Natus Sensory Adds 3 Executives to Global Leadership Team
Natus Sensory has added three seasoned executives to its global leadership team to drive innovation and growth in newborn care and hearing and balance solutions.
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Vestibular First Adds Infection Control to Insight Pro
Insight Pro's silicone cushion can now be swapped with a new disposable cushion, which aids in infection control — an important consideration during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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‘Molecular Handshake’ Between Tip Links in Ear Essential to Hearing, Balance
We hear sounds in part because tiny filaments inside our inner ears help convert voices, music, and noises into electrical signals that are sent to our brains for processing. Now, scientists have mapped and simulated those filaments at the atomic level, a discovery that shed lights on how the inner ear works and that could help researchers learn more about how and why people lose the ability to hear.
New Study Suggests Pesticides May Be Linked to Havana Diplomats’ Mysterious Symptoms
Researchers noted damage to brain regions responsible for nervous system function, concentration, memory formation, and balance, according to “Buzzfeed.”
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Non-invasive Nerve Stimulation May Help Treat Vestibular Migraine Attacks
After the stimulation, the vertigo improved in 13 of the 14 people who were having an attack. Two people had no more vertigo; five people had at least 50% improvement in their vertigo symptoms.
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Hearing Aids May Lead to Lower Rates of Dementia, Depression, and Anxiety
The findings, made by a University of Michigan team using data from nearly 115,000 people over age 66 with hearing loss and insurance coverage through a Medicare HMO between 2008 and 2016, are published in the “Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.”
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‘Forbes’ Examines Potential Causes of Cuba Diplomat’s Hearing-related Symptoms
More recent research, published in the “Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)” and summarized in a “Forbes” article, showed a lower volume of white matter in the brains of those government employees stationed in Cuba as compared to healthy controls with no history of exposure to sonic injury.
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Sensorion Receives IND Clearance from FDA on Hearing Loss Drug
SENS-401 is under development in the treatment of Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (or SSNHL).
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Vertigo May Lower Chance of Recovery from SSHL
The study was a literature search and meta-analysis of 10 studies published in PubMed, Web of Science, and Embase from 1973 to 2017 on the association between the rate of hearing recovery and vertigo.
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Vertigo May Lower Chance of Recovery from SSHL
The study was a literature search and meta-analysis of 10 studies published in PubMed, Web of Science, and Embase from 1973 to 2017 on the association between the rate of hearing recovery and vertigo.
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Sensorion Awarded $11 Million Research Grant for Congenital Deafness
The aim of this project is to develop a specific gene therapy program aimed at correcting an inherited monogenic form of deafness caused by a mutation in the gene encoding for the Otoferlin protein (DNBF9).
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Sensorion Awarded $11 Million Research Grant for Congenital Deafness
The aim of this project is to develop a specific gene therapy program aimed at correcting an inherited monogenic form of deafness caused by a mutation in the gene encoding for the Otoferlin protein (DNBF9).
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Newport-Mesa Audiology Balance & Ear Institute Promotes Jennifer Grace, AuD, to Clinical Director
An eight-year veteran of the Institute, Grace is said to have been pivotal to its growth and advancement in diagnosing and treating patients with vestibular dysfunction and hearing loss.
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Newport-Mesa Audiology Balance & Ear Institute Promotes Jennifer Grace, AuD, to Clinical Director
An eight-year veteran of the Institute, Grace is said to have been pivotal to its growth and advancement in diagnosing and treating patients with vestibular dysfunction and hearing loss.
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Malaria Drug Could Help Prevent Form of Hereditary Hearing Loss
Using a zebrafish model, researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have found that artemisinin, an anti-malarial drug, may help treat forms of hereditary hearing and vision loss associated with clarin1 mutations like Usher syndrome.
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Malaria Drug Could Help Prevent Form of Hereditary Hearing Loss
Using a zebrafish model, researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have found that artemisinin, an anti-malarial drug, may help treat forms of hereditary hearing and vision loss associated with clarin1 mutations like Usher syndrome.
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Think Audiology Launches Consumer-oriented Website
The site is said to offer basic information about a variety of audiologic and vestibular conditions along with treatment options, and provides consumers with step-by-step guidance and resources on how to best address their concerns and their condition.
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Vertigo Diagnosis May Be Aided by VOG Goggles
For the majority of people with Meniere’s disease who had fast horizontal eye movements, the goggles were able to diagnose the type of vertigo accurately with a sensitivity of 95% and a specificity of 82%.
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