Research at the UW Medical Center translates to improving care options for patients. This University of Washington program shows what is going on in Dr. Clifford Hume,s lab, where researchers...
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Oh, hi Mom.Hearing, even more than seeing,
connects us to others.It helps us navigate business
and social pathways.So when we begin
to lose our hearing,we may feel ourselves
becoming isolated.(Dr. Hume) Particularly
the people that we seein our clinic, a lot of
them are older people;when they begin to
lose their hearing,it really means that
they have problemsin interacting with their
family and their friends.(Dr. Hume) Hi, Mrs.
Willmer, how are you?As a doctor, Cliff Hume
treats patients withhearing loss at the University
of Washington Medical Center.He sees a lot
of them.(Dr. Hume) There's a
huge number of people.In the United States, there are
p...