Selling Some, Giving Others Away: Hearing Aid Manufacturers Give Back

Despite their for-profit status, the world’s largest hearing aid manufacturers are giving back to the communities they serve via aid programs for people who cannot afford hearing aids. Join us in ... Read More »

Son Inspires Father to Service Our Cause

Angelo Damante is a man of commitment and achievement. He is involved in his community and has supported numerous events and organizations over the years, even as he has grown a thriving Southern California ... Read More »

Novel Methods for Inner Ear Treatment

Before the substantial advances of modern medicine, little could be done for treating inner ear disease. Beethoven used his pencil to bypass his ailing middle ear to improve his hearing while at the ... Read More »

Grieving Your Hearing Loss

Robin was a 21-year-old young woman with healthy hearing when she went to sleep at a friend’s house one night. She awoke the next morning totally deaf. She relates, “I walked out of my friend’s ... Read More »

Survivor: Hearing Loss

Tom Westman knows something of working through difficult situations. In his 20-year career as a New York City firefighter, he faced tragic situations head on, including responding to the terrorist ... Read More »

Combatting Hearing Loss in the Military

Although a study of noise-induced hearing loss in the military was made after World War I, no action was taken. Consequently in World War II, the lessons on protecting military personnel’s hearing ... Read More »

How May I Take Your Order?

Approximately 65 percent of fast-food restaurant customers use the drive-through for the desired service, experts say. So where does that leave the 2 million Deaf individuals and 26 million hard-of-hearing ... Read More »

Deaf, Single & Loving It! Successful Dating with Hearing Loss

After part of my hearing was ruined by a serious sinus infection at the age of 19, confidence on the dating scene eluded me. At first, I simply didn’t deal with the loss. I felt embarrassed and ashamed ... Read More »

Getting in the Game with Good Hearing

I was watching a Minnesota Twins’ baseball game the other night when another hideous Viagra ad appeared. As debase as it is to use sex as a sales tool, I wish these kinds of guerilla marketing tactics ... Read More »

This Thing Called Love

I first heard about my husband, John Humphreys, in 2003 while attending the Baltimore premiere of “Jacob’s Journey,” a documentary based on the decision of two Deaf parents, Jonathan and Tania ... Read More »

Learning About Hearing from the Animals

You are lost in a crowd, when someone calls your name. Automatically, you turn toward the direction of the caller – the location of the sound. This ability, called “localizing,” is important ... Read More »

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Continuing Education on Hearing Loss

Self Help for Hard of Hearing People (SHHH) is launching a new educational program to certify people in hearing loss support. The American Academy of ... Read More »

DRF Announces Hearing & Balance Grant Recipients

In early August 2005, the Deafness Research Foundation (DRF) awarded more than $400,000 in research grants to 20 well-deserving scientists. The work of these researchers, to restore or protect hearing ... Read More »

DRF Under New Management

Stephen K. Orr
Executive Director

Steve Orr brings 25 years of professional experience to Deafness Research Foundation (DRF), ten as an investment banker on Wall Street, and in the past ... Read More »

The Land on Which We Live

Woody Guthrie certainly struck a chord with the American public when he penned these words. As school children, we committed the words to memory and our hearts throb with patriotic pride whenever we ... Read More »

Now You’re Talking: Making Cellular Phones Hearing Aid Compatible

Tired of digital wireless mobile telephones interfering with your hearing aid or cochlear implant (CI) sound processor? New solutions to this grating problem are rolling out in time to meet the Federal ... Read More »

Two-time DRF Grant Recipient Reflects on the Importance of DRF Funding

The Deafness Research Foundation (DRF) has been pivotal to the success of Dr. Luis Populin’s research re-garding the auditory system. “Deafness Research Founda-tion takes chances with younger researchers,” ... Read More »