New 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.
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Can 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.
Read MoreCoalition Conference Enlists Multi Disciplines in Effort to Improve Hearing Health Worldwide
Inaugural Coalition for Global Hearing Health conference boasts international attendance.
Read MoreNIDCD-Funded Researchers Cook Up First Recipe for Functional Hair Cells from Stem Cells
Short range, their goal is to grow abundant numbers of working hair cells for further research. Long range, they hope to use what they discover to restore the ears ability to regenerate hair cells.
Read MoreNew Cochlear Implant Could Improve Outcomes for Patients
More electrodes and a thinner, more flexible wire inserted further into the inner ear could improve conventional cochlear implants, according to researchers.
Read MoreSoundID Offers Wireless Headset with iPhone App
The unit includes several earpieces and an earhook so each user can get a comfortable fit, and works with Sound ID EarPrint, a new iPhone app, to tune its audio quality to the user’s ear.
Read MoreTask Force on Health Care Professions for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Individuals Formed
the mission is to start developing educational programs and expand opportunities for deaf and hard-of-hearing university-level students to enter health care professions.
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