Research Reveals Why Some People Don’t Enjoy Music
Researchers have identified what causes “specific musical anhedonia”—a condition where people feel no pleasure from music.
Category: Hearing Disorders
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COVID-19 and the Auditory System – Five Years Later
A look at what we now know about how COVID-19 has been found to affect the auditory system, based on a review of the literature.
Hearing Disorders
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Gene Linked to ‘Glue Ear’ Identified
Researchers identified a key driver of susceptibility to "glue ear" in individuals with Down syndrome, paving the way for targeted therapies to address hearing loss.
Auditory Processing Disorders
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New Specialized Curriculum for People with Auditory Challenges
Amptify introduced a new curriculum that is designed to support individuals with unique auditory challenges.
Conductive
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‘Discover Magazine’ Article Challenges Notion of Deafness as Something to Be ‘Cured’
In an article published on the ”Discover Magazine” website, author Sarah Katz challenges the view in the scientific community that deafness is a problem that needs to be cured, potentially by new CRISPR technology that could eliminate a TMC1 gene mutation.
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Mass Eye and Ear Researchers Awarded $12.5 Million Grant
A team of Mass Eye and Ear researchers in the Eaton-Peabody Laboratories have been awarded a five-year, $12.5 million P50 Clinical Research Center Grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communicable Disorders (NIDCD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue their research on cochlear synaptopathy, or hidden hearing loss, a type of hearing damage first discovered at Mass Eye and Ear in 2009.
Meniere’s, Mixed, Syndromic
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Spiral Therapeutics Partners with the Vestibular Disorders Association on Patient-Centric Care in Neurotology
Spiral Therapeutics is partnering with the Vestibular Disorders Association to improve the lives of patients suffering from balance disorders.