Tag: hearing-loss
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How Do Cochlear Implants Work?
When you have hearing problems, it can greatly affect your life. It’s hard to imagine not being able to hear what your spouse and kids are saying. Maybe you can’t hear the television without turning it up too loud for others in the room. Hearing aids work fine for most people but what if you…
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Guns N’ Roses singer Axl Rose to join Australian rock band AC/DC tour
By Jarni Blakkarly MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Guns N' Roses singer Axl Rose will join the remaining leg of Australian rock band AC/DC's world tour, after front man Brian Johnson's doctors raised concerns over his hearing loss. The band rescheduled concerts on their Rock or Bust World Tour in March after Johnson's doctors told him to…
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Peru reports first case of sexually transmitted Zika virus
Peruvian health authorities on Saturday reported the first case of the Zika virus having been sexually transmitted in the country, after a resident contracted the disease while traveling in Venezuela and then infected his wife once back in Peru. Zika has been linked to thousands of suspected cases of microcephaly, a rare birth defect, in…