ADA 2014 Convention to Focus on Interventional Audiology
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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Scientists Control Rapid Re-Wiring of Brain Circuits Using Patterned Visual Stimulation
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 MoreRhythmic Bursts of Electrical Activity from Cells in Ear Teach Brain How To Hear
A 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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Researchers Identify Pattern of Cognitive Risks in Some Children with Cochlear Implants
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 MoreNIH Researchers Discover Key Factor in Early Auditory System Development
Researchers 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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Starkey Founder Bill Austin Honored With Twin Cities International Citizen Award
William F. Austin, the founder and CEO of Starkey Hearing Technologies, recently received the 2014 Twin Cities International Citizen Award for his humanitarian work.
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Research Provides New Insights Into Ménière’s Disease
Researchers at the University of Exeter Medical School have been able to suggest what goes wrong in the body when people develop Ménière’s disease, and provide new insight into factors that lead to its development.
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Why Auditory Pitch and Spatial Elevation Get High Together: Did Shape of Ear Evolved to Match Natural Acoustics?
Researchers uncover why there is a mapping between pitch and elevation.
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From Mouse Ears to Man’s?
Researcher uses DNA therapy in lab mice to improve cochlear implant functionality.
Read MoreMRI Magnetic Fields May Help with Balance Disorders and Dizziness
Expanding on earlier research, Johns Hopkins researchers report that people with balance disorders or dizziness traceable to an inner-ear disturbance show distinctive abnormal eye movements when the affected ear is exposed to the strong pull of an MRI’s magnetic field.
Read MoreGet Your Hearing Checked for American Diabetes Association Alert Day, BHI Urges
Hearing loss is about twice as common in people with diabetes, so the Better Hearing Institute (BHI) is urging people with diabetes to get their hearing checked and to make it a routine part of the their diabetes care and management.
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Nanopores Underlie Our Ability to Tune In a Single Voice
Inner-ear membrane uses tiny pores to mechanically separate sounds, researchers find.
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Hearing Loss Linked to Accelerated Brain Tissue Loss
The new study by Dr Frank Lin and colleagues lends some urgency to treating hearing loss rather than ignoring it. Overall, they report that those with impaired hearing may lose more than an additional cubic centimeter of brain tissue each year.
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Research Roundup | January 2014 HR
Here’s a brief look at the research making news.
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Study Helps Explain Why Some Ear and Respiratory Infections Become Chronic
Scientists have figured out how a bacterium that causes ear and respiratory illnesses is able to elude immune detection in the middle ear, likely contributing to chronic or recurrent infections in adults and children.
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