Hearing / Deafness News From Medical News Today
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:55:50 +0100
Noise Exposure Can Cause Long-Lasting Changes To Sensory Pathways; Touch-Sensing Nerve Cells May Lead To Future Tinnitus Treatments
We all know that it can take a little while for our hearing to bounce back after listening to our iPods too loud or attending a raucous concert. But new research at the University of Michigan Health System suggests over-exposure to noise can actually cause more lasting changes to our auditory circuitry - changes that may lead to tinnitus, commonly known as ringing in the ears...
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST
Diabetes Affects Hearing Loss, Especially In Women
Having diabetes may cause women to experience a greater degree of hearing loss as they age, especially if the metabolic disorder is not well controlled with medication, according to a new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit...
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Women With Diabetes Experience More Hearing Problems
A new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, presented at the annual Triological Society's Combined Sections Meeting, on January 26 in Miami Beach, shows that diabetes is likely to cause a greater degree of hearing loss in women as they get older, particularly if the diabetes is not well controlled with medication...
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:00:00 PST
Revolutionary Surgical Technique For Perforations Of The Eardrum
A revolutionary surgical technique for treating perforations of the tympanic membrane (eardrum) in children and adults has been developed at the Sainte-Justine University Hospital Centre, an affiliate of the Universite de Montreal, by Dr. Issam Saliba...
Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:00:00 PST
Deaf Sign Language Users Pick Up Faster On Body Language
Deaf people who use sign language are quicker at recognizing and interpreting body language than hearing non-signers, according to new research from investigators at UC Davis and UC Irvine. The work suggests that deaf people may be especially adept at picking up on subtle visual traits in the actions of others, an ability that could be useful for some sensitive jobs, such as airport screening...
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Cochlear Implant Failure Rate Generally Low
A study published in the December issue of Archives of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, found that among children treated at a pediatric tertiary care clinic in Canada, the overall percentage of re-implantation of cochlear implants as result of device failure seems was low...
Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:00:00 PST
New Clues To Human Deafness Found In Mice
Providing clues to deafness, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a gene that is required for proper development of the mouse inner ear. In humans, this gene, known as FGF20, is located in a portion of the genome that has been associated with inherited deafness in otherwise healthy families...
Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PST
Using MP3 Players At High Volume Puts Teens At Risk For Early Hearing Loss
Today's ubiquitous MP3 players permit users to listen to crystal-clear tunes at high volume for hours on end - a marked improvement on the days of the Walkman. But according to Tel Aviv University research, these advances have also turned personal listening devices into a serious health hazard, with teenagers as the most at-risk group...
Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Listen Up: Abnormality In Auditory Processing Underlies Dyslexia
People with dyslexia often struggle with the ability to accurately decode and identify what they read. Although disrupted processing of speech sounds has been implicated in the underlying pathology of dyslexia, the basis of this disruption and how it interferes with reading comprehension has not been fully explained...
Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Do You Hear What I Hear? Noise Exposure Surrounds Us
Nine out of 10 city dwellers may have enough harmful noise exposure to risk hearing loss, and most of that exposure comes from leisure activities. Historically, loud workplaces were blamed for harmful noise levels...
Sat, 31 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PST
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