How does the brain determine if a sound source is in motion? New research from Duke University recently looked into this question using cutting-edge methods in electrophysiology, optogenetics, and behavioral analysis.
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Continuing education is the secret to helping patients with vestibular disorders.
Read MoreResearchers have identified a characteristic molecular pattern shared by head and neck, lung, and some bladder cancers. The molecular profile offers information that could help physicians diagnose and develop new treatment strategies for these diseases.
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New research finds that higher caffeine intake is associated with lower rates of tinnitus.
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Researchers have mapped the sound-processing part of the mouse brain in a way that keeps both the proverbial forest and the trees in view.
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A three-year-old is the first child in the United States to undergo an auditory brainstem implant surgery in an FDA-approved trial supported by a National Institutes of Health clinical trial grant.
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David Kirkwood takes a look at new listening devices from a California high-tech start-up.
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Finding polySia-NCAM— a functional biomarker that modulates neuronal differentiation— on adult inner ear neural stem cells after differentiation gives researchers a “handle” to identify and isolate these cells from among the many cells taken from a patient. The discovery will enhance research into spiral ganglion neurons and may bring treatments closer to patients with hearing deficits.
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Researchers have discovered the link between antibiotics and bacterial biofilm formation leading to chronic lung, sinus and ear infections.
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The HIA recently organized a Congressional briefing and screening event hosted by the Friends of the Congressional Hearing Health Caucus.
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Frank Lin, MD, PhD, will be the keynote speaker at the ADA Convention to be held November 6-9, 2014 at the Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas, Nev.
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In a new study, published in a recent issue of the journal Science, researchers show for the first time how the brain re-wires and fine-tunes its connections differently depending on the relative timing of sensory stimuli.
Read MoreA precise rhythm of electrical impulses transmitted from cells in the inner ear coaches the brain how to hear, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
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A new study from Indiana University shows that children with profound deafness who receive a cochlear implant had as much as 5 times the risk of delays in areas of working memory, controlled attention, planning, and conceptual learning as children with normal hearing. The research also shows that many children develop average or better executive functioning skills after cochlear implantation. Once again, age of implantation may be a key.
Read MoreResearchers at the National Institutes of Health have uncovered a molecule in an animal model that acts as a key player in establishing the organization of the auditory system.
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