Many people become hard of hearing as they get older. But another common condition is less well recognized, and is almost the opposite problem: hypersensitivity to sounds such as someone’s voice or ...

As the father of two deaf sons and the author of a book on the history of cochlear implants, I thought I knew a bit about hearing problems. I was still shocked by an e-mail I received some months ago.

Recovery from addiction is rarely a straight line. It asks something profound of people: the willingness to feel again, to sit with discomfort, and to rebuild a relationship with their own nervous ...