The first study to map the prevalence of bilateral hearing loss in the United States by state and county finds that rates of hearing loss are higher among men, non-Hispanic whites, and residents of rural areas. Bilateral hearing loss is hearing loss in both ears. West Virginia, Alaska, Wyoming, Oklahoma, and Arizona had the highest […]
An international research team has shown that the debilitating impact of tinnitus can be effectively reduced in just weeks by a training course and sound therapy delivered via a smartphone app. The team from Australian, New Zealand, French and Belgian universities reports these findings in Frontiers in Audiology and Otology. It offers some hope for millions affected […]
An international research team has shown that the debilitating impact of tinnitus can be effectively reduced in just weeks by a training course and sound therapy delivered via a smartphone app. The team from Australian, New Zealand, French and Belgian universities reports these findings in Frontiers in Audiology and Otology. It offers some hope for millions affected […]
In a recent study published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity, researchers determine the relationship between the use of hearing aids and mortality among adult United States residents with hearing impairment participating in the 1999-2012 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). A total of 9,885 NHANES respondents who completed hearing aid usage and audiometry questionnaires were […]
An international team of researchers has developed a new method to deliver drugs into the inner ear. The discovery was possible by harnessing the natural flow of fluids in the brain and employing a little understood backdoor into the cochlea. When combined to deliver a gene therapy that repairs inner ear hair cells, the researchers […]
A person’s hearing can be damaged by loud noise, aging and even certain medications, with little recourse beyond a hearing aid or cochlear implant. But now, UCSF scientists have achieved a breakthrough in understanding what is happening in the inner ear during hearing loss, laying the groundwork for preventing deafness. The research, published on Dec. […]
People with tinnitus experience persistent ringing or buzzing in their ears that can significantly impact their quality of life — and now, scientists think they finally know what causes the condition. A new study revealed that people with tinnitus have damage to specific fibers within their auditory nerve that is not detected by standard hearing tests. In addition, neurons […]
The parent’s universal cry in response to loud music— “Turn that thing down!”—is well-founded, as evidence shows that children and teens risk hearing loss by cranking up their personal listening devices. What families may not realize is that children are exposed to potentially harmful noise from infancy and that the effects are cumulative over a […]
The parent’s universal cry in response to loud music— “Turn that thing down!”—is well-founded, as evidence shows that children and teens risk hearing loss by cranking up their personal listening devices. What families may not realize is that children are exposed to potentially harmful noise from infancy and that the effects are cumulative over a […]
Tinnitus causes an individual to hear sounds that do not have any external sources. These patients experience difficulty in understanding speech in noisy environments. Tinnitus is a common problem in patients with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL). Around 10–15% of the global adult population experiences tinnitus. It must be noted that approximately 3% of people with […]
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