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We would love for you to make videos to reach a hearing loss audience, the media rep suggested. “Sure, that sounds good,” I replied, “assuming the videos would be captioned, of course.” “But wouldn’t ...

After an illness during pregnancy deafened Doug and Naomi Foley’s baby, they got a call from a friend of the family who had a deaf and blind son. Her emphatic message: Learn American Sign Language.

A hearing aid is an assistive device that amplifies sound to improve a person’s ability to hear and communicate with others. Hearing aids can help someone with hearing loss be more aware of sounds in ...