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New Research Points The Way To Restoring Noise-Induced Hearing Loss In Mammals, Including Humans
April 8, 1999 — Damage to the sensory hair cells in the inner ear is the most frequent cause of permanent hearing loss. Such destruction can be due to a number of causes, most notably exposure to loud noise, as well ... > full story -
How One "Family" Can Influence A Culture: Searching For The Clues To Hearing Loss
March 25, 1999 — New insights into therapeutics that can be used to prevent or treat hearing loss could result from research being done at Oberlin College by Assistant Professor of Neuroscience Lynne ... > full story -
Researcher Finding Ways To Make Cochlear Implants Better Mimic Normal Hearing
March 2, 1999 — Using a computer model, Jay Rubinstein, M.D, Ph.D., a University of Iowa assistant professor of otolaryngology, and physiology and biophysics, has found a way to better mimic the natural spontaneous ... > full story -
Knockout Mouse Reveals Genetic Mechanism In Defective Mammalian Ear Developoment
March 2, 1999 — A control mechanism for the proper development of inner ear "hair cells" -- sensory cells that are critical for normal hearing in mammals such as mice and humans -- has been found to involve ... > full story -
Old Bone Collection Reveals Basis For Some Dizziness
February 9, 1999 — Using a library of almost 1,000 skull bones collected for more than 30 years at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, researchers have identified a consistent congenital basis for a rare but ... > full story -
NYU Neuroscientist Explores Changes In The Brain Following Hearing Loss
February 4, 1999 — In the United States alone, 28 million people have some degree of hearing impairment. The problem is particularly severe in childhood, when deafness can have a profound impact on intellectual and ... > full story -
Study Shows Middle Ear Inflammation Decreases Progressively As Children Age
January 12, 1999 — An ear condition common among infants and toddlers known as otitis media with effusion decreases steadily as children approach their school years, according to a new University of North Carolina at ... > full story -
Rehabilitation For Hearing Impaired Children Should Include Treatment For Ear-Related Balance Problems
September 19, 1998 — Children who are deaf or hearing-impaired often receive rehabilitation and therapy that addresses only the hearing loss. However, injury or trauma to the cochlea, or inner ear, may have a significant ... > full story -
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New Study Identifies Specific Ear Problems Resulting From Automobile Airbag Deployment
September 19, 1998 — According to a number of independent and government studies, automobile airbags have decreased fatalities by 21-22 percent for unbelted drivers and by 9-16 percent for drivers wearing seatbelts. The ... > full story -
Magnetic Hearing Aid--New "Window" For Hearing Impaired
September 17, 1998 — Imagine an invisible hearing aid that never squeals with feedback and digitally enhances speech while silencing background noise. Such a device is under development and has been tested in animals ... > full story
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