Growing body of research shows importance of addressing loneliness, social isolation
Too much time alone can take a toll on the mind—and for older adults, the consequences can be particularly severe.
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Too much time alone can take a toll on the mind—and for older adults, the consequences can be particularly severe.
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In a study published online April 17 in the European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, different grading methods for vestibular endolymphatic hydrops (EH) and the severity of hearing loss are compared in Meniere disease ...
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The American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) has published "Clinical Practice Guideline: Age-Related Hearing Loss" in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery. This clinical practice ...
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In rural Kenya, 64-year-old John Kamau's world of silence is about to change. For decades, isolated by hearing loss from the community's vibrant life and his grandchildren's conversations, he sees hope when a community health ...
Apr 18, 2024
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Living in areas with shorter distances to greenspace and lower crime rates are associated with having fewer modifiable dementia risk factors, Monash University-led research has found.
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The stages of descent into social isolation experienced by older people with hearing loss have been set out for the first time in a new study led by a researcher at the University of Stirling.
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A single application of the novel compound AC102 almost completely restores noise-induced hearing loss in preclinical models. This is the key finding of a recent publication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ...
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Certain factors associated with developing age-related hearing loss differ by sex, including weight, smoking behavior, and hormone exposure, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Dong Woo Nam ...
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Around 1 in 6 Australians has some form of hearing loss, ranging from mild to complete hearing loss. That figure is expected to grow to 1 in 4 by 2050, due in a large part to the country's aging population.
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Researchers at UCL and UCLH have successfully completed the first trial of a therapy designed to restore hearing loss. The REGAIN trial, the results of which were published in Nature Communications, was the first study of ...
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A hearing impairment or deafness is a full or partial decrease in the ability to detect or understand sounds. Caused by a wide range of biological and environmental factors, loss of hearing can happen to any organism that perceives sound. "Hearing impaired" is often used to refer to those who are deaf, although the term is viewed negatively by members of Deaf culture, who prefer the terms "Deaf" and "Hard of Hearing".
Sound waves vary in amplitude and in frequency. Amplitude is the sound wave's peak pressure variation. Frequency is the number of cycles per second of a sinusoidal component of a sound wave. Loss of the ability to detect some frequencies, or to detect low-amplitude sounds that an organism naturally detects, is a hearing impairment.
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