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Gene responsible for common hearing loss identified for first time
A gene responsible for the single most common cause of hearing loss among white adults, otosclerosis, has been identified for the first time.   view more (2007-06-18)

Surviving dance club music (noise) with hearing intact
By tweaking a system in the ear that limits how much sound is heard, a global team of researchers has discovered one alteration that shows that the ability of the ear to turn itself down contributes to protecting against permanent hearing loss. The report appears this week in PLoS Biology.   view more (2009-01-21)

Can vitamins and minerals prevent hearing loss?
About 10 million people in the United States alone-from troops returning from war to students with music blasting through headphones-are suffering from impairing noise-induced hearing loss.   view more (2008-11-11)

Vitamin supplements may protect against noise-induced hearing loss
Vitamin supplements can prevent hearing loss in laboratory animals, according to two new studies, bringing investigators one step closer to the development of a pill that could stave off noise-induced and perhaps even age-related hearing loss in humans.   view more (2009-02-18)

Hormone-replacement therapy hurts hearing, study finds
The largest study ever to analyze the hearing of women on hormone-replacement therapy has found that women who take the most common form of HRT have a hearing loss of 10 to 30 percent more compared to similar women who have not had the therapy.   view more (2006-09-06)

Study of NYC transit system noise levels finds daily rides can result in hearing loss
In a new survey of noise levels of the New York City transit system, researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health found that exposure to noise levels in subways have the potential to exceed recommended guidelines of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).   view more (2006-10-12)

'Escaped' proteins add to hearing loss in elderly, UF researchers find
Age-related hearing loss is the most common sensory disorder among the elderly. But scientists are still trying to figure out what cellular processes govern or contribute to the loss.   view more (2009-11-11)

Hearing restoration may be possible with cochlear repair after transplant of human cord blood cells
According to an Italian research team publishing their findings in the current issue of Cell Transplantation (17:6), hearing loss due to cochlear damage may be repaired by transplantation of human umbilical cord hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) since they show that a small number migrated to the damaged cochlea and repaired sensory hair cells and... view more... (2008-09-04)

Hearing loss and high-speed dental tools
After 36 years in private dental practice, Fred Kreutzer, D.M.D., began struggling to hear. It's been five years since he retired from his practice and Kreutzer now wears hearing aids in both ears.   view more (2006-08-16)

Aspirin shows promise in combating a common, antibiotic-induced hearing loss
Around the world, inexpensive antibiotics known as aminoglycosides have been used for the past 60 years in the battles against acute infections and tuberculosis as antibacterial prophylaxis in cystic fibrosis patients and in other conditions.   view more (2006-04-27)

Children use gesture before they can speak
Children start trying to communicate with gestures even before they can speak words. This is the finding reported by Professor Virginia Volterra, of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Riherche, Italy, in an invited lecture today, Thursday 5 July, at the European Congress of Psychology, held at the Barbican Centre, London. Professor Volterra summarised... view more... (2001-06-22)

Silence may lead to phantom noises misinterpreted as tinnitus
Phantom noises, that mimic ringing in the ears associated with tinnitus, can be experienced by people with normal hearing in quiet situations.   view more (2008-01-02)

Genes that control cell death fingered in age-related hearing loss
Several genes that play a role in how our body's cells normally auto-destruct may play a role in age-related hearing loss, according to research published online in the journal Apoptosis - a journal devoted to the topic of cell suicide, or programmed cell death.   view more (2008-10-17)

NYU Langone Medical Center study shows that cochlear implant surgery is safe for the elderly
Contrary to conventional medical wisdom, a new study by NYU Langone Medical Center researchers shows that healthy elderly patients with severe to profound hearing loss can undergo a surgical procedure to receive cochlear implants with minimal risk.   view more (2009-03-02)

New research offers insight into oral cancer, chronic pediatric ear infections, and hearing health
Three new studies published in the June 2008 edition of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery focus on what role gender plays in the prognosis of oral tongue cancer, chronic ear infections in children, and the success rates of hearing aid implants in the elderly.   view more (2008-06-02)

Study shows isolation of stem cells may lead to a treatment for hearing loss
Have you ever walked by someone listening to their i-Pod loud enough for you recognize the song? Studies have shown noise-induced hearing loss is going to become the next big epidemic affecting our younger generation though the effects won't show until it is too late to treat.   view more (2007-04-06)

Jefferson oncologists show less radiation just as effective in fighting brain tumor, saving hearing
Radiation oncologists at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia have found that giving less radiation than usual is just as effective against a benign but potential devastating brain tumor called an acoustic schwannoma, and better yet, might save more of the patient's... view more... (2006-11-08)

Scaling the Wall of Deafness
Despite modern medicine, one in 1,000 American babies are born deaf. The numbers increase markedly with age, with more than 50% of seniors in the United States experiencing some form of hearing loss.   view more (2009-04-15)

Greater parental guidance suggested for noisy toy use
The High School Musical Rockerz Jammin Guitar and the Cheetah Girls In Concert Collection Doll may be what kids want most this holiday season, but if parents aren't careful about how these and other popular toys are used, a season of joy might turn into a lifetime of hearing loss for their children.   view more (2007-12-05)

Preserving hearing with ear tumor removal
Even when they're extremely small, tumors on the nerves that connect the brain to the ear can wreak havoc on a person's hearing and balance. But removing them is a delicate process that can, in some cases, cause further harm.   view more (2006-02-28)
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