A 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.
Read MoreNew 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 MoreNew 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 MoreResearchers from the University of Iowa have helped develop a new test that will simultaneously screen all genes for inherited deafness.
Read MoreRetrospective research in the Journal, Ear and Hearing, found that Americans are hearing better today than they did 40 years ago.
Read MoreA University of Florida-led research team has shown that age-related hearing loss can be slowed down with a restricted calorie regimen.
Read MoreA 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 MoreA researcher has reportedly created the first real-time, remote diagnostic hearing assessment that allows interaction between clinician and patient.
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Read MoreEarly 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 MoreWilliam F. Austin Scholarship and Outstanding Student Clinician Awards announced.
Read MoreRobert 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.
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