Losing your hearing is a gradual thing. When Betty Hansen began to lose her hearing, she was working, and getting hearing aids wasn’t a problem. But 10 years later, after retiring, her hearing had gotten worse and the old hearing aids no longer worked for her. “I couldn’t hear the TV,” she told...
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas settles disability discrimination lawsuit. Dallas-based insurance company Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas will pay $75,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit, the Dallas Morning News reports. The settlement comes after the company allegedly failed to...
“They’re both pretty crazy and special.” After Charlie, an 11-year-old golden retriever, lost his eyesight to glaucoma, his owners decided he needed some help. Enter Maverick, his new playmate. For Chelsea and Adam Stipe, of Mooresville, North Carolina, it made sense. Chelsea had...
Lawsuits have been filed in 22 states. About 20 San Antonio veterans filed suit last week against 3M, Texas Public Radio reports. The veterans say they suffered hearing damage during their service because of faulty earplugs made by the company. Hearing loss is the single most common combat-related...
Kahzin Daniels is completely blind in his right eye. At West Virginia’s University of Charleston, Kahzin Daniels has racked up 34 1/2 sacks in his four-year college career, and the National Football League is paying attention, the Charleston Gazette-Mail reports. “People don’t really believe...
Researchers look at stress factors. A professor at Ashland University in Ohio, along with a team of undergraduate researchers, are asking how a type of zebrafish develops eye lens cataracts, the The Columbus Dispatch reports. Zebrafish have been used for years to study the cardiovascular system,...
“She really identifies with that song.” An 8-year-old Maryland girl’s version of Carrie Underwood’s hit song “The Champion” is going viral, ‘Good Morning America’ reports. Savannah Dahan has achieved instant fame with her rendition of Underwood’s song with Ludacris, done in...
Scientists inject eyes of mice with nanoparticles to convert infrared light. Researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China have injected the eyes of mice with nanoparticles that designed to stick to the light-detecting cells in the rodents’ retinas, The Atlantic reports. The...
Household appliances are surprisingly noisy. You might be surprised how loud your household items can be, Healthy Hearing reports. But how loud is too loud? The test is simple: if you can’t carry on a conversation with someone standing beside you, the TV volume is set too high or the...
Canadian woman has a dream. Gabrielle Masone wants to help colorblind people see the world in all its vivid colors, KSLA News reports. The idea for the new contact lens began with the 28-year-old’s own experience. “When I was little, I had an eye condition called amblyopia, and it made me...
New manager instructed one to “be more talkative.” On a corporate level, Starbucks has worked to build a reputation for being friendly to the deaf community. The company often shares the news when baristas sign with customers in American Sign Language, and it also opened its first...
Blood flow to the retina is reduced. Chronic smokers face the risk of diminished eyesight, Fortune reports. A study in the journal Psychiatry Research found that smokers’ ability to distinguish colors and contrasts is damaged over time, and that over a prolonged period, smokers experience...
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