Smoking, Obesity Linked to Permanent Hearing Loss- June 12, 2008 A new study has found that obesity and smoking could be linked to permanent hearing loss. Although scientists involved in the Antwerp University study noted that high levels of work-related noise remains the biggest risk, they added that both smoking and obesity could cause hearing loss by decreasing blood flow and oxygen to the ears. The study was conducted jointly between the University of Paris and University College London. This causes a build up of free radicals in cochlear tissue,...http://www.4hearingloss.com/archives/2008/06/smoking_obesity.html Noise On The Farm Can Cause Hearing Loss- June 12, 2008 One of the most important ways to obtain information and know what is happening around us is through sound. We talk with others, get weather information by listening to wind, thunder, and rain, know if a machine is working properly or if a pig is stuck in a hole in the fence, and we listen to beautiful music. Thus, sound can be useful and pleasing, or it can be unpleasant, irritating, and damaging to one's health. The latter, or unwanted sounds, are called noise. What Is Sound Movement of...http://www.4hearingloss.com/archives/2008/06/noise_on_the_fa.html People with Disabilities May Underestimate Benefits of SSDI- June 12, 2008 Individuals who become disabled regularly encounter a number of choices and new challenges, including treatment for their injury or chronic illness. Allsup, which represents tens of thousands of people in the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) process each year, finds people often underestimate and lack information about the benefits of SSDI. One example is that many people think SSDI benefits are means based, or only available to individuals with little or no income.http://www.4hearingloss.com/archives/2008/06/people_with_dis.html Blind, deaf professor to be awarded doctorate- June 12, 2008 A blind and deaf associate professor at Tokyo University Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology will be granted a doctoral degree, it has been learned. Satoshi Fukushima, 45, will become the first blind deaf person to receive a doctorate in Japan. An award ceremony will be held for him at Tokyo University's Komaba campus Wednesday.http://www.4hearingloss.com/archives/2008/06/blind_deaf_prof.html Kids Learn To Sign To Reach Out To Deaf Classmate- June 12, 2008 Getting fifth-graders to skip lunch and recess to study is no easy task. But a local student managed to inspire her classmates to do just that. NewsCenter 5's Bianca de la Garza reported that the students spent the extra time learning Michaela Borstel's language: American Sign Language. "I feel really welcomed here," Borstel said of the Governor Winslow School in Marshfield.http://www.4hearingloss.com/archives/2008/06/kids_learn_to_s.html Caregiver Accused In Deaf Man's Abuse- June 12, 2008 A Siloam Springs caregiver charged with abusing a deaf and mute man appeared in Benton County Circuit Court on Monday. Pat Pokrzywinski, 47, is charged with abuse of an adult. He was arrested June 5, 2007, and released on a felony citation after another caregiver reported injuries to police. A status hearing is planned July 31 before Circuit Judge David Clinger. Pokrzywinski worked more than one year as live-in caregiver for the handicapped man as an employee of Bost Inc., according to court..http://www.4hearingloss.com/archives/2008/06/caregiver_accus.html Deaf Youth USA set to launch- June 12, 2008 Americas deaf youth are brilliant, technological savvy, and burning up with potential, ideas, and passion, says Gallaudet graduate Melissa Malzkuhn. As of yet, however, this demographic has no national organization. That is why, this July, she will help launch Deaf Youth USA (DYUSA) with a gathering in Bayou Segnette State Park, La., July 3 to 7, prior to the biennial National Association of the Deaf (NAD) conference. This event will harness the energy of up to 200 individuals representing...http://www.4hearingloss.com/archives/2008/06/deaf_youth_usa.html Deaf People Can Do Anything- June 12, 2008 Emily A. Isberneur, 9, a third-grader at Wilson Elementary School in Adams Center, is hearing-impaired, and Friday she had a chance to socialize with other hearing-impaired children. Through the Jefferson-Lewis Board of Cooperative Educational Services, Emily and about 20 other hearing-impaired pupils learned how to dance at the Clayton Opera House. "I always loved dance," Emily said. She is the daughter of Melissa A. and Donald F. Isberneur.http://www.4hearingloss.com/archives/2008/06/deaf_people_can.html Author recalls how blind, deaf woman touched the world- June 12, 2008 Today the name probably won't ring many bells, but in the mid-1800s Laura Dewey Bridgman was once as famous as Queen Victoria of England. Pittsburgh couple Robert Alexander and Sally Hobart Alexander say Bridgman was so famous that little girls would name their dolls after her and then poke out the dolls' eyes because the blind and deaf girl was so admired. Robert Alexander teaches English and writing at Point Park University. Sally Hobart Alexander teaches literature and writing at Chatham...http://www.4hearingloss.com/archives/2008/06/author_recalls.html Child's kiss leaves mother deaf in one ear- June 12, 2008 A New York woman who partially lost her hearing after her daughter kissed her on her ear two years ago says she's getting some of her hearing back. Gail Schwartzman of Hicksville said her daughter -- who was 4 at The Time -- gave her an affectionate kiss on her left ear and the suction from the kiss managed to displace her eardrum and paralyze three bones in her ear, Newsday reported Sunday.http://www.4hearingloss.com/archives/2008/06/childs_kiss_lea.html |