Breaking news on hearing-deafness
Noise Exposure Can Cause Long-Lasting Changes To Sensory Pathways; Touch-Sensing Nerve Cells May Lead To Future Tinnitus Treatments published
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST
We all know that it can take a little while for our hearing to bounce back after listening to our iPods too loud or attending a raucous concert. But new research at the University of Michigan Health System suggests over-exposure to noise can actually cause more lasting changes to our auditory circuitry - changes that may lead to tinnitus, commonly known as ringing in the ears...
Diabetes Affects Hearing Loss, Especially In Women published
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Having diabetes may cause women to experience a greater degree of hearing loss as they age, especially if the metabolic disorder is not well controlled with medication, according to a new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit...
Women With Diabetes Experience More Hearing Problems published
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:00:00 PST
A new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, presented at the annual Triological Society's Combined Sections Meeting, on January 26 in Miami Beach, shows that diabetes is likely to cause a greater degree of hearing loss in women as they get older, particularly if the diabetes is not well controlled with medication...
Revolutionary Surgical Technique For Perforations Of The Eardrum published
Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:00:00 PST
A revolutionary surgical technique for treating perforations of the tympanic membrane (eardrum) in children and adults has been developed at the Sainte-Justine University Hospital Centre, an affiliate of the Universite de Montreal, by Dr. Issam Saliba...
Deaf Sign Language Users Pick Up Faster On Body Language published
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Deaf people who use sign language are quicker at recognizing and interpreting body language than hearing non-signers, according to new research from investigators at UC Davis and UC Irvine. The work suggests that deaf people may be especially adept at picking up on subtle visual traits in the actions of others, an ability that could be useful for some sensitive jobs, such as airport screening...
Cochlear Implant Failure Rate Generally Low published
Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:00:00 PST
A study published in the December issue of Archives of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, found that among children treated at a pediatric tertiary care clinic in Canada, the overall percentage of re-implantation of cochlear implants as result of device failure seems was low...
New Clues To Human Deafness Found In Mice published
Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PST
Providing clues to deafness, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a gene that is required for proper development of the mouse inner ear. In humans, this gene, known as FGF20, is located in a portion of the genome that has been associated with inherited deafness in otherwise healthy families...
Using MP3 Players At High Volume Puts Teens At Risk For Early Hearing Loss published
Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Today's ubiquitous MP3 players permit users to listen to crystal-clear tunes at high volume for hours on end - a marked improvement on the days of the Walkman. But according to Tel Aviv University research, these advances have also turned personal listening devices into a serious health hazard, with teenagers as the most at-risk group...
Listen Up: Abnormality In Auditory Processing Underlies Dyslexia published
Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
People with dyslexia often struggle with the ability to accurately decode and identify what they read. Although disrupted processing of speech sounds has been implicated in the underlying pathology of dyslexia, the basis of this disruption and how it interferes with reading comprehension has not been fully explained...
Do You Hear What I Hear? Noise Exposure Surrounds Us published
Sat, 31 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PST
Nine out of 10 city dwellers may have enough harmful noise exposure to risk hearing loss, and most of that exposure comes from leisure activities. Historically, loud workplaces were blamed for harmful noise levels...
Noisy Toys May Put A Child's Hearing At Risk published
Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PST
While Road Rippers Lightning Rods, Let's Rock Elmo and the I Am T-Pain musical microphone might be sought-after gifts this holiday season, parents should ensure that their children don't risk permanent hearing damage by misusing them...
Increased Touch Sensitivity Shown By Individuals With DFNA2 Hearing Loss published
Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:00:00 PST
According to an investigation published in Nature Neuroscience, individuals who suffer with hereditary DFNA2 hearing loss are more sensitive to low frequency vibration. Findings from the study reveal previously unknown associations between touch sensitivity and hearing loss...
People With DFNA2 Hearing Loss Show Increased Touch Sensitivity published
Mon, 12 Dec 2011 01:00:00 PST
People with a certain form of inherited hearing loss have increased sensitivity to low frequency vibration, according to a study by Professor Thomas Jentsch of the Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP)/Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch and Professor Gary Lewin (MDC), conducted in cooperation with clinicians from Madrid, Spain and Nijme...
