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A team of engineers from the CEIT-IK4 technological centre and doctors from the University Hospital of Navarra have designed a new tool for operating on the inner ear with maximum precision, reducing the possibility of damage to the auditory function during the surgery...
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Scientists have gained new insight into why a relatively short-term hearing deprivation during childhood may lead to persistent hearing deficits, long after hearing is restored to normal...
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Researchers have launched a unique project to improve early diagnosis and management of dementia among Deaf people who use British Sign Language (BSL). The research, funded by Alzheimer's Society, will examine how to identify dementia in Deaf people and explore how they might best cope with their condition...
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The American Academy of Audiology on behalf of audiologists, and the Hearing Loss Association of America on behalf of people with hearing loss announce a collaborative public education campaign "Get in the Hearing Loop...
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The American Academy of Audiology on behalf of audiologists, and the Hearing Loss Association of America on behalf of people with hearing loss announce a collaborative public education campaign "Get in the Hearing Loop...
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In a study published in the March 2010 issue of The American Journal of Medicine, researchers determined that regular use of aspirin, acetaminophen and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) increases the risk of hearing loss in men, particularly in younger men, below age 60. Hearing loss is the most common sensory disorder in the US, afflicting over 36 million people...
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Profoundly deaf children with cochlear implants to help them to hear rate their quality of life equal to their normal-hearing peers, according to new research from UT Southwestern Medical Center auditory specialists...
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Profoundly deaf children with cochlear implants to help them to hear rate their quality of life equal to their normal-hearing peers, according to new research from UT Southwestern Medical Center auditory specialists...
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Learning words may be facilitated by early exposure to auditory input, according to research presented by the Indiana University School of Medicine at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting in San Diego, Feb. 18-22. A growing body of evidence points to the importance of early auditory input for developing language skills...
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Patients who are deaf or hard-of-hearing, who seek treatment at the Orthopedic Institute of Pennsylvania (OIP), will receive qualified interpreters when needed for effective communication as required by federal law under a Settlement Agreement reached with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...
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Otonomy, Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted clearance of the company's Investigational New Drug (IND) application for the clinical trial of OTO-104 in patients with Meniere's disease, a debilitating disorder of the inner ear affecting balance and hearing...
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A new Cochrane review did not find clear evidence that taking zinc supplements reduces the occurrence of middle ear infections or otitis media in healthy children. About 164 million people around the world have long-term hearing loss caused by inflammation of the middle ear, and about 90 percent live in developing countries. "Deafness is a disaster for these children...
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Many parents watching the celebratory ending of the big game saw the now iconic moment of a child wearing protective earmuffs to reduce the noise of the stadium cheers. The noise-reduction earmuffs, Peltor branded and made by 3M, are a simple item that any parent can have on hand...
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Surgically implanted hearing aids anchored to the skull bone appear to be a durable treatment option that noticeably improves hearing among children with deafness in one ear, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals...
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A team of University of Oregon researchers have isolated an independent processing channel of synapses inside the brain's auditory cortex that deals specifically with shutting off sound processing at appropriate times. Such regulation is vital for hearing and for understanding speech. The discovery, detailed in the Feb...
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New research from the US suggests that the brain uses separate pathways to process the start and the end of sounds, a discovery that could change our ideas about how we hear and understand speech and lead to improvements in how we help children with speech and hearing problems and the design of hearing aids...
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The phrase "perk up your ears" made more sense last year after scientists discovered how the quietest sounds are amplified in the cochlea before being transmitted to the brain. When a sound is barely audible, extremely sensitive inner-ear "hair cells" - which are neurons equipped with tiny, sensory hairs on their surface - pump up the sound by their very motion and mechanically amplify it...
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Deafness is the most common disorder of the senses. Tragically, it commonly strikes in early childhood, severely damaging an affected child's ability to learn speech and language...
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In 2009 a student research project investigating a low frequency therapy for temporary tinnitus was joint runner-up in the 2009 BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition, held in Dublin, Ireland. The student research project which has now evolved into a web-based company, Restored Hearing was one of the companies which showcased recently at the 2010 exhibition...
