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Many children with hearing loss also have eye disorders
About one-fifth of children with sensorineural hearing loss also have ocular disorders, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.   view more (2009-02-17)

Common antibacterial treatment linked to sensorineural hearing loss in cystic fibrosis patients
An otherwise effective treatment for cystic fibrosis places patients at a high risk of sensorineural hearing loss, according to new research published in the July edition of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.   view more (2009-07-01)

Evidence lacking to guide treatment for sudden hearing loss
Although steroids are the most widely used treatment for sudden hearing loss, little scientific evidence supports their use or that of any other therapies for this condition.   view more (2007-06-19)

Risk factors identified for hearing loss in children with bacterial meningitis
Researchers have identified several risk factors that are associated with the development of hearing loss in children with bacterial meningitis.   view more (2006-09-19)

Can you hear me now? Stem cells enhance hearing recovery
Researchers have shown that bone marrow stem cells injected into a damaged inner ear can speed hearing recovery after partial hearing loss.   view more (2007-06-25)

Hearing loss in children is higher than previously thought
Far more children in the United Kingdom suffer with permanent hearing impairment by the age of 9 years than previously estimated, find researchers in this week's BMJ. This has important implications for co-ordinating services for deaf and hearing impaired children. Postal questionnaires were used to identify over 17,000 children throughout the UK... view more... (2001-09-05)

Cochlear implants' performance not affected by amount of hearing loss in the implanted ear
Hearing-impaired individuals with severe to profound hearing loss and poor speech understanding who possess some residual hearing in one ear may experience significant communication benefit from a cochlear implant even if it is placed in the worse-hearing ear.   view more (2005-09-02)

Noisy jobs responsible for substantial burden of hearing problems in Britain
Noise at work is responsible for severe hearing difficulties in 153,000 men and 26,000 women in Great Britain, finds a study in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.   view more (2002-08-30)

Genes influence age-related hearing loss
A new Brandeis University study of twins shows that genes play a significant role in the level of hearing loss that often appears in late middle age.   view more (2007-11-15)

Hearing problems may be programmed at birth
Hearing loss in adulthood may be programmed at birth, and short people may be particularly susceptible, say researchers from Sweden in this week's BMJ.   view more (2003-11-19)

Poor Hearing Common Among Elderly People In The UK (p 1466)
Reduced hearing is common-and the provision of hearing aids inadequate-among elderly people in the UK, conclude authors of a study in this week's issue of THE LANCET. The study also highlights how many elderly people do not use hearing aids regularly, and that socially disabling hearing loss is common even when hearing aids are used. Hearing loss... view more... (2002-04-24)

Musicians risk impaired hearing
A study from the Sahlgrenska Academy at Göteborg University, Sweden, showed that 74 percent of rock/jazz musicians in the test group have impaired hearing. But as many as 68 percent of classical musicians also evinced impairments. A large proportion of the musicians have troublesome combinations of hearing problems, such as tinnitus.   view more (2002-09-16)

Researchers Studying Hearing Loss in Adult Animals Find that Auditory Regions of the Brain Convert to the Sense of Touch
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine researchers have discovered that adult animals with hearing loss actually re-route the sense of touch into the hearing parts of the brain.   view more (2009-03-25)

Indiana U researchers closer to finding a genetic cause of hearing loss in aging
Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine have taken a step toward understanding the genetics that make people more susceptible to the loss of hearing as they age.   view more (2006-05-17)

Early hearing tests improve children's recovery from meningitis
Hearing loss and its impact in social interactions can be potentially minimized in children with bacterial meningitis through early identification, according to a study conducted at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) in Houston.   view more (2006-09-19)

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)

Duke University study finds hearing aids are underused
Hearing loss can contribute to strained relationships with family and friends, depression and even a deterioration of basic well-being, but only one in five Americans who could benefit from a hearing aid has one — and just one-third of those who have hearing aids use them.   view more (2006-06-05)

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)

Childhood hearing loss more prevalent among Hispanic-American, low-income households
A new review of medical databases shows that neonatal hearing loss, already one of the most common birth disorders in the United States, is especially prevalent among Hispanic-Americans and those from low-income households, according to the April 2009 issue of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. The wide-ranging study focused on hearing loss in... view more... (2009-04-01)

Study examines prevalence of hearing loss in the US
Hearing loss may be more prevalent in American adults than previously reported, according to a study in the July 28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.    view more (2008-07-29)
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