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HLAA Downeast Chapter

HLAA Downeast Chapter

The mission of the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) Downeast Chapter is to educate Mainers with hearing loss (as well as their families and friends) about the causes, nature, and complications of hearing loss and what can be done to better cope with that loss.

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Face Masks Inhibit Communication For 95 Percent of People With Hearing Loss

January 30, 2021July 16, 2023 - by admin

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – JANUARY 28, 2021 Face masks inhibit communication for 95 percent of people with hearing loss, new survey finds Hearing Loss Association of America and Cochlear survey …

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These Transparent Face Masks Might Make You Feel Normal Again

June 1, 2020May 24, 2024 - by admin

The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) and the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) have devised a transparent surgical face mask that will “soon be …

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