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Can A Dietary Supplement Stave Off Hearing Loss?
February 12, 2009 — Many people take a vitamin each morning to maintain good nutrition, energy, bone strength, and overall health. Can popping a pill also protect our hearing against damage caused by loud ... > full story -
Our Aging Ears And Brains: Why Listening In Background Noise Gets Tougher As We Age
February 12, 2009 — Older adults often have trouble understanding what someone is saying when surrounded by background noise, such as at a restaurant or party, but their ears may not be the only problem. Researchers are ... > full story -
Ways To Minimize Tinnitus -- Troublesome Noises In The Ears
February 4, 2009 — Ringing, whining, whistling, hissing or whooshing. Any of those sounds in one or both ears when there is no external noise present could be a sign of ... > full story -
Type Of Supporting Cells Resistant To Notch Signaling Discovered
January 21, 2009 — Researchers have shown that by blocking a biochemical pathway called the Notch signaling pathway, most of the supporting cells in the inner ear of juvenile mice are induced to directly change into ... > full story -
Surviving Dance Club Music With Hearing Intact
January 20, 2009 — By tweaking a system in the ear that limits how much sound is heard, researchers have discovered one alteration that shows that the ability of the ear to turn itself down contributes to protecting ... > full story -
Chemotherapy Drugs And Hearing Problems: Pharmacokinetics May Explain Differences In Cisplatin And Oxaliplatin Ototoxicity
December 31, 2008 — More cisplatin enters the inner ear in an animal model than oxaliplatin. The difference may explain why cisplatin treatment in humans can lead to hearing problems while oxaliplatin rarely ... > full story -
Lower-Dose Fractionated Stereotactic Radiotherapy Results In Better Hearing Preservation
December 17, 2008 — Researchers have found that a lower dose of fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy for acoustic neuromas results in better hearing preservation and has the same tumor local control rate as a higher ... > full story -
Gene Associated With Age-Related Hearing Loss Identified
December 2, 2008 — Researchers discovered a common variant in the GRM7 gene, which they believe may be associated with susceptibility to glutamate excitotoxicity and hearing ... > full story -
Can You Hear Me Now? How The Inner Ear's Sensors Are Made
December 1, 2008 — A new study shows for the first time how microscopic crystals form sound and gravity sensors inside the inner ear. Located at the ends of cilia -- tiny cellular hairs in the ear that move and ... > full story -
MRI Machines May Damage Cochlear Implants
December 1, 2008 — Patients with cochlear implants may want to steer clear of certain magnetic imaging devices, such as 3T MRI machines, because the machines can demagnetize the patient's implant, according to new ... > full story
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