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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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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Researchers uncover why there is a mapping between pitch and elevation.
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Researcher uses DNA therapy in lab mice to improve cochlear implant functionality.
Read MoreExpanding 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 MoreHearing 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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Inner-ear membrane uses tiny pores to mechanically separate sounds, researchers find.
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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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Here’s a brief look at the research making news.
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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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University of Rochester researchers believe they are the first to systematically pinpoint and catalog compassionate words and actions in doctor-patient conversations.
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An important finding was that study animals that did not get tinnitus showed fewer changes in their multisensory plasticity than those with tinnitus. In other words, their neurons were not hyperactive.
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New research finds that a higher body mass index and larger waist circumference are each associated with higher risk of hearing loss, while a higher level of physical activity is associated with lower risk of hearing loss in women.
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A new study published in Neuron overturns some ideas about the underlying molecular mechanisms for adaptation and could have significant impact on future research for treating hearing loss.
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A form that offers a shorthand system for illuminating hearing aid benefit, counseling needs, and suspected central auditory problems.
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