Hearing Loss News

Posted February 12, 2009:

• For Implant-Wearing Guitarist, Hearing The Notes Not Necessary For Staying On Key
• Built-in Volume Control Helps Protect Auditory Nerve Against Loud Sounds
• Can A Dietary Supplement Stave Off Hearing Loss?
• Our Aging Ears And Brains: Why Listening In Background Noise Gets Tougher As We Age

Posted February 4, 2009:

• Ways To Minimize Tinnitus -- Troublesome Noises In The Ears

Posted January 21, 2009:

• Type Of Supporting Cells Resistant To Notch Signaling Discovered

Posted January 20, 2009:

• Surviving Dance Club Music With Hearing Intact

Posted December 31, 2008:

• Chemotherapy Drugs And Hearing Problems: Pharmacokinetics May Explain Differences In Cisplatin And Oxaliplatin Ototoxicity

Posted December 17, 2008:

• Lower-Dose Fractionated Stereotactic Radiotherapy Results In Better Hearing Preservation

Posted December 2, 2008:

• Gene Associated With Age-Related Hearing Loss Identified

Posted December 1, 2008:

• Can You Hear Me Now? How The Inner Ear's Sensors Are Made
• MRI Machines May Damage Cochlear Implants

Posted November 20, 2008:

• Tinnitus: Psychological Treatment And Neurostimulation Offer Hope

Posted November 19, 2008:

• Virtual Ears And The Cocktail Party Effect

Posted November 17, 2008:

• Time, Surgery Appear To Reduce Episodes Of Dizziness In Patients With Ménière's Disease

Posted November 10, 2008:

• Can Vitamins And Minerals Prevent Hearing Loss?

Posted October 30, 2008:

• New Mouse Mutant Contains Clue To Progressive Hearing Loss

Posted October 16, 2008:

• Genes That Control Cell Death Fingered In Age-Related Hearing Loss

Posted October 14, 2008:

• Personal Music Players: Scientists Warn Of Health Risks From Exposure To Noise

Posted October 1, 2008:

• Thousands Of Deaf Patients Struggling To Access Basic Health Care

Posted September 24, 2008:

• Cochlear Implants In Children A Safe Procedure, Study Suggests

Posted September 23, 2008:

• New Tool To Assess Speech Development In Infants, Toddlers With Hearing Impairments

Posted September 22, 2008:

• Geriatric Patients Receive Significant Benefit From Cochlear Implantation

Posted September 15, 2008:

• MRI Reveals Inner Ear Anomalies In Children With Hearing Loss
• Prosthetic Ears Appear To Improve Hearing And Speech Recognition In Noisy Environments

Posted September 3, 2008:

• Hearing Restoration May Be Possible With Cochlear Repair After Transplant Of Human Cord Blood Cells

Posted August 30, 2008:

• Treatment For Hearing Loss? Scientists Grow Hair Cells Involved in Hearing

Posted August 29, 2008:

• Hearing Specialist Craft First Professional Guidelines For Earwax

Posted August 28, 2008:

• Biophysical Method May Help To Recover Hearing

Posted August 14, 2008:

• Chronic Ear Infections Linked To Increased Obesity Risk; Taste Damage Can Lead To Preferences For Fatty And Sugary Foods

Posted August 13, 2008:

• Not All Hearing Aids Are Created Equal

Posted July 31, 2008:

• Inherited Form Of Hearing Loss Stems From Gene Mutation

Posted July 28, 2008:

• Study Examines Prevalence Of Hearing Loss In The US

Posted July 21, 2008:

• Memory Impairment Associated With Sound Processing Disorder

Posted July 10, 2008:

• New Hearing Aid Technology Passes The Restaurant Noise Test
• Understanding Hearing, Molecule By Molecule

Posted June 26, 2008:

• Sudden Hearing Loss Could Indicate Future Stroke

Posted June 16, 2008:

• Hearing Loss Is Twice As Common In People With Diabetes Compared To Those WIthout The Disease

Posted June 10, 2008:

• Smoking And Body Mass Index Linked To Hearing Loss, But Alcohol Has Protective Effect

Posted June 2, 2008:

• Gene Therapy Involving Antibiotics May Help Patients With Usher Syndrome

Posted June 1, 2008:

• New Research Offers Insight Into Oral Cancer, Chronic Pediatric Ear Infections, And Hearing Health

Posted May 29, 2008:

• Bilateral Cochlear Implants: A Case When Two Are Definitely Superior To One

Posted May 19, 2008:

• Ear Infections In Children Linked To Passive Smoking
• Remote Pools Boost Aboriginal Child Health

Posted May 7, 2008:

• 'Dancing' Hair Cells Are Key To Humans' Acute Hearing

Posted April 30, 2008:

• Zebrafish May Help Solve Ringing In War Vets' Ears

Posted April 25, 2008:

• Device That Produces Tiny Skull Vibrations A Big Help For Hearing Impaired

Posted April 17, 2008:

• New Hybrid Hearing Device Combining Advantages Of Hearing Aids, Implants

Posted March 13, 2008:

• Common Cold Linked To Ear Infections, Researchers Confirm

Posted March 4, 2008:

• Cochlear Implant Recipients Experience Improvement In Quality Of Life

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