COVID-19 and the Auditory System – Five Years Later
A look at what we now know about how COVID-19 has been found to affect the auditory system, based on a review of the literature.
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Inner Ear Damage May Predict Fall Risk in Alzheimer’s Patients
A Johns Hopkins Medicine study of about 50 people with Alzheimer’s disease has added to evidence that damage to the inner ear system that controls balance is a major factor in patients’ well-documented higher risk of falling.
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Dr Ingrid Edwards Receives 2021 Health Care Hero Award
Heuser Hearing Institute, a Louisville nonprofit, announced that Dr Ingrid Edwards has been chosen as a 2021 Health Care Hero from Louisville Business First. These annual awards recognize professionals who have made an impact on healthcare in their community through their concern for patients, research and inventions, management skills, innovative programs for employees, and service to the poor and uninsured.
University of Southampton’s Balance Retraining Website Expands to Netherlands
Researchers at the Amsterdam University Medical Centers (UMC) have created a Dutch version of the Balance Retraining interactive website and researched its effectiveness. This builds on the success of an English version of the site which has been running for over two years—helping 3,500 patients to date.
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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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