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  Film Director Launches Pioneering Hearing Research

  November 3, 2010 — Film director Ken Loach has officially opened a new research lab which explores pioneering ways of improving communication between parents and children with hearing ... > full story
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  First Implanted Device to Treat Balance Disorder Developed

  October 21, 2010 — A University of Washington Medical Center patient is the world's first recipient of a device that aims to quell the disabling vertigo associated with Meniere's disease. The clinicians who developed ... > full story
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  Newborn Hearing Screening Linked With Improved Developmental Outcomes for Hearing Impaired Children

  October 19, 2010 — Children with permanent hearing impairment who received hearing screening as newborns had better general and language developmental outcomes and quality of life at ages 3 to 5 years compared to ... > full story
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  Scientists Closer to Grasping How the Brain's 'Hearing Center' Spurs Responses to Sound

  October 18, 2010 — Just as we visually map a room by spatially identifying the objects in it, we map our aural world based on the frequencies of sounds. The neurons within the brain's auditory cortex are organized into ... > full story
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  Insight Gained Into Age-Related Hearing Loss

  October 14, 2010 — Researchers have gained insight into how different types of age-related hearing loss may occur in humans. The discovery could eventually help physicians develop drugs to combat progressive hearing ... > full story
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  How the Deaf Have Super Vision: Cat Study Points to Brain Reorganization

  October 10, 2010 — Deaf or blind people often report enhanced abilities in their remaining senses, but up until now, no one has explained how that could be. Researchers have now discovered there is a causal link ... > full story
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  Tinnitus in the Elderly Is Prevalent and Impacts Quality of Life

  October 7, 2010 — Tinnitus is common among elderly Nigerians and associated with treatable health conditions like otitis media, rhinosinusitis, head injury and hypertension, according to new ... > full story
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  IV Treatment May Lower Risk of Dying from Bacterial Meningitis

  September 29, 2010 — New research shows that an intravenous treatment -- called dexamethasone -- may cut a person's risk of dying from bacterial ... > full story
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  Playing White Noise in Class Can Help Inattentive Children Learn, but Hinder Others

  September 28, 2010 — Playing white noise in class can help inattentive children learn. Researchers tested the effect of the meaningless random noise on a group of 51 schoolchildren, finding that although it hindered the ... > full story
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  Noise and Chemicals: Workers Are Losing Their Hearing, Spanish Study Finds

  September 28, 2010 — A study carried out by Spanish researchers has shown that the presence of chemical contaminants can interact with noise and modify, for good or for bad, the way in which work-related "deafness" -- ... > full story

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