Alka Yagnik's rare hearing disorder, sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL), stems from inner ear or auditory nerve damage, impacting sound transmission to the brain.

From dementia to heart attacks, hearing loss has been linked to a wide range of effects across the body, and the condition is on the rise. Fortunately, we're learning how best to safeguard this crucia ...

Some of summer’s most fun events can be full of loud noises and their own share of risk.

Silence rarely gets a standing ovation, but maybe it should. The world runs loud, fast, and constant, and that nonstop noise carries a cost that most people never stop to measure. If you stop and slow ...

Approximately 48 million Americans have some degree of hearing loss. The average person waits seven years after first ...

Sometimes I feel like I walk around with my fingers in my ears all the time. If it’s not the rat-tat-tat of jackhammers, the blaring sirens on a police car, or the beep-beep-beep of a truck that is ...

First rule: stop shouting.

My health crisis happened on a day that was supposed to be restorative. On Aug. 11, 2024, I enjoyed two of my favorite activities: a sauna and cold plunge followed by a sunset yoga class by the beach ...