI) unveiled two new projects related to hearing health. The Hearing Aid Assessment Project  matches an individual with the best option ... Read More »

Heard Around the World

New Sign Language Dictionary

Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf has developed the ASL Video Dictionary and Inflection Guide. It is the first ... Read More »

Breaking the Sound Barrier: 50 Years of Advancing the Frontiers of Hearing Research

“I can hear the grass grow!” Collette Ramsey Baker exulted after her ear surgery in 1956. Having suffered 25 years of hearing loss caused by otosclerosis, Ramsey Baker was so thrilled with the ... Read More »

Establishing A More Perfect Union

Before losing his hearing 16 years ago, Rollie Workman enjoyed his job and the steady income that supported his family. But when this self-described “60s hippie” discovered that he could no longer ... Read More »

Continue the Legacy: Announcing the DRF Centurion Clinical Research Award

The names Howard P. House, M.D., George E. Shambaugh, Jr., M.D., and Jack V. Hough, M.D., are well known to all of us in the field of otolaryngology. Not only were these esteemed doctors and scientists ... Read More »

Shedding Light on Age-Related Hearing Loss in Diabetics

Diabetes is a disease which elevates normal levels of blood sugar and affects multiple physiological systems in the body. There are two major types of diabetes: type one diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and ... Read More »

Showstoppers: Impant Technology, The Future is Now

Just 20 years ago, a group of audiologists met to conceive the idea of an organization “of, by and for audiologists,” and thus the American Academy of Audiology (AAA) was born with James Jerger, ... Read More »

A Family Business

A Deafness Research Foundation (DRF) grant recipient since 2007, Tamara Alliston’s interest in research began while an undergraduate at Trinity University in San Antonio. When asked how she became ... Read More »