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General Topics: Hearing Overview | Hearing Tests

Hearing Loss and Deafness: General Information | In Children | In the Elderly | Research

Specific Hearing Disorders: Auditory Neuropathy | Hereditary Disorders | Hyperacusis | Noise-Induced Hearing Loss | Tinnitus )


	Hearing Overview
	Hearing: How We Hear:Columbia University Medical Center

	Hearing Tests
	Hearing Tests:WebMD
	Understanding Your Hearing Test:Hearing Center Online
	Understanding Your Audiogram:American Academy of Audiology
	Hearing Assessment:ASHA

	Hearing Loss and Deafness, General Information
	Hearing Loss and Deafness:Merck Manual, Home Edition
	Type, Degree, and Configuration of Hearing Loss:ASHA
	Hearing Problems: Self-Care Flowchart:American Academy of Family Physicians
	Sudden Deafness:NIDCD
	Hearing Loss : Questions You Have--Answers You Need:netLibrary
	Everything You Need to Know About Deafness:netLibrary
	Hearing Disorders and Deafness:MedlinePlus

	Hearing Loss in Children

	General Information
	Hearing Impairment:March of Dimes
	Hearing Deficits (in children):Merck Manual, Home Edition
	Enlarged Vestibular Aqueducts and Childhood Hearing Loss:NIDCD
	Information on Deaf-Blindness – Selected Topics:DB-Link
	Let's Talk About Deafness:netLibrary [for Kids]
	Hearing Problems in Children:MedlinePlus

	Recognizing Hearing Loss in Children
	Age-Appropriate Hearing Milestones:Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
	Your Child's Hearing Development Checklist (Silence Isn't Always Golden):NIDCD
	Learn the Signs (of Hearing Loss). Act Early:CDC

	Screening for Hearing Disorders
	Hearing Screening in Children:Columbia University Medical Center
	Has Your Baby's Hearing Been Screened?:NIDCD
	What to Do if Your Baby’s Screening Reveals a Possible Hearing Problem:NIDCD
	Newborn Hearing Screening:National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management

	Specific Hearing Disorders
	see Hereditary Hearing Loss and Deafness

	Hearing Loss in the Elderly
	Hearing Loss:National Institute on Aging
	Hearing Loss and Older Adults:NIDCD
	Presbycusis:NIDCD
	Sound Advice About Age-Related Hearing Loss:FDA
	Missing Words : The Family Handbook On Adult Hearing Loss:netLibrary

	Hearing Loss and Deafness, Research
	Can We Help the Ear Repair Itself?:NIDCD
	Inner Ear Hair Cell Regeneration:University of Washington
	Hair Cell Regeneration and Hearing Loss:Research Results, NIH [PDF]
	Gene Therapy to Prevent Hearing Loss:NIDCD

	Hereditary Hearing Loss and Deafness

	Overview
	Congenital Deafness:American Hearing Research Foundation

	Genetics (General Information)
	The Genetics of Infant Hearing Loss:CDC
	Genetics and Deafness:Boys Town National Research Hospital
	Hereditary Hearing Loss:University of Antwerp & University of Iowa
	Deafness and Hereditary Hearing Loss Overview:GeneReviews
	Deafness Genes:Society for Neuroscience

	Hereditary Non-Syndromic Hearing Loss
	Non-Syndromic Deafness:American Hearing Research Foundation
	Nonsyndromic Deafness:Genetics Home Reference, NLM
	DFNA2 Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss:GeneReviews
	Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss and Deafness, DFNA3:GeneReviews
	Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss and Deafness, DFNB1:GeneReviews
	OTOF-Related Deafness (DFNB9 Nonsyndromic):GeneReviews
	Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss and Deafness, Mitochondrial:GeneReviews

	Index to Hereditary Hearing Loss Syndromes
	Alport Syndrome		Neurofibromatosis 2
	Alstrom Syndrome		Norrie Disease
	Biotinidase Deficiency		Otopalatodigital Spectrum Disorders
	Branchio-Oto-Renal Syndrome		Pendred Syndrome
	Cockayne Syndrome		Refsum Disease
	Deafness-Dystonia-Optic Neuronopathy Syndrome		Stickler Syndrome
	Goldenhar's Syndrome		Townes-Brocks Syndrome
	Jervell and Lange-Nielsen Syndrome		Treacher Collins Syndrome
	Kearns-Sayre Syndrome		Usher Syndrome
	MELAS Syndrome		Waardenburg Syndrome
	MERRF Syndrome

	Auditory Neuropathy
	Auditory Neuropathy:NIDCD
	Auditory Neuropathy Information
	Auditory Neuropathy:Chicago Dizziness and Balance

	Hyperacusis
	Hyperacusis? An Increased Sensitivity to Everyday Sounds:AAO-HNS
	What is Hyperacusis?:Hyperacusis Network
	Decreased Sound Tolerance:Tinnitus and Hyperacusis Centre
	Vestibular Hyperacusis:Vestibular Disorders Association

	Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
	Hearing: Noise-Induced Hearing Loss:American Academy of Family Physicians
	Noise-Induced Hearing Loss:NIDCD
	Noise & Hearing Protection:AAO-HNS
	Hearing Loss Prevention Tips:MedicineNet
	Know the Power of Sound:AAO-HNS

	Tinnitus

	General Information
	Tinnitus:AAO-HNS
	Tinnitus (Ringing and Other Ear Noise):MedicineNet
	FAQ:American Tinnitus Association
	Tinnitus:Society for Neuroscience
	Tinnitus:MedlinePlus

	Pulsatile (Objective) Tinnitus
	Pulsatile Tinnitus: What Causes It?Mayo Clinic
	Pulsatile Tinnitus Brief:Oregon Tinnitus & Hyperacusis Treatment Center

	Treatment
	Tinnitus Management:ASHA
	Treatment Information:American Tinnitus Association
	Tinnitus Retraining Therapy:Tinnitus and Hyperacusis Centre
	Tinnitus Retraining Therapy: Guidelines and Exercises for Patients:Tinnitus and Hyperacusis Centre

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