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New research shows our brains are a lot more chaotic than previously thought, and that this might be a good thing. Neurobiologists at the University of Maryland have discovered information about how the brain processes sound that challenges previous understandings of the auditory cortex that suggested an organization based on precise neuronal maps...
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Children who have cochlear implants (CI) rank their quality of life (QOL) equal to their normally hearing (NH) peers, indicates new research in the February 2010 issue of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. A cochlear implant is an electronic device that restores partial hearing to the deaf. It is surgically implanted in the inner ear and activated by a device worn outside the ear...
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A type of antibiotic that can cause hearing loss in people has been found to paradoxically protect the ears when given in extended low doses in very young mice. The surprise finding came from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis who looked to see if loud noise and the antibiotic kanamycin together would produce a bigger hearing loss than either factor by itself...
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The Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) will provide qualified sign language interpreters as required by federal law to deaf and hard-of-hearing persons using its programs and services across the state under a Settlement Agreement reached with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...
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Hearing professionals working in the NHS have a chance to be recognised as the country's best following the launch of an exciting audiology competition. The 2010 Audiologist of the Year award has been launched to find the year's outstanding hearing professional...
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Listening to an iPod while working out feels like second nature to many people, but University of Alberta researcher Bill Hodgetts says we need to consider the volume levels in our earphones while working up a sweat...
MedicineNet Hearing General
Title: Secondhand Smoke
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 2/12/2010 3:32:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 2/26/2010
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 2/12/2010 3:32:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 2/26/2010
MedicineNet Hearing General
Title: Health Tip: Why You Might Have an Earache
Category: Health News
Created: 2/22/2010 8:10:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 2/22/2010
Category: Health News
Created: 2/22/2010 8:10:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 2/22/2010
MedicineNet Hearing General
Title: Device Helps Kids With Single-Sided Deafness
Category: Health News
Created: 2/18/2010 4:10:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 2/19/2010
Category: Health News
Created: 2/18/2010 4:10:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 2/19/2010
MedicineNet Hearing General
Title: Tinnitus Not Usually an Inherited Condition
Category: Health News
Created: 2/17/2010 4:10:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 2/18/2010
Category: Health News
Created: 2/17/2010 4:10:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 2/18/2010
MedicineNet Hearing General
Title: Panic Attacks
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 12/31/1997
Last Editorial Review: 2/17/2010
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 12/31/1997
Last Editorial Review: 2/17/2010
MedicineNet Hearing General
Title: Mumps Outbreak Hits New York, New Jersey
Category: Health News
Created: 2/12/2010 11:04:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 2/12/2010 11:04:30 AM
Category: Health News
Created: 2/12/2010 11:04:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 2/12/2010 11:04:30 AM
MedicineNet Hearing General
Title: Mumps
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 12/31/1997
Last Editorial Review: 2/12/2010
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 12/31/1997
Last Editorial Review: 2/12/2010
MedicineNet Hearing General
Title: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 12/31/1997
Last Editorial Review: 2/10/2010
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 12/31/1997
Last Editorial Review: 2/10/2010
MedicineNet Hearing General
Title: Smoking (How to Quit Smoking)
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 11/17/1999 8:42:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 2/9/2010
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 11/17/1999 8:42:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 2/9/2010
MedicineNet Hearing General
Title: Voice Control Needs Time to Develop After Cochlear Implant
Category: Health News
Created: 1/18/2010 4:10:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 1/19/2010
Category: Health News
Created: 1/18/2010 4:10:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 1/19/2010
MedicineNet Hearing General
Title: Sinus Headache
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 1/11/2010 2:35:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 1/11/2010 2:35:51 PM
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 1/11/2010 2:35:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 1/11/2010 2:35:51 PM
MedicineNet Hearing General
Title: After Cochlear Implant, Music Therapy May Aid Speech
Category: Health News
Created: 1/8/2010 2:10:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 1/11/2010
Category: Health News
Created: 1/8/2010 2:10:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 1/11/2010
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