I. Hearing Basics.- Hearing-Objective, Subjective and Personal.- The Hearing Mechanism: A Guide for Laymen.- Hearing Impaired: Invisible Disability.- Hearing and Balance-In General Term.- Hearing Impairment and Deafness.- Noise and Hearing Impairment.- Musicians and Hearing Impairment.- Hearing Impairments in the Society of Developing Country, Indonesian Case.- Hearing Health Infrastructure in Indonesia.- Hearing Impairment in Brazil.- Welfare of Those with Hearing Impairment.- Primary Necessity and Support for Hearing Impairment in China-Present Status on Medicine and Education.- Deafness in Bangladesh.- Hearing Impairment in Nepal.- Acceptance and Adaptation-a Personal Journey.- Noise Deafness in My Case.- Is It Possible to Cope Effectively with Hearing Loss in the Workplace?.- Voices Unheard: The Academic and Social Experiences of University Students who are Hard of Hearing.- II. Children.- Invisible Disability/ How Can You Survive with Hearing Impairment-The Infant and Child.- Newborn Hearing Screening-the Ultimate Early Detection Strategy for Hearing Loss.- Preventative Otology-Preventing Ear Disease and Hearing Loss in the Paediatric Population.- Early Intervention for Hard-to-Hear Children in Japan-the Center for Hearing Impaired Children, Past, Present and Future of Kanariya Gakuen.- Early Intervention Program of Hearing-Impaired Children in Japan.- Acquisition of Oral and Written Language by Children with Severely Impaired Hearing.- Coping with Hearing Impairment in Children: The Grieving Process after Diagnosis.- Current Issues on Language Education for Young Hearing-Impaired Children.- Deafness in Infants and Children-Early Detection, Auditory Training and Education.- An Introduction of a Comic on Hearing Impairment.- Hearing Impairment in School Children.- Educational Program for Parents of Deaf Children in Latin America.- The Special Class for the Children with Hearing Difficulty in Okayama Uchisange Primary School-Its history of establishment and process of development as the oldest Nanchyougakkyu in Japan.- It Grew up to 46-Years-Old!.- Congenital Hearing Loss in Virus Infection: Rubella and CMV Infection in Children.- III. Hearing Aids.- High-Quality, Low-Cost Hearing Aids.- Hearing International Project on High-Quality, Low-Cost Hearing Aids.- Present Status of Hearing Aids Marketed in Japan, from the Viewpoint of a Layman User.- The Book to Normal Hearing Person for Hardness-of-Hearing Person Support-Recognition Made the Mistake in Receiving a Hearing-Aid.- Outcome of Hearing Aid Technology.- Why the Hearing Impaired do not Use Hearing Instruments.- Development of High-Quality Inexpensive Hearing Aid and Popularization of Hearing Assistance System.- High Quality Low Cost Hearing Aid.- Commercially Available Low Cost Hearing Aids and these Limitations.- The BAHA-Direct Stimulation of the Temporal Bone.- Implantable Hearing Aids (the MEI) in Japan.- Experiences of Cochlear Implantation at the Seoul National University Hospital.- Can We Apply Ultrasound to Hearing Aids for the Profoundly Deaf?.- IV. Medical Aspects.- Vocabulary.- Eustachian Tube and Otitis Media.- Autoimmune Sensorineural Hearing Loss.- Delayed Endolymphatic Hydrops: Episodic Vertigo of Delayed Onset after Profound Inner Ear Hearing Loss.- Causes of Sensorineural Hearing Impairment-From Transmission Electron Microscopy.- Hearing Impairment of Former Leprosy Patients.- Multifold Burden in a Hearing Impaired Person.- Genes and Hearing: The Molecular Basis of Hearing and Deafness.- Chronic Ear Infection.- Curable Sensorineural Hearing Loss.- Prevention of Hearing Impairment and Deafness-Special Problems in Korea.- The Rhinological Diagnosis in the Management of Otitis Media.- Subjective Audiometry.- Is the Origin of So-Called "Jumbling of Object" Only by Bilateral Peripheral-Vestibular Lesions?.- Vertigo and Balance: Clinical Aspect.- Hearing Loss Associated with Vertigo.- World Health Organization to Address the Problems of Deafness and Hearing Impairment on a Larger Scale.- Communication Disorders of Patients Receiving Home Medical Care.- Rotarian's Contribution to the "Ear Health Care Project" in Indonesia-Report of Bali Island Project.- A Contribution of Rotary International for the Ear Health Care Projection in Indonesia.- The Rotary Aid for the Ear Care Project in the Southeast Asia.- My Experience in Davao.