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  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
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  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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  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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  Workplace Noise-Related Hearing Loss Affects Sleep Quality

  January 25, 2011 — Although tinnitus was reported as the main sleep disrupting factor, hearing impairment among workers exposed to harmful noise contributed to sleep impairment, especially to insomnia, regardless of ... > full story
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  Antibiotics Best Treatment for Ear Infections in Toddlers, Study Finds

  January 12, 2011 — Adding new evidence to the debate on the best treatment for middle-ear infections, or acute otitis media, in young children, clinical researchers have found antibiotics to be more effective than a ... > full story
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  Tinnitus Treatment: Rebooting the Brain Helps Stop the Ring of Tinnitus in Rats

  January 12, 2011 — Targeted nerve stimulation could yield a long-term reversal of tinnitus, a debilitating hearing impairment affecting at least 10 percent of senior citizens and up to 40 percent of military veterans, ... > full story
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  Tinnitus Is the Result of the Brain Trying, but Failing, to Repair Itself

  January 12, 2011 — Tinnitus appears to be produced by an unfortunate confluence of structural and functional changes in the brain, say ... > full story
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  Individuals With Partial Hearing Loss May Benefit from Hybrid Cochlear Implant

  January 11, 2011 — Hearing loss can affect anyone, at any time. But it can be especially frightening for someone who suddenly starts to lose hearing during adulthood. A new study is investigating the effectiveness of a ... > full story
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  Is Your Convertible Damaging Your Hearing?

  January 6, 2011 — Driving convertible cars with the top open at speeds exceeding 88.5 kilometres per hour (55 miles per hour) may put drivers at increased risk of noise-induced hearing loss, according to new ... > full story
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  'White-Noise' Therapy Alone Not Enough to Curb Tinnitus

  December 10, 2010 — Tinnitus -- what many think of as "ringing in the ears" -- is the perception of sound without any real acoustic stimulation. Sound masking therapy, a common component of tinnitus treatment, is of ... > full story

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