Hearing Loss News

Posted July 10, 2012:

• Deaf Brain Processes Touch Differently: Lacking Sound Input, the Primary Auditory Cortex 'Feels' Touch

Posted July 6, 2012:

• Can You Hear Me Now? New Strategy Discovered to Prevent Hearing Loss

Posted June 25, 2012:

• Sounds of Summer Can Be a Danger to Hearing

Posted June 20, 2012:

• Children Exposed to HIV in the Womb at Increased Risk for Hearing Loss

Posted June 11, 2012:

• Brain Area Identified That Determines Distance from Which Sound Originates
• Kill the Germs, Spare the Ears: Encouraging Study Shows How

Posted June 5, 2012:

• Between Ear and Brain, an Orderly Orchestra of Synapses

Posted May 29, 2012:

• Nowhere to Hide: New Device Sees Bacteria Behind the Eardrum

Posted May 21, 2012:

• Seventy-Two Percent of Teenagers Experienced Reduced Hearing Ability After Attending Concert

Posted May 11, 2012:

• Gene Therapy for Hearing Loss: Potential and Limitations

Posted May 10, 2012:

• Key Cellular Mechanisms Behind the Onset of Tinnitus Identified

Posted May 8, 2012:

• Scientists Find New Pieces of Hearing Puzzle

Posted May 1, 2012:

• Hearing and Touch Have Common Genetic Basis: Gene Mutation Leads to Impairment of Two Senses

Posted April 30, 2012:

• Restoring Hearing With Discrete Device: A Middle-Ear Microphone for More Convenient Cochlear Implants

Posted April 27, 2012:

• Novel Genetic Loci Identified for High-Frequency Hearing Loss

Posted April 21, 2012:

• Cochlear Implants Restore Hearing in Rare Disorder

Posted April 19, 2012:

• Insomnia Takes Toll on Tinnitus Patients

Posted March 20, 2012:

• Study to Test New Tinnitus 'Treatment'

Posted March 8, 2012:

• Discovery of Hair-Cell Roots Suggests the Brain Modulates Sound Sensitivity
• Biologists Locate Brain's Processing Point for Acoustic Signals Essential to Human Communication

Posted February 21, 2012:

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

Posted February 17, 2012:

• How Mitochondrial DNA Defects Cause Inherited Deafness

Posted February 13, 2012:

• Hearing Aid Gap: Millions Who Could Benefit Remain Untreated

Posted February 10, 2012:

• Drug Halts Organ Damage in Inflammatory Genetic Disorder, Study Suggests
• Cochlear Implants May Be Safe, Effective for Organ Transplant Patients

Posted February 3, 2012:

• Schizophrenia: When Hallucinatory Voices Suppress Real Ones, New Electronic Application May Help

Posted February 1, 2012:

• Tinnitus: New Evidence Touch-Sensing Nerve Cells May Fuel 'Ringing in the Ears'

Posted January 30, 2012:

• Music Training Has Biological Impact on Aging Process

Posted January 16, 2012:

• Revolutionary Surgical Technique for Perforations of the Eardrum

Posted January 15, 2012:

• Quantitative Imaging Application to Gut and Ear Cells

Posted January 3, 2012:

• New Clues to Human Deafness Found in Mice

Posted December 28, 2011:

• Using MP3 Players at High Volume Puts Teens at Risk for Early Hearing Loss, Say Researchers

Posted December 19, 2011:

• Gene Therapy for Ears

Posted December 16, 2011:

• Researchers Urge Caution When Buying Noisy Toys

Posted December 9, 2011:

• People With DFNA2 Hearing Loss Show Increased Touch Sensitivity, Study Shows

Posted November 21, 2011:

• Key Molecules for Hearing and Balance Discovered: Can Hearing Be Restored?

Posted October 27, 2011:

• Testing Guam Infants for Hearing Loss Remotely

Posted October 3, 2011:

• Multiple Surgeries and Anesthesia Exposure

Posted September 14, 2011:

• Exome Sequencing: Defining Hereditary Deafness

Posted September 13, 2011:

• Older Musicians Experience Less Age-Related Decline in Hearing Abilities Than Non-Musicians

Posted September 12, 2011:

• Tinnitus Discovery Could Lead to New Ways to Stop the Ringing: Retraining the Brain Could Reanimate Areas That Have Lost Input from the Ear

Posted August 31, 2011:

• Mild Hearing Loss Linked to Brain Atrophy in Older Adults; Early Intervention Could Prevent Slide Toward Speech Comprehension Difficulties

Posted August 15, 2011:

• New Role for Protein in Hearing

Posted August 2, 2011:

• Revolutionary Biodegradable Pellet Targets Glue Ear Infection

Posted July 29, 2011:

• Motorcycle Helmets Hard on Hearing

Posted July 18, 2011:

• Exposure to Secondhand Smoke Associated With Hearing Loss in Adolescents

Posted July 7, 2011:

• Detecting Hearing Defects in Newborns

Posted June 23, 2011:

• Helping Deaf People to Enjoy Music Again

Posted June 22, 2011:

• Components of Speech Recognition Pathway in Humans Identified

Posted June 15, 2011:

• Starting Signal for Athletes With Sensory Disability

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