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Study Examines New Method for Mapping Auditory Pathway
Researchers have developed a non-invasive method for mapping the human auditory pathway, which could potentially be used as a tool to help clinicians decide the best surgical strategy for patients with profound hearing loss.The findings, published today in eLife, highlight the im...
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New Study Examines Connection Between Active Listening and Eye Movements
After a certain age, approximately 40% of people experience some degree of hearing loss. While age-related hearing loss is most prevalent in adults over the age of 65, it can start occurring far earlier than that, when people are in their 40s or 50s.Despite their widespread use...
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Common Supplement May Help Combat Presbycusis
Researchers discovered a link between age-related hearing loss and decreased cholesterol in the inner ear. This cholesterol reduction affects the outer hair cells (OHCs), which are essential for amplifying sounds.Experiments on mice indicated that phytosterol supplements, compoun...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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