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Injection Therapy for Sudden Hearing Loss Disorder May Be Suitable Alternative to Oral Steroids
May 24, 2011 — Treating idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss with injections of steroids directly into the ear appears to result in recovery of hearing that is not less than recovery obtained with the ... > full story -
Musical Experience Offsets Some Aging Effects: Older Musicians Excel in Memory and Hearing Speech in Noise Compared to Non-Musicians
May 11, 2011 — A growing body of research finds musical training gives students learning advantages in the classroom. Now a study finds musical training can benefit Grandma, too, by offsetting some of the ... > full story -
For Hearing Parts of Brain, Deafness Reorganizes Sensory Inputs, Not Behavioral Function
May 10, 2011 — The part of the brain that uses hearing to determine sound location is reorganized in deaf animals to locate visual targets, according to a new ... > full story -
Lowering Cost Doesn't Increase Hearing Aid Purchases, but Eliminating Costs Does
May 10, 2011 — Lowering the cost of hearing aids isn't enough to motivate adults with mild hearing loss to purchase a device at a younger age or before their hearing worsens. Simply lowering the cost of hearing ... > full story -
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New Genetic Cause of Neurodegeneration Discovered
May 1, 2011 — Researchers have discovered two mutations responsible for a devastating neurological condition they first identified 15 years ... > full story -
Tinnitus Caused by Too Little Inhibition of Brain Auditory Circuits, Study Finds
April 18, 2011 — Tinnitus, a relentless ringing in the ears known to disable soldiers exposed to blasts, unwary listeners of too-loud music and millions more, is the result of under-inhibition of key neural pathways ... > full story -
Personal Touch: Hearing a Heartbeat Has the Same Effect as Looking Each Other in the Eye
April 7, 2011 — Hearing the heartbeat of someone you are talking to gives the same feeling of personal contact as looking each other in the ... > full story -
It’s Not Over When It's Over: Storing Sounds in the Inner Ear
April 5, 2011 — Research shows that vibrations in the inner ear continue even after a sound has ended, perhaps serving as a kind of mechanical memory of recent sounds. In addition to contributing to the ... > full story -
Will We Hear the Light? Surprising Discovery That Infrared Can Activate Heart and Ear Cells
March 28, 2011 — Scientists have used invisible infrared light to make rat heart cells contract and toadfish inner-ear cells send signals to the brain. The discovery someday might improve cochlear implants for ... > full story -
Study of How Brain Corrects Perceptual Errors Has Implications for Brain Injuries, Robotics
March 23, 2011 — New research provides the first evidence that sensory recalibration -- the brain's automatic correcting of errors made by our sensory or perceptual systems -- can occur ... > full story
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