“noise is a proxy for inefficiency” >> “There is a strong link between noise levels and carbon emissions” enterpriseam.com/egypt/goingg... via @quietcommunities.bsky.social #keeplistening

"The storyline has been developed in partnership with the U.K.’s National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) to show a real-life glimpse at what it’s like to experience deafness." www.parents.com/peppa-pig-br... #peppapig #keeplistening

"Agentic AI provides personalization to strengthen language foundations." www.rit.edu/ntid/news/ai... @rittigers.bsky.social #keeplistening

"The next time around, when I get a C.I., the speech pathways will have been in continual use right up to the time of the surgery. I’ll do auditory rehab. I fully expect to hear for the rest of my life." katherinebouton.me/2026/02/04/i... #keeplistening

“Our study shows that better speech outcome can promote patients’ reconnection with music after implantation,” says Anil K. Lalwani, MD, < congrats to Dr. Lalwani on this new research, HHF board member and head of our Council of Scientific Trustees! hearingreview.com/hearing-prod... #cochlearimplant

"Wearers can start and stop the broadcast, adjust the streaming or hearing aid microphone volume, and select a different language if available." hearingreview.com/hearing-prod... #auracast #keeplistening

"the authors discuss several biological mechanisms that may help explain the observed associations. Vitamin D is known to influence neuroinflammatory pathways, calcium metabolism, and neurotrophic factors involved in neural survival and plasticity." hearinghealthmatters.org/hearing-news... #tinnitus

"The app evaluates multisensory processing and provides recommendations based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s STEADI (Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths & Injuries) program." hearinghealthmatters.org/hearing-news... #falls #keeplistening @stonybrooku.bsky.social

"Notably, the legislation provides $18.18 million for Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) programs, representing a $1 million increase over fiscal year 2025 funding levels." www.audiology.org/government-s... #keeplistening

"The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health recently launched a campaign in the United States promoting the Hearing Number through a free app that explains results and offers age-based comparisons." journals.lww.com/thehearingjo... @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social #keeplistening

"Rivera Cosme will sign the high profile performance in LSPR, or Puerto Rican Sign Language, distinct from American Sign Language in its unique grammar, rhythm and cultural identity, due to the history of Puerto Rican deaf community." abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/... #superbowl #signlanguage #badbunny

"carry earplugs with you when you leave the house in case you find yourself in a loud environment, and give yourself at least a 24-48 hour break from noises after attending a loud event." www.today.com/health/disea... #tinnitus #keeplistening @todayshow.com

“If I’m out and about, I’m less likely to notice it. I’m out walking the dog, or going for a swim, anything where there are things going on around to distract me, so visuals, smells, tastes, to take away from the sense of hearing the tinnitus.” www.bailiwickexpress.com/news-ge/livi... #tinnitus

"Geoscientist Hiroto Nagai composed music about Earth’s climate system using meteorological data from the polar regions." << love this!! www.nature.com/articles/d41... #keeplistening #research #science @natureportfolio.nature.com @nature.com

"The Royal National Institute for Deaf people (RNID) estimates about one in seven adults have tinnitus, which is over seven million adults in the UK." www.bbc.com/news/article... #tinnitus #keeplistening

"It is a process to find ways to cope with hearing loss itself and to cope with the feelings of shame and negativity." www.syracuse.com/advice/2026/... #keeplistening

"Hearing loss and tinnitus are the most common service-connected disabilities among veterans, according to the VA.... with the VA the largest employer of audiologists in the U.S." www.stripes.com/veterans/202... @starsandstripes.bsky.social #hearing #tinnitus #keeplistening

"My tinnitus has got worse this year, and I remember saying to my audiologist, 'I feel like there’s a lightsaber in my ear'." www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/2580750... #tinnitus #keeplistening

"the millions of Americans who suffer from hearing loss, including veterans, need better access to hearing care. Our bill will help cut red tape so more veterans can access hearing aids" www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-re... #keeplistening

"Being deafened or hard of hearing or deaf can be quite isolating, so I think it is really important that people have opportunities like this to meet other people in a relaxed environment." www.bbc.com/news/article... #hearing #health #signlanguage #keeplistening

“I have to be honest: when this cafe first opened near my office, I avoided it because the whole idea made me anxious. But now I’m fascinated. Sign language is amazing. I’m thinking of taking a course so I can learn more.” www.theguardian.com/society/2026... #keeplistening @theguardian.com

"Bianco now wears hearing aids and recently started Tinnitus Retraining Therapy. Price programmed a soft, pleasant, constant noise into Bianco’s hearing aid as part of her sound therapy. Bianco hopes the new noise can help her feel less distracted by her tinnitus." scitechdaily.com/why-are-my-e...

Tested and objectively rated from our friends @hearingtracker.com www.hearingtracker.com/otc-hearing-... + www.hearingtracker.com/hearing-aids... #keeplistening

"Hearing care professionals are in the best position to enable people to hear at their best throughout their day whether in person, online, or at a public event – if they learn about their patients’ total lifestyles and introduce hearing strategies for each." hearingreview.com/hearing-prod...

