VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP)-- The smiles said it all. Savannah Andersen, 3, beamed a 500-watt glow as she had her devices fitted. Colt Franklin, 6, began to mouth some words and mimic a few new sounds. The ...

(CN) - A school district's obligation to educate disabled children does not require it to pay for hearing-aid maintenance, the D.C. Circuit ruled. The plaintiffs in this case are parents of children ...

CASTRO VALLEY, Calif. (KGO) -- A deaf 7-year-old Castro Valley girl found herself the victim of a burglary when the hearing devices that attach to her hearing aids were stolen. Because of the kindness ...

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CASTRO VALLEY, California -- There's a sweet and unexpected ending to a story about a little girl who had her hearing aids stolen when her school was burglarized. Seven-year-old Alicia Lyding is deaf ...

A 4-month-old baby girl who was born deaf lights up with joy every morning when her parents switch her hearing aids on, often breaking out in happy squeals. “It’s like she’s having the lights switched ...

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Braden Baker was inspired after his dog ate three hearing aids. — -- After a 10-year-old deaf boy's beloved dog chewed up his hearing aids twice, his parents told him just how expensive it was to ...

The expectations were not that high as the delicate black hearing aids were inserted into the ears of the profoundly deaf 22-year-old woman. Once in, the devices were obscured behind her black bob. At ...

A deaf technician at Tesla’s Gigafactory has filed a lawsuit against the company, alleging wrongful termination and disability discrimination. The employee claims that his hearing aids, essential for ...