OUR MISSION
 
The mission of Hearing Health Foundation is to prevent and cure hearing loss through groundbreaking research.
  
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Since 1958 Hearing Health Foundation has given over $27.8 million to hearing and balance research.  In 2011 Hearing Health Foundation launched the Hearing Restoration Project (HRP), a consortium of scientists working on cell regeneration in the ear.  HRP's goal is a biologic cure for most types of acquired hearing loss within the next ten years. Hearing Health Foundation also publishes Hearing Health magazine, a free consumer resource on hearing loss and related technology, research, and products. 
  

 
WHY PROTECT YOUR HEARING?
Noise-induced hearing loss:
  • Is preventable.
  • Is permanent.
  • Can build over time.
  
HOW HEARING WORKS
 

 
  
 
Hearing loss is one of the most common conditions affecting older adults. One in three people older than 60, and half of those older than 85, have hearing loss.

But it’s not just a matter of old age. Nearly a fifth of all American teens have hearing loss. And 60 percent of our veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan experience hearing loss that makes them feel even more isolated and alone returning to civilian life.

Hearing problems can make it hard to understand and follow a doctor's advice, to respond to warnings, and to hear doorbells and alarms. They can also make it hard to enjoy talking with friends and family. All of this can be frustrating, embarrassing, and even dangerous.

Here’s what you need to know to determine if you, a friend or a family member have hearing loss, and what to do about it.
  
 
 
Hearing Health Foundation is the largest private funder of hearing research, with a mission to prevent and cure hearing loss through groundbreaking research.  Since 1958 Hearing Health Foundation has given over $27.8 million to hearing and balance research.
  
 
 
In 2011 Hearing Health Foundation launched its most important research initiative ever: the Hearing Restoration Project. It promises to deliver, for the first time, a genuine, biologic cure for millions living with hearing loss.
  
 
 
Join our growing family of donors who are helping to make hearing loss a thing of the past!
 
There are many ways for your company or your community group to help.
  
PARTNER WITH US


Royal Arch Research Assistance (RARA) presented Hearing Health Foundation with a donation of $100,000 to fund four research projects in Central Auditory Processing Disorders (CAPD).
  
 
  • Help us develop the first-ever genuine
    cure for hearing loss - within our lifetimes.
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We'd Like to Hear From You:
Which of the following can cause hearing loss?
 
Certain antiobiotics
One minute of exposure to sounds over 110 decibels
Genetics
Diabetes
All of the above
None of the above
FROM THE LAB

Baylor College of Medicine
  
Regie-Lyn Santos-Cortez, M.D. Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine, aims to identify genes predisposing to otitis media by studying gene variants that are identified from a complex pedigree within an indigenous population that has a high prevalence of chronic otitis media. The discovery of genes predisposing to otitis media will lead to increased knowledge of the disease process and development of new diagnostic and treatment strategies for otitis media. The study findings are expected to benefit not only the indigenous population but also otitis media patients from other populations, as the genes that will be found can be followed up in other populations and as new therapies are developed through knowledge of genes predisposing to otitis media. Read more about her research.
 
    
 
 
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