Study Finds Nearly 1 in 4 Hypertensive Adults Have Sensorineural Hearing Loss
A cross-sectional study of hypertensive adults in Tanzania found a 23.9% prevalence of sensorineural hearing loss and identified key risk factors.
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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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NIH Awards Creighton $10.8 Million to Study Pediatric Hearing Loss Due to Antibiotics
Creighton University's Translational Hearing Center has been awarded “the largest National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant in the university’s history,” according to an announcement from the Nebraska-based school.
New Research Highlights Outcomes of Ida Institute’s Methods and Tools
Since 2016, the Ida Institute Research Committee has awarded research grants to projects that investigate the outcomes of using Ida Institute methods and tools and develop evidence to show the effect of person-centered hearing care.
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Webinar on Pediatric Chemo-Induced Hearing Loss to Be Held September 13
This half-day event follows the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) model for externally-led Patient Focused Drug Development meetings and serves to inform the agency’s regulatory decision-making in pediatric oncology.
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Creighton University Researcher Receives $1.9 Million Grant to Study Age-related Hearing Loss
Much of Dr He’s research will focus on inner and outer hair cells, the two types of receptor cells that convert sound into electrical impulses in the auditory nerve. He will compare the changes at the cellular and molecular levels of hair cells between young and aging mice to determine age-related changes in gene expression, ultrastructure, and cellular function.
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