February 19, 2013 | Contra Costa Hearing Aid Center
According to data from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), out of every 1,000 babies in the United States, 2 to 3 are born deaf or with impaired hearing abilities. Children can experience hearing loss as the result of congenital factors, because of a middle ear infection called otitis media, or it may be acquired […]
February 10, 2013 | Contra Costa Hearing Aid Center
A fact that indicates how important the ability to hear is to living species on earth is that while researchers have identified various kinds of amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and fishes who are sightless, they have been unable to find any naturally deaf species. However, hearing does not necessarily call for ears. Only vertebrates have ears, […]