- Management of Hearing Impairment and Deafness-General Idea of Medical and Conservative Treatment-.- Severe Hearing Impairment: Consequences, Present Available Treatment and Future Expectations in the Management.- Experience of Cochlear Implant.- Hearing Preservation on Gentamicin Treatment for Meniere's Disease.- Hypothermia Facilitates Hearing Restoration in the Treatment of Severe Sudden Deafness.- Surgical Management of Middle Ear Cholesteatoma-Treatment with Canal Reconstruction Tympanoplasty with Mastoid Obliteration (CRTMO).- What You Should Know or Care About Tympanoplasty-From Patient and Doctor Sides of Consideration.- Tympanoplasty for the Hearing Impaired.- Follow up System in Middle Ear Surgery for Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media.- Education and Training in Otorhinolaryngology-Specialty Education and Training: Post-Specialty Training in Special Areas of Otorhinolaryngology.- Education and Training in Otorhinolaryngology-The Scope of Otorhi nolaryngology and IFOS Education Committee Tasks.- Education and Training in Otorhinolaryngology-Results of World-Wide Surveys Concerning Medical School Education of ORL.- Educational Audiological Issues in Japan.- The Audiological Self-Management Program for Hearing-Impaired College Students.- Training of Ear Specialists in the Philippines.- Temporal Bone Dissection Course (TBDC) Has Important Role in Preventing Hearing Impairment Caused by Chronic Middle Ear Infection in Indonesia.- V. Social and International Help.- People Supporting the Hearing Impaired.- Hearing Loss Deafness.- Early Diagnosis of Hearing Loss in the Developing Countries.- The Development of Rehabilitation for Deaf Children in China.- Current Status of Deafness and Hearing Impairment, Prevention Strategies and Activities in China.- "Total Communication" for Hard of Hearing and Late-Deafened People in Japan.- Hearing Loss and Social Life.- A Strategic Formulation to Decrease the Number of Hearing Impaired People in Indonesia.- Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Prevention of Hearing Impairments in Latin America.- One and a Half Decades of Mobile Ear Surgery Camps in Rural Areas of Nepal to Combat Deafness and Ear Disease.- Community Participation in Noise Control.- The International Hearing Foundation (IHF)-Dedicated to Education, Research, and Service.- European Union Promoted Research Cooperation in Hard of Hearing; the Bioear Project.- Experiences with Otorhinolaryngologists in Asia.- "Peaceful and Contented Mind".- The Week of Hearing Health: A Prevention Model for Developing Countries.- Pan American Society of Audiology and International Society of Audiology: Non-Governmental Organizations for the Benefit of Hearing Impaired Persons.- Otological Center: Manila.- A View on the Management of ORL Hospital.- Considering about the Hearing Impairment of the Invisible Disability from My Experience in Surabaya.- Mustajib Met at Bali.- My Dear World Friends.- How Can You Survive with Hearing Impairment.- International Federation of Otorhinolaryngological Societies (IFOS).- Working...Towards...Better Hearing: Hearing International -Hearing For ALL.- Hearing International Newsletter: A Window to the World.- Activity of the Association for the Education and Welfare of Hearing Impaired Inc. Japan, and the Present Status of Deafness Education.- Ear and Hearing Health Program.- We Want a Social System that Allows Everyone around the World to Receive Medical, Health and Welfare Services Anywhere, Anytime!-Medical Treatment and Preservation of Health.- We Want a Social System that Allows Everyone around the World to Receive Medical, Health and Welfare Services Anywhere, Anytime!-Social Welfare of Japan.- Hearing Impairment and the Need for Voluntary Social Basis in Hearing Deficit Prevention Campaigns.- Corresponding Education for Ear Disability in Dr. Cipto Mangunkusomo Hospital Jakarta Indonesia.- Volunteer Activity as Secretary General of Hearing International Japan.- Let's Try. You Can Do It!-Health Revolution Starts from Activities in the Community.- Training of MDs Specialized in Audiology: A Mexican Model for Developing Countries.- Ear, Nose & Throat Journal: in Transition.- Acta Oto-Laryngologica-an International Medical Journal in the Service of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery.- Hearing Research and the Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO).- Postscript.