By tweaking a system in the ear that limits how much sound is heard, a global team of researchers has discovered one alteration that shows that the ability of the ear to turn itself down contributes to protecting against permanent hearing loss. The report appears in PLoS Biology.
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Read MoreMore than 7,000 audiologists are expected to gather in April at the Dallas Convention Center in Dallas for AudiologyNOW!, the annual event held by the American Academy of Audiology.
Read MoreA virtual reality treatment was found to help people with balance disorders, and researchers discovered the elderly may have more trouble maintaining balance and listening at same time.
Read MoreThe patient lost her hearing more than 4 years ago when surgery to remove a tumor damaged her auditory nerve.
Read MoreThe special section includes articles that present personal perspectives on newborn hearing screening, cochlear implants, balance disorders, smell disorders, voice disorders, and other related topics.
Read MoreThey hail from Pfizer Inc, Microsoft, Howard University, Harvard Medical School, and 23andMe.
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Transforming a documentation program into a hearing conservation program.
Read MoreThe scientific and human sides of communication and communication disorders will be featured on October 23 when the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, one of the National Institutes of Health, holds a symposium to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
Read MoreAn American study has confirmed that hearing loss is more prevalent among adult diabetics than in the general population.
Read MoreA protein required for the earliest steps in embryonic development also plays a key role in solidifying fear memories in the brains of adult animals, scientists have found.
Read MoreA protein required for the earliest steps in embryonic development also plays a key role in solidifying fear memories in the brains of adult animals, scientists have found.
Read MoreJohn W. House, MD, a practicing physician in the House Ear Clinic, Los Angeles, has been elected secretary/treasurer of the board of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Alexandria, Va.
Read MorePatients with diabetes are more than twice as likely as those without the disease to have hearing loss, according to a recent National Institutes of Health study.
Read MoreToo many children with hearing loss aren’t getting adequate help and are being put at risk for social, emotional, behavioral, and learning difficulties, the Better Hearing Institute warned August 4, citing a national study exploring the unforeseen consequences of untreated hearing loss in America’s children.
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