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Nov

Study by Yale Researchers Sheds Light on Adult Hearing Loss Cases

A new study led by Yale School of Medicine scientists has pinpointed why some adults - by some estimates, at least 50 percent of the population after 75 years of age – develop hearing problems.While congenital hearing impairment – usually presenting in chi...

Nov

Scientists Study New Promising Treatment for Tinnitus

Tinnitus, the ringing, buzzing, or hissing sound of silence, ranges in severity from being a minor irritant for some to severely impairing for others. In the United States, as many as 15% of adults experience tinnitus, with close to 40% of those individuals grappling with the con...

Nov

Psychologists Reflect on Impacts of Untreated Hearing Loss

The ability to communicate is a door to our relatedness with others. Much of our shared experience is through listening and talking. However, if you are someone who cannot hear the verbal messages of those around you, let alone the birds singing, one of the doors to relatedness i...

Nov

Research Explores Fatigue and Hearing Loss in Older Adults

Hearing loss is associated with higher frequency of fatigue in middle-aged and older adults, according to a research letter published online July 6 in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.Kening Jiang, from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltim...

Nov

Can Headphones Cause Hearing Loss?

Overexposure to loud music for long durations can cause damage to the ear, resulting in temporary or permanent loss of hearing.Noise-induced hearing loss is the term that refers to hearing loss that occurs due to exposure to loud noise.Do Headphones Cause Hearing Loss?Noise-induc...

Nov

New Insight Into How the Ear Communicates with the Brain

A cochlear signal, the exact role of which has been unclear since its discovery around 70 years ago, probably gives the brain information on whether the ear is functioning normally or not. This is the conclusion of a study from Linköping University, Sweden. Its findings are...

Nov

Modifications to Cochlear Implants Proving Successful

Sensorineural hearing loss occurs from damage to the inner ear, the place of origin of the nerve that runs from the ear to the brain.There are 66,000 new cases every year.Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic worked on modifying the cochlear implant to save children's hearing...

Nov

Alzheimer’s Plaques Could Contribute to Hearing Loss

While conducting experiments in mice, researchers stumbled upon a correlation between Alzheimer's disease plaques and hearing loss. In one transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer’s, older mice exhibited hearing changes akin to those observed in humans with Alzheimer&rsquo...

Nov

Personalized, Bi-Sensory Stimulation Showing Signs of Success in Tinnitus Management

Tinnitus, the ringing, buzzing or hissing sound of silence, varies from slightly annoying in some to utterly debilitating in others. Up to 15% of adults in the United States have tinnitus, where nearly 40% of sufferers have the condition chronically and actively seek relief.A rec...

Nov

Gene Therapy Breakthrough Could Address Presbycusis

Researchers at Mass Eye and Ear, part of Mass General Brigham, have successfully used adeno-associated virus vectors in gene therapies to treat genetic hearing loss in aged mouse models. This breakthrough suggests the potential for similar therapies to treat genetic hea...

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