Services Available for Children with a Disability
The introduction of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has made it easier and more accessible for parents with children who have a disability to locate and utilise services. The NDIS is aimed at improving More...
A Guide to Ensuring an Active Social Life as You Age
Developing hearing difficulties and struggling with memory loss can result in many seniors withdrawing from friends and family, and drastically reducing the number of social engagements in which they partake each More...
Hearing Loss & Mental Health: The Impact of Hearing Loss On Mental Wellbeing
Hearing loss refers to a reduction in a person’s ability to hear. Some individuals may still be able to hear loud sounds or sounds produced close to them, while others may experience total loss of hearing. Only More...
Healthcare Trends That Defined 2019
The healthcare industry is one of the most crucial aspects of every society. After all, it saves lives and keeps people healthy. The evolution of healthcare is conditioned by technological advancement. The good More...
Father and Son, Terry and Rocky Anderson Sentenced for Hearing Aid Healthcare Fraud
A father/son duo who submitted more than $27 million in fraudulent hearing aid claims to insurer Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas was sentenced yesterday to eight and seven years in federal prison, respectively, More...
What Parents Should Consider Before Filing a Birth Injury Lawsuit
Every parent’s worst nightmare is that their child will be somehow injured during their birth. Delivering a child is one of the most joyful and exciting moments in life, but with unexpected complications that More...
DOJ cuts ‘outdated’ Obama era ‘guidance documents,’ criticized by Juvenile Law activists
The Justice Department eliminated a set of “guidance documents” from the books on Thursday, withdrawing 25 documents — including one addressing integration of people with disabilities in state and More...
Gene Therapy and LEDs Help Boost Effectiveness of Cochlear Implants
Researchers are using optogenetics to help improve cochlear implants, which work through nerve stimulation. The implants work, but the sound is often muffled and distorted. Implant technology can only distinguish More...
SSA Advice: Preparing Yourself for the Disability Interview
About nine million disabled Americans and their dependents receive a monthly Social Security disability check or direct bank deposit that helps them pay for housing, food, transportation, medicine, therapy, and More...
A Right to a Better Life: Getting the Help You Deserve With Your Disability
Coping with a disability and trying lead as normal a life as possible, often depends on a number of significant factors, such as ensuring that you get all of the help you are entitled to. Sometimes, it takes the More...
Social Security Disability Insurance: Top Mistakes to Avoid When You Apply
If you find yourself in circumstances where you need to apply for social disability insurance, the last thing you will probably want is to experience frustration and confusion with delays to the process because More...
What Makes A Great Otoscope
The otoscope is one of the most important medical instruments. Every clinic or medical facility in the world has one. Its role is to provide an insight view on the ear canal, as well as the deepest elements. Physicians More...
7 Signs You Need a Hearing Aid
Hearing loss can creep up on you quite gradually, whether due to age or chronic noise at work. Because its progression can be slow, and its presence is completely invisible, it can be difficult to face up to the More...
The Most Important Questions to Ask Before Purchasing a Disability Insurance Policy
Given that as many as 25 percent of all adults are likely to become at least partially disabled at some point in their working lives, there is a compelling reason to purchase disability insurance coverage — especially More...
Bloomberg, NYC to target loud music in headphones to help with public health problem
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who led the ban on 16-ounce sodas, trans fats in restaurants and public smoking, is now turning his sights on young people who play their music too loud through their headphones. Mayor More...
Ear infections the number one cause of hearing loss globally
Ear infections and vaccine preventable infectious diseases are considered the number one causes of hearing loss, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) media release in time for International Ear Care More...
Teens announce 25 is now old thanks to the Mosquito
Can you hear that? Nothing. That silence is the sound of our fleeting youth. Photo/CDC 25 is the new old. Well, that’s what I’m being told. The reason is simple: the mosquito. The Mosquito, Mosquito More...