Sound And Vision Linked In Perception Of Moving Objects published
Mon, 05 Dec 2011 01:00:00 PST
"Imagine you are playing ping-pong with a friend. Your friend makes a serve. Information about where and when the ball hit the table is provided by both vision and hearing...
Is There A Central Brain Area For Hearing Melodies And Speech Cues? An Open Question Needing Further Study, Review Says published
Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PST
The perceptual feature of sound known as pitch is fundamental to human hearing, allowing us to enjoy the melodies and harmonies of music and recognize the inflection of speech. Previous studies have suggested that a particular hotspot in the brain might be responsible for perceiving pitch. However, auditory neuroscientists are still hotly debating whether this "pitch center" actually exists...
Gene-Therapy Trial Will Attempt To Restore Hearing In Deaf Mice Following Discovery Of Critical Molecules For Hearing And Balance published
Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:00:00 PST
Researchers have found long-sought genes in the sensory hair cells of the inner ear that, when mutated, prevent sound waves from being converted to electric signals - a fundamental first step in hearing...
One In Five Americans Has Hearing Loss published
Tue, 15 Nov 2011 01:00:00 PST
Nearly a fifth of all Americans 12 years or older have hearing loss so severe that it may make communication difficult, according to a new study led by Johns Hopkins researchers and published in the Nov. 14 Archives of Internal Medicine...
Protect Your Hearing On Bonfire Night, UK published
Fri, 04 Nov 2011 08:00:00 PST
Each year on November 5th, individuals from across the UK gather to celebrate Bonfire Night's fun, festivities, and fireworks. However in order to enjoy the night in complete safety, the national charity Deafness Research UK is urging individuals to protect their hearing...
Implant Brings Hearing To Deaf 29 Year Old Woman published
Sat, 01 Oct 2011 12:00:00 PST
Sloan Churman, 29, who was born profoundly deaf, wept when she heard her own voice and laughter for the first time after having a hearing device implanted nine weeks ago. Churman, who used to use hearing aids to capture some rudimentary sounds, said "Hearing aids only help you so much"...
New Model For Speech And Sound Recognition published
Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:00:00 PST
People are adept at recognizing sensations such as sounds or smells, even when many stimuli appear simultaneously. But how the association works between the current event and memory is still poorly understood...
Defining Hereditary Deafness Through Exome Sequencing published
Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:00:00 PST
Precise diagnosis of disease and developmental syndromes often depends on understanding the genetics underlying them. Most cases of early onset hearing loss are genetic in origin but there are many different forms. Heretofore, it has been difficult to identify the gene responsible for the hearing loss of each affected child, because the critical mutations differ among countries and populations...
Older Musicians Experience Less Age-Related Decline In Hearing Abilities Than Non-Musicians published
Wed, 14 Sep 2011 01:00:00 PST
A study led by Canadian researchers has found the first evidence that lifelong musicians experience less age-related hearing problems than non-musicians...
Retraining The Brain Could Reanimate Areas That Have Lost Input From The Ear In Tinnitus published
Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:00:00 PST
Neuroscientists at the University of California, Berkeley, are offering hope to the 10 percent of the population who suffer from tinnitus - a constant, often high-pitched ringing or buzzing in the ears that can be annoying and even maddening, and has no cure...
Hearing Restored By Growth Hormone In Zebrafish published
Mon, 05 Sep 2011 01:00:00 PST
Loud noise, especially repeated loud noise, is known to cause irreversible damage to the hair cells inside the cochlea and eventually lead to deafness. In mammals this is irreversible, however both birds and fish are able to re-grow the damaged hair cells and restore hearing...
Mild Hearing Loss Linked To Brain Atrophy In Older Adults published
Wed, 31 Aug 2011 01:00:00 PST
A new study by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania shows that declines in hearing ability may accelerate gray mater atrophy in auditory areas of the brain and increase the listening effort necessary for older adults to successfully comprehend speech. When a sense (taste, smell, sight, hearing, touch) is altered, the brain reorganizes and adjusts...
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