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Nov

New Treatment Could Reverse Hearing Loss Caused by Reduced Gene Activity

Researchers at The Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London have successfully reversed hearing loss in mice.Their findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, detail a genetic metho...

Nov

Vestibular Evaluation Helps Predict Sensorineural Hearing Loss Outcomes

For patients with sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL), vestibular assessment is beneficial for predicting hearing outcome, according to a study published online in the Frontiers of NeurologyAndrea Castellucci, M.D., from the Azienda USL—IRCCS di Reggio Emilia in Italy...

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...

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