Children can develop hearing loss at any age due to ear infections, illnesses such as measles or meningitis, head injuries, or exposure to loud noise. Adolescents are particularly at risk because of ...

During the Boston Globe’s Rare Disease Summit, Dr. Wendy Chung, a physician-scientist and geneticist who leads the Department ...

When Selva Hamraz arrived with her family in Rwanda from Afghanistan, she was unable to hear and unsure of her future. Today, her story has helped launch a cochlear implant programme that is ...

Most medical practices specialize in one age group. Pediatricians see children. Geriatricians focus on seniors. But hearing loss doesn't respect age boundaries, and neither does Hearing Associates.

When Selva Nesar arrived with her family in Rwanda from Afghanistan, she was unable to hear and unsure of her future. Today, her story has helped launch a cochlear implant programme that is ...

The parents of two babies given nitrous oxide in a fatal gas mix-up at a Sydney hospital almost a decade ago express their ...

The Manitoba government has expanded universal newborn screening to include congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV), making Manitoba one of the first Canadian jurisdictions to test all newborns for a ...

Utah's Newborn Screening Program finds 45 genetic disorders shortly after a baby is born. New conditions are added to the list as screening tests and treatments become available. Hunter syndrome, a ...

Universal screening for congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) in newborns, using dried blood spot analysis during the first week of life, created opportunities to intervene for improved outcomes, a ...

WASHINGTON , Jan. 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study indicates that noninvasive prenatal screening (NIPS) performed using a low-cost form of whole genome sequencing can detect pregnant mothers at ...