People with a certain form of inherited hearing loss have increased sensitivity to low frequency vibration, according to a new German study. The findings reveal that in order to be able to “feel,” specialized cells in the skin must be tuned like instruments in an orchestra.
Read MoreIn a paper published in the Journal of Hearing Science, Dr Andrew Bell of the Research School of Biology at Australian National University (ANU) urges reconsideration of the long-discarded pressure theory, a 150-year-old theory on how the ear protects itself from damage caused by loud sounds.
Read MoreA University of Rochester survey of an American Sign Language (ASL) deaf community found higher rates of obesity, partner violence, and suicide, but lower rates of smoking, compared to the general population. The survey is also significant because it is reportedly the first time that a deaf community has used its own data to assess its health status.
Read MoreNowiHear.com, an audiology referral service, recently announced a new consumer marketing campaign in response to Minnetonka-based health insurer UnitedHealth Group offering online hearing testing and its own brand of discounted hearing aids.
Read More‘Tis the season for shopping for toys, as well as the annual Noisy Toy List compiled by Sight & Hearing Association (SHA). Now in its 14th year, the organization and its University of Minnesota research partners have tested 24 popular toys and found that 19 of the 24 toys (nearly 80%) had noise levels louder than 100 dB.
Read More‘Tis the season for shopping for toys, as well as the annual Noisy Toy List compiled by Sight & Hearing Association (SHA). Now in its 14th year, the organization and its University of Minnesota research partners have tested 24 popular toys and found that 19 of the 24 toys (nearly 80%) had noise levels louder than 100 dB.
Read MoreThe British Virgin Islands (BVI) may be beautiful, but many communities do not have a single audiologist to serve the needs of residents with hearing loss. Seeing this need, ReSound recently finished a mission to BVI, donating more than $100,000 in Alera hearing aids, wireless accessories, and fitting services to 14 underprivileged children.
Read MoreBetter Hearing Institute (BHI) has published Your Guide to Tinnitus, by Richard Tyler, PhD. This free downloadable eGuide is BHI’s seventh consumer-oriented hearing health publication.
Read MoreThe Better Balance Fall Prevention and Wellness Society is offering “Neurovestibular Sciences: The Study of Balance Medicine, Part One,” January 28-29, 2012, in Jacksonville, Fla.
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Honeywell Safety Products has introduced MAX Small earplugs, an extension to the companys Howard Leight MAX single-use earplug line. MAX Small’s reduced size is designed to offer people with smaller ear canals a more comfortable fit and high attenuation (NRR 30).
Read MoreThe Ida Institute has released “My World Understanding Hearing Loss from the Child’s Perspective,” a new counseling tool designed to enable clinicians to more effectively elicit the child’s perspective in the hearing rehabilitation process, and thus facilitate more effective management and understanding of the child’s day-to-day challenges.
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I never quite understood what my parents meant when they said that time moves faster as you get older. However, they were certainly correct: my calendar pages appear to be flipping faster than the one in Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life
Read MoreJames Mason University (JMU) has awarded the 2011 Roger Ruth Memorial Fund Student Research Awards to three JMU graduate students. The fund is supported by individual donors, as well as an ongoing financial commitment from Oticon Inc.
Read MoreIn this inspiring video from a TED conference, cochlear implant (CI) surgeon and musician Charles Limb, associate professor, Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, at Johns Hopkins, explains the challenges of CI patients hearing music and the brain research that is being done to help restore the full range of human hearing abilities.
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