Study: Insurers deprive patients of ear implants
Private and public health insurers, by failing to pay the full cost of treatment, are keeping patients from getting implants that could help restore their hearing, a study released Monday concluded.
( Reuters, 10/15/2002 08:28 AM PDT)

Nightclubs should offer earplugs, S.F. panel says
Now hear this: The music at San Francisco's hottest dance clubs is loud enough to drown out a chain saw and damage a lot of bobbing ears. So should the nightclubs turn down the decibels?
( By Renee Koury, SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS, 10/10/2002 07:22 AM PDT)

For every newborn, a hearing test
Liam Paul McMahon was barely 2 1/2 hours old when he had his hearing checked. A nurse at Bryn Mawr Hospital attached three electrodes - one each on the forehead, shoulder and back of his neck - and slid on tiny earphones. Soon an automated program was sending faint clicking noises into Liam's ears, while a laptop computer analyzed his brain-wave response. Liam, swaddled in a white blanket with pink and blue stripes, slept blissfully on.
( By Susan FitzGerald, Inquirer Staff Writer, 10/07/2002 06:29 AM PDT)

Hearing study reveals surprises
Naturally, the last thing older folks in Beaver Dam want to hear is that they are going deaf. So 3,753 of them have agreed to regular testing and probing to help people everywhere learn some simple and unexpected things that may ward it off.
( DANIEL Q. HANEY, AP Medical Editor, 10/07/2002 06:43 AM PDT)

In Florida: exam, yes; care, no
All newborns in Florida must have their hearing tested before they leave the hospital. But that doesn't guarantee those infants will receive the treatment they need to hear better.
( By Janie Nelson, DEMOCRAT SENIOR WRITER, 09/09/2002 07:14 AM PDT)

Q&A; on hearing loss
Today's questions are answered by Dr. Fred Telischi, director of the University of Miami's Ear Institute. Q. How common is hearing loss?
( 09/05/2002 07:49 AM PDT)

Cochlear implants help get couple on the same wavelength
On the Cooks' wedding day two months ago, the bride wore an ankle-length dress of palest blue chiffon. The groom was in a subtly pinstriped black suit and a new pair of suspenders.
( BY KAREN UHLENHUTH, Knight Ridder Newspapers, 08/20/2002 11:02 AM PDT)