Rather than centering on the dispensing of a hearing aid or medical device, interventional audiology revolves around the disease state of hearing loss and its relationship to the chronic medical conditions listed in this article.
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James F. Battey, MD, PhD, shares his perspectives on the NIDCD’s 25th anniversary, important milestones and groundbreaking research, and what might be expected for the future.
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Researchers find nerve circuits connecting motion and hearing.
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Researchers found that Isl1 expression protected hair cells from degeneration in aging and promoted hair cell survival after exposure to loud noise—suggesting new insights into protective mechanisms for hearing loss via gene therapy or medicine.
Read MoreThe study provides the first evidence that a sensory impairment, such as inner-ear dysfunction, can induce specific molecular changes in the brain that cause maladaptive behaviors traditionally considered to originate exclusively in the brain.
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Next-generation DNA sequencing technologies are enabling the identification of deafness-causing genetic variants.
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A team of researchers is the first to show, in mice, an unexpected two-step process that happens during the growth and regeneration of inner ear tip links.
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An epilepsy drug shows promise in an animal model at preventing tinnitus from developing after exposure to loud noise, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (UPSM).
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Surgeons from North America, Europe, Israel, and Turkey recently gathered in Copenhagen for Oticon Medical’s Scientific Meeting on tissue preservation surgery.
Read MoreResearchers have identified three genetic variants associated with a rare form of sensorineural hearing loss known as Perrault syndrome.
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Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have identified a group of progenitor cells in the inner ear that can become the sensory hair cells and adjacent supporting cells that enable hearing.
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Record-breaking attendance highlighted the 2013 Annual Business Summit of the Elite Hearing Network. Held in February in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, the summit attracted nearly 1,000 individuals.
Read Moren a recent Japanese meta-analysis published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, researchers found that people with diabetes were 2.15 times as likely as those without the disease to have hearing loss.
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A gene associated with both noise-induced and age-related hearing loss has been identified by an international team of researchers funded by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD).
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Mutation in a genetic protein prevents hearing, reports a Tel Aviv University researcher.
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