Hearing Loss News

Posted May 20, 2013:

• Echolocation: Blind People Have the Potential to Use Their 'Inner Bat' to Locate Objects, Study Finds

Posted May 16, 2013:

• Brain Makes Call on Which Ear Is Used for Cell Phone

Posted May 7, 2013:

• First Corneal Transplant With Pre-Loaded Donor Tissue

Posted April 15, 2013:

• Concert Cacophony: Short-Term Hearing Loss Can Be Protective, Not Damaging, Researchers Find

Posted April 2, 2013:

• Regaining Proper Hearing at Last

Posted March 27, 2013:

• Protecting Ears from Hearing Loss: Primary Role of Olivocochlear Efferent System Discovered

Posted March 21, 2013:

• 'Evolutionary Glitch' Possible Cause of Childhood Ear Infections

Posted March 14, 2013:

• Rapid Hearing Loss May Be a Symptom of Rare Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Posted March 8, 2013:

• Mom's Sensitivity Helps Language Development in Children With Hearing Loss

Posted March 5, 2013:

• Putting HiFi Into Cochlear Implants

Posted February 26, 2013:

• Now Hear This: Forerunners of Inner-Ear Cells That Enable Hearing Identified

Posted February 20, 2013:

• Using 3-D Printing and Injectable Molds, Bioengineered Ears Look and Act Like the Real Thing
• Resveratrol Shows Promise to Protect Hearing, Cognition

Posted February 12, 2013:

• Clinical Trial of Medication to Treat NF2 Tumors Starting Soon

Posted February 11, 2013:

• Noisy Classroom Simulation Aids Comprehension in Hearing-Impaired Children

Posted February 8, 2013:

• Scientists Prevent Development of Deafness in Animals Engineered to Have Usher Syndrome

Posted February 4, 2013:

• Researchers Develop Rx for Deafness, Impaired Balance in Mouse Model of Usher Syndrome

Posted January 28, 2013:

• Discovering the Missing 'LINC' to Deafness

Posted January 22, 2013:

• FDA Approves Clinical Trial of Auditory Brainstem Implant Procedure for Children in U.S.

Posted January 21, 2013:

• Hearing Loss Accelerates Brain Function Decline in Older Adults

Posted January 17, 2013:

• Hearing-Loss-Prevention Drugs Closer to Reality Thanks to New Test

Posted January 15, 2013:

• Stress Makes Exhausted Women Over-Sensitive to Sounds

Posted January 14, 2013:

• New Implant Replaces Impaired Middle Ear

Posted January 10, 2013:

• Music from the Ear: Researchers Show How an Objective Audiometric Test Can Become Even More Reliable

Posted January 9, 2013:

• Sensory Hair Cells Regenerated, Hearing Restored in Noise-Damaged Mammal Ear

Posted December 17, 2012:

• Speaking Skills Crucial for Hearing Impaired Children in the Classroom

Posted December 11, 2012:

• Novel Laser Technique Reveals How the Inner Ear Amplifies Sound

Posted December 10, 2012:

• Earphones, Music Players on Kids' Holiday Gift Lists? Add a Hearing Screening

Posted December 6, 2012:

• Scientists Identify Molecules in the Ear That Convert Sound Into Brain Signals

Posted November 27, 2012:

• What Sound? Popular Music Devices Could Be Dialing Up Hearing Losses

Posted November 14, 2012:

• Brain Waves Make Waves
• Diabetic Patients Have Higher Prevalence of Hearing Impairment

Posted November 8, 2012:

• Medical Devices Powered by the Ear Itself
• Software Improves Quality of Sound for Hearing Aid Users

Posted November 7, 2012:

• Firm Molecular Handshake Needed for Hearing and Balance

Posted November 5, 2012:

• Etiologic Diagnosis of Nonsyndromic Genetic Hearing Loss in Adult Vs Pediatric Populations

Posted October 30, 2012:

• New Way to Prevent Recurrent Ear Infections?
• Working Towards a Better Hearing Aid

Posted October 25, 2012:

• Gene Mutation Linked to Old Age Hearing Loss Identified

Posted October 2, 2012:

• New Findings on the Workings of the Inner Ear

Posted September 30, 2012:

• Gene That Causes a Form of Deafness Discovered

Posted September 27, 2012:

• Hearing Brains Are 'Deaf' to Disappearance of Sounds, Study Reveals

Posted September 26, 2012:

• Leptin May Play a Role in Hearing and Vision Loss, Zebrafish Study Suggests

Posted September 20, 2012:

• Two Bionic Ears Are Better Than the Sum of Their Parts

Posted September 18, 2012:

• Is Magnetic Therapy Effective for Tinnitus?

Posted September 12, 2012:

• Popular Pain-Relieving Medicines Linked to Hearing Loss in Women
• Doctors Not Always Using Reliable Websites for Tinnitus Information, Study Finds

Posted September 11, 2012:

• Hearing Impaired Ears Hear Differently in Noisy Environments

Posted September 6, 2012:

• Preventing Noise-Induced Hearing Loss, Tinnitus in Soldiers

Posted August 29, 2012:

• Earphones Potentially as Dangerous as Noise from Jet Engines, Researchers Find

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