Rehabilitation Strategies for Older Adults with Dual Sensory Loss
The needs of patients who have both hearing and vision loss, and how better to serve this growing population.
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Researchers Say They Have Found a Cause for Tinnitus That May Lead to Drug Treatments
Research 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 MoreHearing Impairment Common, Perhaps Preventable, for Middle-Age Adults
A 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.
Read MoreThe Latest NIH/NEJM Research: Antibiotics Best for Toddler Ear Infections
New NIH-funded research published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) adds new evidence that the best treatment for middle-ear infections in young children is to treat them with antibiotics.
Read MoreAnother Risk to Hearing: Driving a Convertible
New research published in the British Journal of Laryngology and Otology shows that driving your convertible with the top down above 55 mph can potentially damage your hearing.
Read MoreNew Test to Simultaneously Screen All Deafness Genes
Researchers from the University of Iowa have helped develop a new test that will simultaneously screen all genes for inherited deafness.
Read MoreCan You Hear Me Better Now, America? Yes You Can.
Retrospective research in the Journal, Ear and Hearing, found that Americans are hearing better today than they did 40 years ago.
Read MoreResearch: Restricted Diet Decreases Age-Related Hearing Loss in Mice
A University of Florida-led research team has shown that age-related hearing loss can be slowed down with a restricted calorie regimen.
Read MoreNew Cochlear Impant Device to Treat Balance Disorder
A University of Washington (UW) Medical Center patient became the world’s first recipient October 21 of a device that aims to quell the disabling vertigo associated with Meniere’s disease.
Read MoreInteractive, Remote Hearing Test Will Expand Access To Care
A researcher has reportedly created the first real-time, remote diagnostic hearing assessment that allows interaction between clinician and patient.
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October 2010 News Highlights
TOP NEWS and HEADLINES in October Bidding War Over: Otix Chooses WDH JAMA: Newborn Hearing Screening Improves Developmental Outcomes Causal Link to Super Vision in Deaf Discovered President to Sign Technology and Access Bill into Law
Read MoreResearchers Probe Restoring Hearing Loss From Nerve Damage
Early in life, cell signals that tell where sensory organs will form inside the ear disappear, but could possibly be recharged to restore hearing loss.
Read MoreStarkey Awards 2010 Academic and Clinical Scholarships
William F. Austin Scholarship and Outstanding Student Clinician Awards announced.
Read MoreIN MEMORIUM: Robert Harrison, PhD
Robert Joseph Harrison, known affectionately to his many friends and family as “Capn Bob,” died August 18 at his St Petersburg, Fla, home at the age of 81.
Read MoreRobert Galambos, PhD, Pioneer in Neuroscience, Dies at 96
He was professor emeritus of neurosciences at University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine.
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