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Hearing Disorders and Deafness

Types of hearing aids

Illustrations of five different behind-the-ear, in-the-ear, completely-in-canal, and in-the-canal hearing aids.

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February 22, 2023

NIDCR researchers studied mice to understand how sound dulls pain.

Audio analgesia: How sound blunts pain—at least in mice

Music can take your pain away Since the 1960s, music and other sounds have been found to ease pain from...

Zain Verjee speaks at the Unstoppable Africa Conference in 2022.

Zain Verjee is no longer hiding from psoriasis

As a leading international journalist on CNN and other major television news outlets, Zain Verjee’s face was visible to millions...

Pain in the face, mouth, and jaw is a common cause of pain complaints.

Shedding light on facial pain

Joining forces to tackle facial pain Pain is your body’s way of telling you that something might be wrong and...