Stereotactic Radiosurgery Achieves High Rates of Tumor Control for Certain Vestibular Schwannomas
Stereotactic radiosurgery offers tumor control and reduces neurological impairment for patients with Koos grade I vestibular schwannomas.
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Study Aims to Test Effectiveness of Balance Device
Researchers are investigating whether a device giving feedback on body position can improve balance and stability in older adults with hearing loss
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Vitamin D, Calcium May Reduce Recurrence of BPPV
There appeared to be greater benefit for those who were more deficient in vitamin D at the start of the study. Those who started with vitamin D levels lower than 10 ng/mL saw a 45% reduction in annual recurrence rate, while those starting with vitamin D levels at 10 to 20 ng/mL saw only a 14% reduction.
Researchers Explore Relationship Between Hearing Loss and Falls
The authors found that the type of sound was important when it comes to balance. More specifically, continuous background noise (usually static) was the most helpful for subjects to keep their center of gravity.
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Plural Publishing Releases Three New Editions of Vestibular/Balance Books
The updates bring fully rewritten chapters, updated references, and access to accompanying PluralPlus companion websites with content such as videos and figures to supplement the texts.
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Newport-Mesa Audiology Balance & Ear Institute Launches Home Vestibular VR System
Newport-Mesa Audiology Balance & Ear Institute (the Institute) announced the launch of a...
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Decibel Therapeutics Makes Leadership Transition
Decibel Therapeutics, a development-stage biotechnology company advancing novel therapeutics...
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Non-invasive Nerve Stimulation May Help Treat Vestibular Migraine Attacks
After the stimulation, the vertigo improved in 13 of the 14 people who were having an attack. Two people had no more vertigo; five people had at least 50% improvement in their vertigo symptoms.
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Auris Medical Receives Notice of Allowance from Patent Offices for Vertigo Drug
Betahistine for oral administration is approved in about 115 countries, with the US being a notable exception, for the treatment of vertigo and Meniere’s disease
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Vertigo May Lower Chance of Recovery from SSHL
The study was a literature search and meta-analysis of 10 studies published in PubMed, Web of Science, and Embase from 1973 to 2017 on the association between the rate of hearing recovery and vertigo.
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William Demant Foundation Donates $6 Million to Denmark Hearing and Balance Center
In the summer of 2020, the Capital Region of Denmark will consolidate all specialist treatment at a new hearing and balance center at Rigshospitalet to help patients suffering from poor hearing and dizziness.
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Sensorion Receives European Medicines Agency Approval for PIP on Hearing Loss Treatment
SENS-401 is under development in the treatment of Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (or SSNHL).
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Sensorion Awarded $11 Million Research Grant for Congenital Deafness
The aim of this project is to develop a specific gene therapy program aimed at correcting an inherited monogenic form of deafness caused by a mutation in the gene encoding for the Otoferlin protein (DNBF9).
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Newport-Mesa Audiology Balance & Ear Institute Promotes Jennifer Grace, AuD, to Clinical Director
An eight-year veteran of the Institute, Grace is said to have been pivotal to its growth and advancement in diagnosing and treating patients with vestibular dysfunction and hearing loss.
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Researchers Find Connection Between Tinnitus, Brain Inflammation
Inflammation in a sound-processing region of the brain mediates ringing in the ears in mice that have noise-induced hearing loss, according to researchers.
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Vertigo Diagnosis May Be Aided by VOG Goggles
For the majority of people with Meniere’s disease who had fast horizontal eye movements, the goggles were able to diagnose the type of vertigo accurately with a sensitivity of 95% and a specificity of 82%.
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Patient-Centered Hearing, Balance, and Tinnitus Care: An Interview with Adam & Jerusha Shulberg
Adam & Jerusha Shulberg are the owners of Cubex Audiology Ltd in London, a private practice that was originally founded by Adam’s father in 1964.
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Newport-Mesa Audiology Balance & Ear Institute to Present on Dizziness Treatments at AAA 2019
The clinicians will outline how they perform comprehensive balance evaluations and various methods of vestibular rehabilitation, including the use of virtual reality, in an audiology setting. They will also discuss outcome statistics following treatment and share case studies.
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