News & Events 
CHEAR SOUNDSATION! An event celebrating the Sounds of Music and benefitting CHEAR. February 27, 2010 6-10PM at the Marriott Waterside, Norfolk. Tickets $150. Call 757-388-6229. Music for Listening and Dancing Presented by Skylark with Skip Hancockand Anna Gunn Skip Hancock on the Piano Melinda and the Benders Tidewater Drive Band
New support group for those with hearing loss will meet for the first time on March 17 at 6:30PM. Adults with hearing loss and parents of children with hearing loss are invited to share and and learn with others. Childcare available for ages 2-5. Click here for more information.
Hearing Loss Resource Fair
For Parents of Children with Hearing Loss
Saturday, March 13
at CHKD9AM - 3PM
Children with cochlear implants report quality of life equal to peers with normal hearing based on new research. Click here to read article.
Older Ears Hear Again With Cochlear Implants
from MSNBC
A growing numbers of seniors are turning to cochlear implants and external processors to restore communication and connection — and to prove that a slow descent into deafness is not an inevitable consequence of aging. More Cochlear Implants in Children a Safe Procedure, Study Suggests
from Science Daily
In the six decades since French and American surgeons implanted the first cochlear hearing devices, the procedure in children has become reliable, safe, and relatively free of severe complications. More
Last updated 02/4/2010
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