Coalition Conference Enlists Multi Disciplines in Effort to Improve Hearing Health Worldwide
Inaugural Coalition for Global Hearing Health conference boasts international attendance.
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NIDCD-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.
Read MoreKids with Hearing Loss in One Ear Fall Behind in Language Skills, Study Finds
Researchers noted that by the time they reach school age, one in 20 children has hearing loss in one ear, which can pose an obstacle to learning.
Read MoreA Market Update and the Top-20 Trends in Hearing Care, Part 1
A review of recent hearing industry market conditions, as well as speculation on what the future might hold in the next several years for hearing care professionals.
Read MoreSound and Noise in Crowds, Classrooms, Green Buildings, Banjos, the Brain, and in Real-world Accidents
The 159th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America will convene jointly with NOISE-CON 2010, the 26th annual conference of the Institute of Noise Control Engineering (INCE-USA), on April 19 to 23, at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel, Bal
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MarkeTrak VIII: The Impact of the Hearing Healthcare Professional on Hearing Aid User Success
Data from this study suggest that quality control at the point of dispensing has not kept pace with the industry’s rapid technological improvements. A comprehensive protocol has a significant positive impact on hearing aid brand loyalty, utility of hearing aids, word-of-mouth advertising, satisfaction with benefit achieved, reduction of hearing handicap, and reduction of hearing aids in the drawer.
Read MoreWord Learning Better in Deaf Children Who Receive Cochlear Implants by Age 13 Months, Study Says
Learning words may be facilitated by early exposure to auditory input, according to researchers.
Read MoreAntibiotic Found To Protect Hearing In Mice
A type of antibiotic that can cause hearing loss in people has been found to paradoxically protect the ears when given in extended low doses in very young mice.
Read MoreResearchers Discover First Genes for Stuttering
Findings suggest common speech problem, in some cases, may actually be an inherited metabolic disorder.
Read MoreHow Subtle Head Motions, Quiet Sounds Are Reported to the Brain
Scientists have found that, in the auditory and vestibular systems, the hair cell response exhibits “compressional nonlinearity.” The lower the strength of the stimulus, the more the hair cells “tune themselves up to amplify the stimulus.”
Read MoreInternational Conference of Ear, Nose, and Throat Researchers Features Presentations by NIDCD Scientists
Effectiveness of a second cochlear implant, new life for damaged hair cells among topics to be featured.
Read MoreResearchers Identify Protein Needed to Develop Auditory Neurons
The study demonstrates a novel role for the protein Sox2 in ear development, showing that Sox2 is critical for the production of auditory neurons and that generating new neurons is possible.
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