Research Shows Difficulty of Brain Focus on One Sound in Old Mice
Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they found that old mice were less capable than young mice of “turning off” certain actively firing brain cells in the midst of ambient noise.
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UMSOM Launches Portal to Access Hearing Studies
The tool enables easy access to genetic and other molecular data from hundreds of technical research studies involving hearing function and the ear. The research portal called gene Expression Analysis Resource (gEAR) was unveiled in a study last month in “Nature Methods.”
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Cochlear Announces Winners of Scholarship Awards
Cochlear Limited (ASX: COH) announced the winners of the 19th Annual Graeme Clark and the 10th Annual Anders Tjellström Scholarships. The scholarships, named after two pioneers of the hearing implant industry, recognize Cochlear Nucleus Implant, Cochlear Baha System, and Cochlear Osia System recipients in the United States and Canada who are said to uphold “the Cochlear ideals of leadership, humanity, and demonstrate high academic achievement.”
Hearing Loss in Mole-Rats is Adaptive, Beneficial Trait, Research Shows
The new findings suggest that mole rats may be a good animal model to investigate hearing loss in humans.
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AHCA/NCAL Report Compiles State Data on COVID-19 Test Rate and PPE Supply
According to the report, there are 33 states with a positive test rate of over 5% since July 26, that include Arizona (22.7%), Mississippi (21.5%), Florida (19.2%), Alabama (19.1%), and Idaho (17.6%), among others.
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‘Medicare Hearing Act of 2019’ Passes House Committee
”The Medicare Hearing Act of 2019,” H.R. 4618, provides coverage for hearing aids and services for seniors under Part B of the Medicare program.
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‘NPR’ Article Looks at Link Between Hearing Loss, Loneliness, and Depression
Though researchers don’t know how exactly hearing loss contributes to dementia, some think that people who are socially isolated as a result of their loss may not get much brain stimulation, hastening cognitive decline.
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Researchers Find Proteins Associated with Hair Cell Formation
The proteins, described in a report published June 12 in “eLife,” may hold a key to future therapies to restore hearing in people with irreversible deafness. An article summarizing the research was published on the Johns Hopkins Medicine website.
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Robert Fettiplace Named 2019 Passano Fellow for Hearing Research
Fettiplace, a professor of neuroscience at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (UW SMPH), won the award for showing how cochlear hair cells sense the tiny mechanical vibrations that sound produces in the inner ear.
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HIA Launches “Hear Well. Stay Vital.” Campaign to Promote Hearing Awareness
The Hearing Industries Association (HIA), in partnership with the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA), the American Academy of Audiology (AAA), the Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA), and the International Hearing Society, has launched a public awareness campaign to promote better hearing called “Hear Well. Stay Vital.”
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Older People with Lower Incomes Have More Difficulties Accessing Hearing Care Services
The researchers, whose analysis is based on Medicare survey data and appears in the January issue of “Health Affairs,” suggest that the federal government expand Medicare and/or Medicaid coverage of hearing care services.
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Patients with Untreated Hearing Loss May Incur Higher Total Health Care Costs
Compared to the patients without hearing loss, patients with the condition generated nearly 26% more in total health care costs within two years, a gap that widened to 46% by 10 years, amounting to $22,434 per individual ($20,403 incurred by the health plan, $2,030 by the individual in out-of-pocket costs).
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Links Between Age-related Sensory Impairments Discussed at AGS Conference
Is the connection between sensory impairment and cognitive decline linear, with one health concern leading to the other, or is it cyclical, reflecting a more complex connection? AGS-NIA conference attendees think answers to these questions are critical, which is why their conference report maps the state of sensory and cognitive impairment research while also outlining important priorities for future scholarship and clinical practice.
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PH Imbalance in Brain Cells May Be Related to Alzheimer’s, Johns Hopkins Research Shows
One root of Alzheimer’s disease may be a simple imbalance in acid-alkaline—or pH—chemistry inside endosomes, the nutrient and chemical cargo shuttles in cells.
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Cochlear Pledges $10 Million to Johns Hopkins for Research on Impact of Hearing Loss
The Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health at Johns Hopkins will be a first of its kind at any academic institution, focusing on hearing loss as a global public health priority, and it will be led by one of the preeminent researchers in this area, Frank Lin, MD, PhD. The center will be dedicated to understanding and addressing the impact of hearing loss on public health.
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Undernourishment in Early Childhood Linked to Hearing Loss, Johns Hopkins’ Study Finds
The study, led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, analyzed the relationship between the hearing of more than 2,200 young adults in Nepal and their nutritional levels as children 16 years earlier.
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A New Own Voice Processing System for Optimizing Communication
The new Signia Nx hearing aids contain Own Voice Processing (OVP™) technology designed to identify when the wearer is speaking. In this way, OVP can employ dual processing for either speech or own-voice conditions.
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Gene Therapy Used to Restore Hearing and Balance in Mice with Usher Syndrome
In a first-of-its-kind study published in the March 1, 2017 edition of Molecular Therapy, researchers from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine showed that gene therapy was able to restore balance and hearing in genetically modified mice that mimic Usher syndrome.
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