Hearing Loss News

Posted December 6, 2005:

• Sooner Is Better With Cochlear Implants, Stanford Scientist Shows

Posted December 2, 2005:

• Hopkins Study Proves Cochlear Implants Prevent Or Reverse Damage To Brain's Auditory Nerve System

Posted November 1, 2005:

• Pediatricians Ignore Screenings That Flag Hearing Problems In Children, New Study Finds

Posted September 2, 2005:

• Cochlear Implants' Performance Not Affected By Amount Of Hearing Loss In The Implanted Ear

Posted September 1, 2005:

• Brandeis Study: Poor Hearing May Cause Poor Memory

Posted August 19, 2005:

• New Lab Research May Help Those Deafened By Immune System Attack
• Scientists Link Genetic Pathway To Development Of Hearing

Posted August 14, 2005:

• Hearing Loss In Older Adults May Compromise Cognitive Resources For Memory

Posted July 28, 2005:

• University Of Iowa Researchers Prevent Hereditary Deafness In Mice

Posted July 14, 2005:

• OHSU Researchers Help Develop 'iPod-Like' Portable Device To Assist Those Combating Balance Disorders

Posted June 4, 2005:

• How Chronic Exposure To Tiny Levels Of Carbon Monoxide Damages Hearing In Young Ears

Posted May 25, 2005:

• Protein Essential For Hearing Also Vital For Pain Perception

Posted May 22, 2005:

• Noise And Carbon Monoxide Exposure Increases Hearing Loss In Workers According To Université De Montréal Study

Posted May 9, 2005:

• University of Iowa Researcher Studies Deafness In Fruit Flies, Humans

Posted March 28, 2005:

• Researchers Closer To Helping Hearing-Impaired Using Stem Cells

Posted March 26, 2005:

• Orchestra Pit No Danger To Hearing

Posted March 23, 2005:

• Something You Don't Hear Much About: Hearing Loss Tied To Heart Disease

Posted February 23, 2005:

• When The Brain, Not The Ears, Goes Hard Of Hearing

Posted February 18, 2005:

• Striking A Chord With Concertgoers To Reduce Hearing Loss; Risk Of Damage From Loud Music

Posted February 11, 2005:

• Understanding How We Hear

Posted February 10, 2005:

• NIDCD Scientists Report New Findings On Inner Ear Hair Cell Stereocilia Formation

Posted February 5, 2005:

• University Of Michigan Scientists Develop First Micro-Machined Mechanical Cochlea

Posted January 28, 2005:

• Auditory Screening For Newborns Can Be Successful,

Posted January 24, 2005:

• Research Identifies Promising Route For Treating Age-Related Hearing Loss

Posted January 6, 2005:

• Zebrafish May Hold Key To Understanding Human Nerve Cell Development

Posted December 19, 2004:

• Diagnosing Inner Ear Hearing Loss Now Less Invasive With Genetic Testing
• CU Speech Pathologist Studies Device That Helps Reduce Stuttering

Posted November 23, 2004:

• Even Minimal, Undetected Hearing Loss Hurts Academic Performance
• Researchers Identify Genetic Cause Of Rare Eye Disease In Utah Family

Posted October 13, 2004:

• Long-Sought Key To Hearing May Be Found In Protein Discovery

Posted September 10, 2004:

• Left And Right Ears Not Created Equal As Newborns Process Sound, Finds UCLA/UA Research

Posted August 25, 2004:

• Listen Up! Mice May Hold Key To Restoring Human Hearing Loss

Posted August 1, 2004:

• Tinnitus Patients Need Not Suffer In Silence

Posted July 26, 2004:

• When Male Fish Hum Females Swim In, Thanks To Hormones, Adaptable Hearing

Posted June 11, 2004:

• Fly Ear Is Bioinspiration For Human Hearing Aid

Posted May 19, 2004:

• Study Finds Music Teachers At Risk Of Hearing Loss

Posted April 7, 2004:

• Novel Animal Model Of Tinnitus Propel Researchers Forward In Search For Tinnitus Treatment

Posted March 29, 2004:

• Scripps Research Scientists Find Deafness Gene's Function

Posted February 26, 2004:

• Seeking A Mechanical Solution To Nation's Number-One Children's Illness: Ear Infections

Posted February 25, 2004:

• Scientists Raise Caution About Effects Of HRT On Hearing

Posted January 26, 2004:

• Study Links Ear Drops With An Increase In Resistant Bacteria

Posted December 19, 2003:

• Lifestyle Accounts For Difference In Chimp, Human Genome

Posted December 18, 2003:

• University At Buffalo, Military Collaborate On Design, Testing Of First Drug To Prevent Noise-Induced Hearing Loss

Posted October 30, 2003:

• Team Discovers Gene Mutations That Cause Hearing Loss

Posted October 10, 2003:

• Genes That Regulate Hearing Link Humans And Fruit Flies In New Way

Posted October 8, 2003:

• Promising Drug Proves Ineffective As Treatment For Hearing Loss

Posted September 15, 2003:

• Sensory Cells For Hearing And Balance Are Fast-Developing, UVA Researchers Find

Posted September 3, 2003:

• Chicken Embryo Research Tunes Into Inner Ear

Posted June 26, 2003:

• UCI Researcher Pinpoints Cause Of Inherited Auditory Neuropathy

Posted June 12, 2003:

• Possible New Cell Type Found In Developing Inner Ear

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