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Hillary Not 2016 Frontrunner? Top Romney Aid Says ‘She’ll Lose’ Democratic Primary

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton can't seem to stay out of the spotlight, becoming the object of the GOP Benghazi outrage with calls for her to return for more hearings, as well as Senator Rand Paul suggesting that Benghazi should "preclude her from running for higher office."

Purdue Innovation Could Help People With Severe Hearing Loss

Mel Chua, a Purdue University doctoral candidate in engineering education, received her current set of hearing aids in May 2012. She has severe hearing loss but has not worn hearing aids most of her adult life because they did not offer a significant improvement to her hearing. Show More Summary

Christina Teani: How Facebook Allows Me To Connect With People In Ways My Deafness Prevents

I was born with a profound hearing loss and have worn hearing aids for as long as I can remember. Growing up in a large "hearing family," I had to learn to speak and read lips, but I always felt like something was missing.

A distinctly windy weekend at the Jersey Liberation Festival

Standard things that cause disturbance in a concert range from mobile phones to whistling hearing aids. But at the Jersey Liberation Festival last weekend I discovered an engaging new addition. Whoopie cushions. It was in the island’s most impressive church, St Thomas’s, which has the scale and grandeur of a Catholic cathedral, beautifully maintained. And [...]

Brent Budowsky: Anti-Hillary GOP War Begins While Major Media Aids and Abets

What is most troubling, though not surprising, is how many in the major media have legitimized these crass and partisan Republican attacks and the manner they are being carried out in hearings that are organized so unfairly they resemble the proceedings of a one-party Republican state

Why We Love Charles Ramsey.

It is such a simple thing. You hear a neighbor "going nuts" and you put down your McDonald's and run to her aid. Surely we all would have done the same thing. Right? We hope so. But there's a big chance most of us would not. That's why...Show More Summary

Can You Hear the Tone Hidden in This 'Vision Test'?

Don't believe everything you see and hear in Draftfcb Toronto's deceptively clever TV and interactive poster campaign for Union Hearing Aid Centre. Known for its tricky advertising, the client's new "vision tests" display letters in successively smaller fonts in typical eye-chart fashion—but there's quite a surprise in store. Show More Summary

Benghazi Hearing Aid (Cartoon)

Congressman’s trip to Libya, call by top Clinton aide raised at Benghazi hearing

(CNN) - The most politically charged testimony of Wednesday’s House hearing on the deadly terror attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, energized Republican claims that there is more to the story. An expectation ahead of the GOP-led hearing on the attack last September 11 centered on Republican efforts to more closely scrutinize [...]

The internet's instant meme-ification of Charles Ramsey: The backlash

No sooner did America hear about the miraculous story of three long-missing women being freed from captivity in a Cleveland home did Charles Ramsey, the neighbor who reportedly aided in their escape, become an internet star. Ramsey was...Show More Summary

'I feel like I know what happened in Benghazi'

House Republicans are so excited about today's hearing on Benghazi -- yes, another one -- that aides to Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) released movie-poster-like images several days ago, as part of a larger promotional push. Subtle, it wasn't. But as the search for the GOP's white …

Benghazi hearing promises partisan fireworks

Did President Barack Obama’s administration do everything it could to save Americans from a deadly terrorist attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya? Did senior aides try to cover up findings that the Sept. 11, 2012 strike was the work of terrorists? Should former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, widely expected to be [...]

I’m severely deaf and partially sighted, but have learned 5 languages. Here’s my story

So, I'm Julie Ferguson and I have nothing on Helen Keller! I am, however, severely deaf and partially sighted. My parents realised that I had a hearing problem when I was 2 years old, though I didn't get my first hearing aid until I was 4. Show More Summary

Take This Online Eye Test—The Results May Surprise You

A Canadian hearing center pulls a sensory bait and switch. Before we spoil it, test out the strength of your vision with this video: So how are your ears? This is the latest creative ploy by the Canadian Union Hearing Aid Center to convince people to get their hearing checked. Read Full Story

Researchers use off-the-shelf 3D printer to build bionic ear

If this cyborg ear is any indication, the high-tech hearing aids of the future might be built with a 3D printer.

App turns iPhone into a hearing aid

BioAid uses smartphones' microphone and headphone functions to amplify the sounds around deaf users in real-time.

Why Don't They Wear Hearing Aids?! What is Wrong With Them?!

One of my very young students told me that it makes her sad that the other kids in her class don't have hearing aids. She was honestly sad for them! I told her that they have lots of other things that make them unique. I describe all their different qualities and what makes each of them interesting. Show More Summary

Fun Pre-K Hearing Aid Activity: Hello! My Name is Ear Mold, What's Your Name?

I love working with preschoolers because I get to be creative and use silly voices or faces with them. I have a four year old student who is working on identifying different parts of her personal hearing aids. We practice this sometimes when I see her. Show More Summary

I Got a New Pink Hearing Aid Ear Mold

I got a new pink ear mold.  :)  I like how it looks. But I have forgotten how uncomfortable it can feel to wear a new ear mold. It feels tight and my ear becomes sore after wearing it for more than a few hours. Hopefully, my ear will "break it in" soon. (e

Deaf People Can Be Bad?

Every now and then, I will use the computer in the library of a high school. Usually I am sitting next to or near high school students who are also using computers. Sometimes I turn off my hearing aid to try to drown out their incessant chatter. Recently, I sat next to a student staring at her computer screen. Show More Summary