AATV News Update
News Update archive
Every American Abilities News Update on hearing loss, disabilities and wellness — captioned, sourced and reviewed by AATV. Newest first.
Most veterans in a national study had hearing loss · Standard MS disability scale can miss thinking and memory problems · Wall squats and planks lowered blood pressure in a small trial
Sound therapy eased chronic tinnitus in a placebo-controlled trial · Federal grant backs AI-guided robotic wheelchair arms · Heart-healthy diet and sound sleep linked to lower blood-pressure risk
Gut bacteria send signals to the brain’s blood vessels · HHS awards $35.8 million in new disability research grants · A short workout helped memory after a sleepless night
“Temporary” threshold recovery may still leave sound-location trouble · Chart tools may need to describe where things are, not only what they say · Nurse-led coaching improved estimated dementia risk scores
Mouse study explores how inner-ear sound sensors stay intact · Wheelchair research points toward individualized mobility study · Protein trial measures short-term muscle response in older adults
Hearing-study data collection winds down; analysis continues · Supported exercise and spinal-cord-injury pain: mixed findings · Dietary fiber and sleep: an observational research spotlight
NIH funds Yale effort to map the ear’s prestin motor · UN experts: disability inclusion cannot wait until conflicts end · CDC: mental distress and inactivity rose among young adults, 2012–2024
Binghamton develops an experimental ear probe · UK survey highlights fear about exercise and benefits · Rural program integrates mental-health and heart-health support
New research targets chemotherapy-related hearing damage · Deaf Georgia prisoners seek accessible communication · Online program helps prevent maternal depression relapse
VA pilots personal amplifiers in the emergency department · UK strengthens safeguards for wheelchair users who fly · Blood-pressure drug may activate brown fat (early research)
Ontario proposes over-the-counter hearing-aid option · Experimental brain interface supports avatar communication with paralysis · Review links screen time with obesity in young people
Study: 'temporary' noise damage can leave lasting sound-location trouble · Major federal health survey may be cut roughly in half · Sleep-study heart readings may flag future heart risk
· Special update
Choosing an over-the-counter hearing aid is still confusing · Experimental brain interface helps people with paralysis communicate · Clinic fall-prevention support modestly reduced falls in older adults
· Special update
Actor and disability rights advocate RJ Mitte dies at 34
Billy Joel: can't drive or perform for now
Hearing tests sharpen the search for hearing-loss genes · New York opens its fifth annual DREAM Symposium · One hour a week in green spaces linked to better mental health
· Special update
Updated tinnitus guideline calls for personalized care · Fewer checks on disability rules for federal contractors · Breakfast, exercise and sleep linked to handling stress
Speech-in-noise trouble may start in middle age · Texas proposes ending its Children's Autism Program · Loneliness linked to years of lost healthy life
Peppa Pig helps families talk about childhood hearing loss · New Hampshire agrees to fix in-home care gaps in proposed settlement · More daily steps, fewer mental health problems for young teens
International hearing-health conference meets in Chennai, India · Steelers’ Michael Pittman Jr. holds flag football clinic for deaf students · Hearing aids could help combat social isolation in older adults
Weight and blood pressure emerge as top targets for preventing hearing loss · Judge rules Klein ISD must allow Disability Rights Texas monitoring access · Hearing aids helped more older adults regain normal thinking scores
New genetic insights could help detect hearing loss earlier · Smart-glasses captions come to live theater in Philadelphia · A blood clue for tinnitus — early research
Hearing aids and memory: what a new trial found · Court orders disability-rights monitoring in Texas schools · Small veterans study reports mental-health relief after ibogaine
Free weekly newsletter
The American Abilities Report
Every week: the week’s American Abilities News Updates, the research and hospital stories worth knowing, this Sunday’s show, a Sound Tip, a Personal Profile and awareness dates — hearing loss, disabilities and wellness, every story sourced.