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Changes in Taste Function Related to Obesity and Chronic Ear Inflammation
March 21, 2011 Children with chronic inflammation of the middle ear can experience changes in their sense of taste, and these changes may be related to childhood obesity, according to a new ... > full story -
Newborn Hearing Screenings Do Not Appear to Identify All Children at Risk for Hearing Loss
March 21, 2011 Although universal newborn hearing screening programs appear to identify children with hearing loss at a younger age, nearly one-third of pediatric cochlear implant recipients pass newborn screening ... > full story -
High-Volume Portable Music Players May Impair Ability to Clearly Discriminate Sounds
March 9, 2011 Listening to loud music through earphones for extended periods in noisy surroundings can cause neurophysiological changes related to clear discrimination of sounds, even if the hearing threshold is ... > full story -
Willingness to Listen to Music Is Biological, Study of Gene Variants Suggests
February 25, 2011 Our willingness to listen to music is biological trait and related to the neurobiological pathways affecting social affiliation and communication, suggests a recent study. This is one of the first ... > full story -
Given Prior to Loud Noise, Two Drugs Protect Hearing Better Than One
February 23, 2011 Whether on a battlefield, in a factory or at a rock concert, noise-induced hearing loss is one of the most common hazards people face. Researchers have identified a low-dose, two-drug cocktail that ... > full story -
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Chronically Ill Children Are 88% More Likely to Suffer Physical Abuse, Swedish Researchers Find
February 17, 2011 Children with chronic health conditions are 88% more likely to suffer physical abuse than healthy children and 154% more likely to suffer a combination of physical abuse and exposure to intimate ... > full story -
Hearing Loss Associated With Development of Dementia
February 14, 2011 Older adults with hearing loss appear more likely to develop dementia, and their risk increases as hearing loss becomes more severe, according to a new ... > full story -
Hearing With Your Nose: How Nasal Stem Cells Could Tackle Childhood Hearing Problems
February 9, 2011 Stem cell scientists have found that patients suffering from hearing problems which began during infancy and childhood could benefit from a transplant of stem cells from their nose. The research ... > full story -
Language May Play Important Role in Learning the Meanings of Numbers
February 7, 2011 New research conducted with deaf people in Nicaragua shows that language may play an important role in learning the meanings of ... > full story -
Portsmouth Woman Receives Totally Implanted Hearing Aid
February 8, 2011 A woman from Portsmouth has received a totally implantable hearing aid thanks to the work of the South of England Cochlear Implant Centre (SOECIC), based at the University of ... > full story
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