Growing Matters returns with its 2026 annual BeSure! campaign, championing responsible product usage through best management ...

IN a world defined by conversation, music, and constant activity, it is difficult to imagine life without sound. Yet for thousands of children born with hearing loss, silence shapes their earliest ...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem faced skepticism from both sides of the aisle at a hearing before the Senate ...

While earphones are a great aid to focus, the medical and audiology research still indicates that they carry some risks if ...

What would be your best estimate of the number of people in the United States with significant hearing loss? You may be as surprised as I was to learn the answer: about 73 million, or approximately 1 ...

Immersive extended reality (XR) experiences typically rely on audio and visual cues, which can unintentionally exclude deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) individuals due to their limited access to ...

The Department of Defense (DoD) has received a $7.5 million program increase in the Fiscal Year 2026 defense appropriations bill to accelerate development of next generation hearing protection ...

Three years after the feature rolled out, Apple is automatically enabling Stolen Device Protection in iOS 26.4, expanding safeguards against an ever-expanding epidemic of iPhone theft. In 2023, Apple ...

Starting with iOS 26.4, Stolen Device Protection will be enabled by default and turned on for all iPhone users. Stolen Device Protection adds extra security in case of physical ‌iPhone‌ theft. Apple ...

Three top Homeland Security officials faced a barrage of questions from Senate lawmakers over their use of force policies and how federal officers are trained in deescalation, as the fallout continues ...