OUR MISSION
 
The mission of Hearing Health Foundation is to prevent and cure hearing loss through groundbreaking research.
  
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Hearing Health Foundation is America’s leading source of private funding for research into the science of hearing and balance. Since 1958 we have awarded approximately 2,000 grants totaling over $26.5 million through our Emerging Research Grants program.
  

 
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 America’s leading source of private funding for research into the science of hearing and balance. Learn more about our research programs.
  
 
 
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.
  • May is Better Hearing and Speech Month
    Learn more about the many faces of hearing loss
  • Hearing loss affects almost 50 million Americans - teens and vets, as well as Baby Boomers.
  • Help make hearing loss a thing of the past.
Family Accommodates Different Levels of Hearing Loss
 
 
  
We'd Like to Hear From You:
What is the biggest challenge you face with hearing loss?
 
Social interaction with friends
Workplace communication
Telling people I have a hearing loss
Wearing hearing aids that are visible to others
UPDATES FROM THE LAB
Tatjana Piotrwoski, Stowers Institute for Medical Research
  
Dr. Tatjana Piotrowski (Stowers Institute for Medical Research) is an Associate Investigator. Dr. Piotrwoski is studying how the sensory lateral line develops in zebrafish by analyzing mutants that affect this process. It consists of hair cells, which functionally and morphologically are very similar to the hair cells of the inner ear of higher vertebrates. To learn more about Dr. Piotrwoski's work visit click here.
 
    
 
 
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