Can Hearing Aids Reduce the Risk of Dementia?
A study published in The Lancet Public Health journal found that individuals with untreated hearing loss face an increased risk of dementia, but using a hearing aid may potentially lower that risk.
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‘Repetitive Negative Thinking’ May Be Related to Cognitive Decline
The researchers found that people who exhibited higher RNT patterns experienced more cognitive decline over a four-year period, and declines in memory (which is among the earlier signs of Alzheimer’s disease), and they were more likely to have amyloid and tau deposits in their brain.
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BIHIMA Round Table Event Focused on Connection Between Hearing Loss and Dementia
The panel also called on policymakers to make this area a funding priority. As new data emerges which proves the impact of hearing aids in preventing dementia, this will provide greater economic argument for making hearing technology more available to those at risk of cognitive decline.
Visual Cues May Help Amplify Sound, University College London Researchers Find
Looking at someone’s lips is good for listening in noisy environments because it helps our brains amplify the sounds we’re hearing in time with what we’re seeing, finds a new University College London (UCL)-led study.
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‘BBC’ Team Records Potentially Harmful Noise Levels on London Underground
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) sound level recordings at a London Underground station showed public transit trips that peaked at 109 dB, according to an article on BBC.com.
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'BBC' Team Records Potentially Harmful Noise Levels on London Underground
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) sound level recordings at a London Underground station showed public transit trips that peaked at 109 dB, according to an article on BBC.com.
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ESIT Receives Funding for Tinnitus Research Scholarships
As part of its research and development program, “Horizon 2020,” the European Union (EU) is making 3.8 million euros available for the European School for Interdisciplinary Tinnitus Research (ESIT)—an education program funded by the EU in order to promote tinnitus research in Europe—in order to gather data on a systematic interdisciplinary basis, to research new treatment methods, and to train 15 young scientists for work in the field, ESIT announced.
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Axons of Auditory Neurons Vary in Speed of Signal Conduction
Researchers at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) in Germany have found that the axons of auditory neurons in the brainstem, which respond to low and high-frequency sounds, differ in shape and these variations impact how quickly they conduct signals.
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How Humans Hear Time within Sound
A scientist at University College London has conducted a study that explores how our auditory system can hear time within sound.
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