“It’s not a good situation from a personal safety point of view if people are turning off their hearing aids. It’s very worrying.” www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar... @thetimess.bsky.social #NHS #keeplistening

"A Brooklyn-based startup called PopWheels is piloting a system that uses swappable e-bike batteries to power food carts, replacing small gasoline generators with silent, emissions-free electricity." electrek.co/2026/01/25/t... via @quietcommunities.bsky.social #keeplistening

"Users of the SoundPrint app for restaurant sound levels can appreciate the Quiet Lists. Users of the Hush City app can feel proud that their participation in the project has contributed to positive impacts on public policy and urban planning." www.quietcommunities.org/quiet-coalit...

"Although non-cancerous, ANs’ location in the tight space near critical nerves means that they can affect hearing, balance, and facial movement, which is why surgical and radiotherapy interventions may sometimes be recommended." keck.usc.edu/news/uscs-ac... #keeplistening

“This is a goosebumps moment for our Radboudumc Usher expertise center: after years of scientific research, we are taking a major step forward in the treatment of retinal problems in people with Usher syndrome.” www.radboudumc.nl/en/news-item... #ushersyndrome #genetherapy #keeplistening

"Vision Analysis StereoCilia, or VASCilia, [uses] deep learning-based models trained on cochlear data [and] accelerates the imaging process by 50-fold, automating what was previously a slow and labor-intensive process" today.ucsd.edu/story/new-ai... #3d #ai #keeplistening

"Lilly and Seamless will develop the treatments based on Seamless’s recombinase platform, which is designed to perform large, precise insertions of DNA in any target gene sequence, independent of the cell’s natural DNA repair pathway." www.genengnews.com/topics/genom... #genetics #keeplistening

"Frankfurt Airport, one of Europe’s busiest aviation hubs, has started testing Auracast broadcast audio, a new Bluetooth® capability, at two gates, [sending] all gate announcements directly to passengers’ own hearing aids, earbuds and smartphones." www.gn.com/Newsroom/New... #keeplistening

"Enhancing their music-listening experience starts with measuring the quality of it.... Two people may register a pitch the same way, and one could report it as problematic while the other does not." www.pennmedicine.org/physicians-h... @pennmedicine.bsky.social #keeplistening

"Researchers found that as long as people got a hearing aid within two years of having an abnormal hearing test, their risk of developing PD later in life was lowered substantially." www.va.gov/portland-hea... #parkinsons #hearing #keeplistening @ohsunews.bsky.social

“Because the auditory signals are weaker and less clear, the brain must constantly reconstruct and compensate, using energy that would normally support memory and thinking” nypost.com/2026/01/26/h... @nypost.com #keeplistening

Congrats to past Emerging Research Grants scientist Philippe Vincent PhD for earning multiple awards "as principal investigator for projects focused on synaptic regeneration and functional recovery in the auditory system"! 👏👏 www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/article... @hopkinsmedicine.bsky.social

"...active listening takes serious mental effort. Straining to follow meetings, conversations or even cut through background noise can quickly leave you feeling drained — a problem that gets worse if you aren’t getting enough rest." nypost.com/2026/01/24/h... #keeplistening @nypost.com

"Brown isn't the only Hollywood actor with unilateral hearing loss; actor Rob Lowe and late-night host Stephen Colbert have the condition as well." www.healthdigest.com/2079065/mill... #strangerthings #keeplistening

A HS junior whose AP Research project is on the emotional effects that music has on those with congenital hearing loss is looking for study participants--please fill out their survey here, ty!! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

"After having been exposed to Agent Orange throughout his helicopter missions in Vietnam, he would eventually develop stage IV prostate cancer later in life, as well as bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus." www.vfw.org/media-and-ev... #keeplistening

"how well the AirPods Pro 3 amplify sound for people with mild to moderate hearing loss... noting strengths in accessibility and convenience as well as limitations compared with dedicated hearing aids" www.hearingtracker.com/hearing-aids... @hearingtracker.com #keeplistening #appleairpods

"She revealed that she has a hearing impairment and did not understand what Rain or the interpreter was saying at the time." "He wrote that he had not known about her disability and admitted he had not been considerate enough in that moment." cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com/entertainmen...

“An underlying assumption has been that an inability to process speech sounds causes these poor reading outcomes. This study reveals that poor auditory processing need not result in poor reading outcomes in deaf children.” news.vumc.org/2026/01/21/n... #cochlearimplant #keeplistening

“Our hearing connects us to the people in our lives. Preventing and treating hearing loss protects those meaningful connections" evanstonroundtable.com/2026/01/21/n... #keeplistening #evanston

"He still has a bobblehead and his eyes go back and forth due to his nystagmus, but he has the sweetest disposition and has made our lives infinitely greater" www.newsweek.com/woman-offere... #balance #keeplistening @newsweek.com

"Woodall plays Niki White, a gifted former pianist who stops performing after developing hyperacusis, a rare hearing disorder that can make everyday sounds feel unbearably loud and even painful." theplaylist.net/tuner-traile... @hyperacusiscentral.bsky.social @theplaylist.bsky.social #keeplistening

"for older adults with moderate hearing loss, being prescribed hearing aids was associated with a lower risk of dementia, although it had little impact on cognitive test scores over a seven-year period." hearingreview.com/hearing-prod... #keeplistening #hearing #brain #health

"A 3.48 dB improvement in signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). 70% of participants reported improved communication ability after three hours of real-world use. Participants’ top communication goals were met in 84%–95% of cases." hearingreview.com/hearing-prod... #keeplistening