Hearing Loss News

Posted June 13, 2013:

• Helping to Restore Balance After Inner Ear Disorder

Posted June 11, 2013:

• Two-Step Mechanism of Inner Ear Tip Link Regrowth
• Perfect Pitch May Not Be Absolute After All

Posted May 27, 2013:

• Scientists Find Mechanism That Causes Noise-Induced Tinnitus and Drug That Can Prevent It

Posted May 20, 2013:

• How Bilinguals Switch Between Languages
• Echolocation: Blind People Have the Potential to Use Their 'Inner Bat' to Locate Objects, Study Finds

Posted May 16, 2013:

• Brain Makes Call on Which Ear Is Used for Cell Phone

Posted May 13, 2013:

• Grammar Errors? The Brain Detects Them Even When You Are Unaware

Posted May 1, 2013:

• How Brain's Auditory Center Transmits Information for Decisions, Actions

Posted April 30, 2013:

• Musical Memory Deficits Start in Auditory Cortex

Posted April 15, 2013:

• Concert Cacophony: Short-Term Hearing Loss Can Be Protective, Not Damaging, Researchers Find

Posted April 12, 2013:

• Bad Behavior in Kids With Hearing Implants Doesn't Predict Slowed Language Development

Posted April 2, 2013:

• Speaking a Tonal Language (Such as Cantonese) Primes the Brain for Musical Training
• Regaining Proper Hearing at Last

Posted March 27, 2013:

• Protecting Ears from Hearing Loss: Primary Role of Olivocochlear Efferent System Discovered

Posted March 21, 2013:

• 'Evolutionary Glitch' Possible Cause of Childhood Ear Infections

Posted March 18, 2013:

• Elite Athletes Also Excel at Some Cognitive Tasks

Posted March 14, 2013:

• Rapid Hearing Loss May Be a Symptom of Rare Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Posted March 8, 2013:

• Mom's Sensitivity Helps Language Development in Children With Hearing Loss

Posted March 6, 2013:

• Solving the 'Cocktail Party Problem': How We Can Focus on One Speaker in Noisy Crowds

Posted March 5, 2013:

• Better Understanding of Peripheral Neuropathy

Posted February 26, 2013:

• Now Hear This: Forerunners of Inner-Ear Cells That Enable Hearing Identified

Posted February 20, 2013:

• Resveratrol Shows Promise to Protect Hearing, Cognition

Posted February 19, 2013:

• Children With Auditory Processing Disorder May Now Have More Treatment Options

Posted February 17, 2013:

• Fighting Disease Deep Inside the Brain

Posted February 11, 2013:

• Noisy Classroom Simulation Aids Comprehension in Hearing-Impaired Children
• Is Lead Poisoning Behind Some Juvenile Crime?

Posted February 8, 2013:

• New Brain-Test App

Posted February 4, 2013:

• Researchers Develop Rx for Deafness, Impaired Balance in Mouse Model of Usher Syndrome

Posted January 28, 2013:

• Discovering the Missing 'LINC' to Deafness

Posted January 22, 2013:

• FDA Approves Clinical Trial of Auditory Brainstem Implant Procedure for Children in U.S.

Posted January 21, 2013:

• Hearing Loss Accelerates Brain Function Decline in Older Adults

Posted January 15, 2013:

• Stress Makes Exhausted Women Over-Sensitive to Sounds

Posted January 10, 2013:

• Music from the Ear: Researchers Show How an Objective Audiometric Test Can Become Even More Reliable

Posted January 9, 2013:

• Sensory Hair Cells Regenerated, Hearing Restored in Noise-Damaged Mammal Ear

Posted January 7, 2013:

• Mechanism of Hearing Is Similar to Car Battery, Researcher Learns

Posted December 17, 2012:

• Speaking Skills Crucial for Hearing Impaired Children in the Classroom

Posted December 13, 2012:

• Dogs Can Help Wake Sleepy Patients on Public Transport

Posted December 11, 2012:

• Novel Laser Technique Reveals How the Inner Ear Amplifies Sound

Posted December 10, 2012:

• Gender Differences Found in Seasonal Auditory Changes

Posted December 6, 2012:

• Scientists Identify Molecules in the Ear That Convert Sound Into Brain Signals

Posted December 4, 2012:

• Ray of Hope for Human Usher Syndrome Patients

Posted November 30, 2012:

• In Schizophrenia Patients, Auditory Cues Sound Bigger Problems

Posted November 28, 2012:

• New Light Shed on Virus Associated With Developmental Delays and Deafness

Posted November 27, 2012:

• What Sound? Popular Music Devices Could Be Dialing Up Hearing Losses

Posted November 15, 2012:

• Early 50s May Be Key Time to Reach Baby Boomers With Health Messages

Posted November 14, 2012:

• Brain Waves Make Waves
• Diabetic Patients Have Higher Prevalence of Hearing Impairment

Posted November 8, 2012:

• Medical Devices Powered by the Ear Itself
• Software Improves Quality of Sound for Hearing Aid Users

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