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For Hearing Parts of Brain, Deafness Reorganizes Sensory Inputs, Not Behavioral Function
May 10, 2011 — The part of the brain that uses hearing to determine sound location is reorganized in deaf animals to locate visual targets, according to a new ... > full story -
Lowering Cost Doesn't Increase Hearing Aid Purchases, but Eliminating Costs Does
May 10, 2011 — Lowering the cost of hearing aids isn't enough to motivate adults with mild hearing loss to purchase a device at a younger age or before their hearing worsens. Simply lowering the cost of hearing ... > full story -
Cotton Swabs Prove Problematic for Ear Health
April 28, 2011 — A new study shows a direct association between cotton swab use and ruptured eardrum. The study also shows that in most cases the rupture heals on its own and surgery is only necessary for the most ... > full story -
Tinnitus Caused by Too Little Inhibition of Brain Auditory Circuits, Study Finds
April 18, 2011 — Tinnitus, a relentless ringing in the ears known to disable soldiers exposed to blasts, unwary listeners of too-loud music and millions more, is the result of under-inhibition of key neural pathways ... > full story -
Will We Hear the Light? Surprising Discovery That Infrared Can Activate Heart and Ear Cells
March 28, 2011 — Scientists have used invisible infrared light to make rat heart cells contract and toadfish inner-ear cells send signals to the brain. The discovery someday might improve cochlear implants for ... > full story -
Changes in Taste Function Related to Obesity and Chronic Ear Inflammation
March 21, 2011 — Children with chronic inflammation of the middle ear can experience changes in their sense of taste, and these changes may be related to childhood obesity, according to a new ... > full story -
Newborn Hearing Screenings Do Not Appear to Identify All Children at Risk for Hearing Loss
March 21, 2011 — Although universal newborn hearing screening programs appear to identify children with hearing loss at a younger age, nearly one-third of pediatric cochlear implant recipients pass newborn screening ... > full story -
Scientist Studies Frogs and Fish for Answers to Human Hearing
March 18, 2011 — Scientists are exploring the molecules and tissues necessary for normal inner ear development in two different species that are model organisms for developmental biological studies: the African ... > full story -
High-Volume Portable Music Players May Impair Ability to Clearly Discriminate Sounds
March 9, 2011 — Listening to loud music through earphones for extended periods in noisy surroundings can cause neurophysiological changes related to clear discrimination of sounds, even if the hearing threshold is ... > full story -
Scientists Probe the Role of Motor Protein in Hearing Loss
March 6, 2011 — From grinding heavy metal to soothing ocean waves, the sounds we hear are all perceptible thanks to the vibrations felt by tiny molecular motors in the hair cells of the inner ear. Researchers have ... > full story
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