Hearing Coverage

Study: Early use of hearing aids can lower other risks for seniors
A study found that older people who received hearing aids within three years of being diagnosed with hearing loss had lower rates of dementia, depression and even falls than those who did not get hearing aids.

Face masks causing anxiety for people with hearing loss
Health officials continue to recommend face coverings to prevent the spread of Covid-19. However for people with hearing loss, this safety measure is causing some communication anxiety.

Groundbreaking surgery restores baby's hearing
Cochlear implants usually aren't an option for children under 9-months-old, but doctors in Pennsylvania recently helped one infant in a race against the clock as scar tissue grew in her inner ear.

Tips for avoiding miscommunication while wearing masks
Wearing masks is the neighborly thing to do. It protects others and helps to stop the spread. But masks can also be uncomfortable and can cause issues with communication.

Masks can present some communication challenges
WRAL's Mandy Mitchell spoke with a audiologist about the issues that could come up with people either hard of hearing or deaf when it comes to understanding people wearing face masks for protection.

Fact check: viral Facebook post wrongly says impeachment hearings cost $40 million
Republicans have criticized the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump's actions on Ukraine as an overextension of Democrats' power in Congress. On Facebook, some users take issue with another part of impeachment: the price tag.

Bill Leslie: Volume Control
Author David Owen writes in his new book "Volume Control" that some restaurants "turn up the sound as the night goes on, both to make diners talk less and drink more and also to drive out older, lingering customers who don't run up big checks."

President Trump wrongly describes impeachment witnesses as 'Never Trumpers'
As the first day of public impeachment hearings began with testimony from William Taylor and George Kent, President Donald Trump attacked the two senior foreign-policy officials at the hearing as implacable foes.

House hearing considers changes to redistricting process
The House Redistricting Committee meets to hold a hearing on three proposals that would reform the redistricting process.

Judges free man wrongfully convicted of 1979 murder at St. Aug's
A three-judge panel heard arguments regarding a man's sentence in connection with a 1979 murder on St. Augustine's campus in Raleigh.

Day 3: Judicial hearing re-evaluates sentence for 1979 murder
A three-judge panel is hearing arguments regarding a man's sentence in connection with a 1979 murder on St. Augustine's campus in Raleigh.

Day 2: Hearing resumes for NC man in 1979 St. Augustine's murder
A three-judge panel is hearing arguments regarding a man's sentence in connection with a 1979 St. Augustine's murder.

Day 2: Hearing re-evaluates sentence for 1979 St. Augustine's University murder
A three-judge panel is hearing arguments regarding a man's sentence in connection with a 1979 St. Augustine's murder.

Day 1: Judicial review hearing re-evaluates sentence for 1979 murder
A three-judge panel is hearing arguments regarding a man's sentence in connection with a 1979 St. Augustine's murder.

Day 1: Judicial review hearing begins, re-evaluates sentence for 1979 murder
A three-judge panel is hearing arguments regarding a man's sentence in connection with a 1979 St. Augustine's murder.

Implants give new hope to people with hearing loss
People with one-sided hearing loss now have the opportunity to hear out of both ears.

Cochlear implants give new hope for people with one-sided hearing loss
UNC researchers find tailored cochlear implant programming and therapy offers benefit for people with unilateral hearing loss and gains FDA approval

Hand dryers could damage children's hearing
Nora Keegan, an eighth grader in Alberta, used a decibel meter to measure the peak loudness of 44 public-bathroom hand dryers and found most were louder than what the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recommends. The study was published in the journal Paediatrics & Child Health.

Some kids say hand dryers hurt their ears. A Canadian girl conducted a study about it
A Canadian eighth-grader's science experiment raises questions about whether hand dryers, like the ones found in public restrooms around the world, can damage the hearing of young children.