HLAA-WA’s Hearing Other People’s Experiences (HOPE) Virtual Support Meeting features Dr. Larry Medwetsky, who will talk to us about the latest hearing tech advances.
When: Wednesday, October 2, 2024 @ 7:00 – 8:15 pm (EST)
Where: Zoom Register Here.
Month: September 2024
Chapter Meeting: Hearing Restoration project: Why is SNHL so hard to treat?
When: Wednesday September 18th at 6 pm.
Where: Zoom, you can register here.
Presenter Tian Wang, a molecular biologist who is currently Program Manager for the Hearing Restoration Project (a medical research program directly funded by Congress) will share with us why SNHL is so hard to treat. With no agreed to underlying disease biology, SNHL treatments in trial are somewhat a shot in the dark with very low success rates. Currently no approved FDA drugs exist although recent gene mutation reversal efforts show promise. Tian will talk about exciting projects planned and what we as consumers can do to support hearing research.
Toastmasters Online for People with Hearing Loss
Need a boost in confidence? Some friendly coaching to improve your speaking skills?
If so, you might like to join the Audible Talkers Toastmasters, which is designed for people with hearing loss. This friendly group meets online via Zoom the first and third Mondays from 6-7:15 pm Arizona time. Everyone is welcome. Questions? Contact Chirsty Abrams ([email protected]) or Harry Wolfe ([email protected]).
Covid and Hearing Loss in Young Adults
Covid is associated with increased risk for hearing loss in young adults.
A recent study published in the Lancet’s eClinicalMedicine journal reported that a
positive coronavirus diagnosis was associated with a more than threefold increase in
risk for subsequent hearing loss in young adults. Researchers examined electronic
hospital records of 6,716,879 young adults ages 20 to 39 and compared diagnoses of
hearing loss in those who tested positive for coronavirus with a PCR test to those who
did not, from the start of 2020 to the end of 2022. The incidence of hearing loss was
3.44 times higher for people who had covid than for those who did not, and 3.52 times
higher for those who experienced sudden sensorineural hearing loss. Even being fully
vaccinated with boosters did not decrease the risk for hearing loss following a
coronavirus infection.