Evidence suggests that collegiate musicians need and benefit from a structured educational seminar on hearing conservation and the use of hearing protection devices (HPDs).
Read MoreUniversity of Michigan (U-M) and European researchers have developed a new approach to designing antibiotics that kill even “superbugs,” but spare the delicate sensory cells of the inner ear. Apramycin, an antibiotic already used in veterinary medicine, will be the first drug using this approach to be tested in human clinical trials.
Read MoreThanks to a new medical imaging device invented by University of Illinois researchers, doctors can now visualize areas behind the eardrum to better diagnose and treat chronic ear infection.
Read MoreResearchers at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta have shown that introducing a gene called Atoh1 into the cochleae of young mice can induce the formation of extra sensory hair cells. Their results show the potential of a gene therapy approach to regenerating sensory hair cells to treat hearing loss, but the research also demonstrates its current limitations.
Read MoreThe Better Hearing Institute (BHI) is urging people with diabetes to take the Across America Hearing Check Challenge and is encouraging others to find out if they’re at risk for developing type 2 diabetes by taking the Diabetes Risk Test. BHI’s efforts are part of the nationwide effort to promote American Diabetes Association Alert Day on March 27.
Read MoreThe 2012 midwinter meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO) features several National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) funded-research. The meeting took place in San Diego at the end of February 2012.
Read MoreA new study led by a Johns Hopkins researcher suggests that having hearing loss triples the risk of falling down for people in their 40s and later. The findings are regardless of whether the hearing loss is moderate or severe.
Read MoreA new study from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine researchers reveals that nearly a fifth of all Americans, 12 years or older, have hearing loss so severe that it may make communication difficult. The researchers also found that women and blacks are significantly less likely to have hearing loss.
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Can audiology practices compete in the sub-$800 per aid price range? What would be required to compete in this market arena? From a professional standpoint, is this something we wish to do? Here is a perspective on pricing and professionalism in the era of Internet and direct-to-consumer hearing aids.
Read MoreIsraeli researchers from Tel Aviv University’s Sackler Faculty of Medicine and Bethlehem University have successfully developed a fast-track genetic diagnosis for hearing loss through “exome deep sequencing,” a method that sequences hundreds of thousands of genes at a time.
Read MoreTwo House Clinic physicians, Jennifer Derebery, MD, and John W. House, MD, will be recognized by the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) at its annual meeting.
Read MoreA new study from the University of Pennsylvania shows that declines in hearing ability may accelerate gray mater atrophy in auditory areas of the brain and increase the listening effort necessary for older adults to successfully comprehend speech. However, a hearing aid may help decrease the atrophy, as well as help hearing ability.
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The needs of patients who have both hearing and vision loss, and how better to serve this growing population.
Read MoreResearch from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) shows that tinnitus is caused by the under-inhibition of key neural pathways in the brain’s auditory center. The findings may lead to new drug therapies.
Read MoreA new study shows that cardiovascular disease risk factors may be important correlates of age-related auditory dysfunction, and that if hearing impairment is detected early, it may be a preventable chronic disease.
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