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New Study Identifies Specific Ear Problems Resulting From Automobile Airbag Deployment
September 19, 1998 — According to a number of independent and government studies, automobile airbags have decreased fatalities by 21-22 percent for unbelted drivers and by 9-16 percent for drivers wearing seatbelts. The ... > full story -
Magnetic Hearing Aid--New "Window" For Hearing Impaired
September 17, 1998 — Imagine an invisible hearing aid that never squeals with feedback and digitally enhances speech while silencing background noise. Such a device is under development and has been tested in animals ... > full story -
Ear Infection Complications On The Rise
September 14, 1998 — GAINESVILLE, Fla.---Serious complications from childhood ear infections are on the rise, primarily because the bacterium most often responsible for the infection is growing increasingly resistant to ... > full story -
Insect Research May Produce Better Hearing Aids
August 31, 1998 — University of Toronto research into an insect that thrives in rain forests, may help in the development of better hearing aids, microphones and music ... > full story -
U.S. Navy Medical Breakthrough To Help Millions Of Americans At Risk For Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
August 6, 1998 — In a medical breakthrough that will help tens of millions of Americans at risk for noise-induced hearing loss, the Naval Medical Center in San Diego has successfully tested a technique that restores ... > full story -
U-M Study Shows That Construction Workers Often Work Without Hearing Protection, Thus Unnecessarily Damaging Their Hearing
April 21, 1998 — A study by a University of Michigan nursing professor shows that construction workers are dashing off to work without properly protecting their hearing, thus unnecessarily placing their hearing at ... > full story -
Sexual Preference In Women Linked To Difference In The Inner Ear
March 3, 1998 — Scientists have found the first physiological difference between heterosexual and homosexual women. Echo-like sounds made by the inner ears of homosexual and bisexual women are weaker than the same ... > full story -
Researchers Find Sites In Brain Responsible For Tinnitus; Work Raises Possibility Of Treatments, Cure
January 23, 1998 — Researchers at the University at Buffalo and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Buffalo, using positron emission tomography (PET), have pinpointed for the first time the ... > full story -
Quiet Down: Adolescents Suffering From Noise-Induced Hearing Loss, University Of Florida Research Shows
August 21, 1997 — GAINESVILLE, Fla.---University of Florida research shows that 17 percent of middle- and high-school students already have lost some ability to hear. And the problem will keep getting worse if they ... > full story
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