Hearing / Deafness News From Medical News Today
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:12:35 +0200
Hooked On Headphones? Personal Listening Devices Can Harm Hearing
Personal listening devices like iPods have become increasingly popular among young - and not-so-young - people in recent years. But music played through headphones too loud or too long might pose a significant risk to hearing, according to a 24-year study of adolescent girls...
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:00:00 PDT
Early In Life Cell Signals That Tell Where Sensory Organs Will Form Inside The Ear Disappear, But Could Possibly Be Recharged To Restore Hearing Loss
Researchers have tracked a cell-to-cell signaling pathway that designates the future location of the ear's sensory organs in embryonic mice. The scientists succeeded in activating this signal more widely across the embryonic tissue that becomes the inner ear. Patches of sensory structures began growing in spots where they don't normally appear...
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT
UK's First Cochlear Implant Operation To Give Sound In Both Ears
The UK's first operation to fit a single cochlear implant capable of giving sound in both ears has taken place, thanks to the work of the South of England Cochlear Implant Centre (SOECIC), based at the University of Southampton. A cochlear implant is an electronic device that can help both adults and children who have a severe to profound hearing loss...
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:00:00 PDT
Auditory Neurons Simply Process The First Strong Signal, Ignoring The Echoes
Voices carry, reflect off objects and create echoes. Most people rarely hear the echoes; instead they only process the first sound received. For the hard of hearing, though, being in an acoustically challenging room can be a problem. For them, echoes carry. Ever listen to a lecture recorded in a large room? That most people only process the first-arriving sound is not new...
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Seeking Quality Education For Deaf Blind Children In Today's Environment
Deaf blind children can be isolated and disconnected from people and activities. Without individualized support, they cannot access visual and auditory information and often complete school unable to seek future education, employment, or independent living. Providing appropriate special education and related services for deaf blind children poses unique challenges...
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 01:00:00 PDT
Rolling Out The Best In Eye And Ear Care
Prevent Blindness Mid-Atlantic, in partnership with the Richmond Eye and Ear Foundation and Stony Point Surgery Center, is pleased to roll out their mobile eye and ear screening unit, appropriately called WHEELS (Where Healthy Eyes and Ears Lead to Success)...
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 03:00:00 PDT
Panasonic Digital Hearing Instruments Now Available In The U.S. Hearing Care Market
Panasonic Corporation of North America, announced that Panasonic Hearing instruments have been delivered to the U.S. market. The company is debuting three types of digital hearing instruments, including a new form factor that resembles the style of an MP3 player, a receiver-in-canal and behind-the-ear models. Panasonic is currently establishing a distribution network throughout the U.S...
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 03:00:00 PDT
Seeking Quality Education For Deaf-Blind Children In Today's Environment
Deaf-blind children can be isolated and disconnected from people and activities. Without individualized support, they cannot access visual and auditory information and often complete school unable to seek future education, employment, or independent living. Providing appropriate special education and related services for deaf-blind children poses unique challenges...
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 01:00:00 PDT
New Norwegian Earplug Solution To A Deafening Problem
Some 600 cases of noise-induced hearing impairment are reported by the Norwegian petroleum industry every year. A new, intelligent earplug is now set to alleviate the problem. Norway's largest company, Statoil ASA, is taking the problems associated with noise exposure seriously...
Sat, 21 Aug 2010 02:00:00 PDT
Hearing Loss In U.S. Adolescents More Prevalent
Hearing loss is now affecting nearly 20 percent of U.S. adolescents age 12-19, a rise of 5 percent over the last 15 years, according to a new Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) study co-led by Ron Eavey, M.D., director of the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center and the Guy M. Maness Professor in Otolaryngology...
Wed, 18 Aug 2010 03:00:00 PDT
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