Medical research
Study shows that common supplements may reduce natural hearing loss
Researchers report that age-related hearing loss is associated with a decrease of cholesterol in the inner ear.
Aug 24, 2023
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News tagged with hearing
Medical research
Stem cell studies tune into hearing regeneration
A deafened adult cannot recover the ability to hear, because the sensory hearing cells of the inner ear don't regenerate after damage. In two new studies, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences ...
Aug 14, 2023
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Genetics
Researchers reverse hearing loss in mice
New research from The Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London has successfully reversed hearing loss in mice.
Aug 9, 2023
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Trial finds hearing aids might reduce cognitive decline for older adults at higher risk of dementia
The findings of the first randomized controlled trial (RCT) of its kind involving nearly 1,000 older adults from multiple locations across the U.S., published in The Lancet, add to the growing evidence that addressing hearing ...
Jul 18, 2023
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Medical research
Scientists discover repair process that fixes damaged hearing cells
University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have discovered how cells that let us hear can repair themselves after being damaged, an insight that could benefit efforts to treat and prevent hearing loss.
Jul 6, 2023
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Neuroscience
A chance observation finds potential hearing biomarker for Alzheimer's disease
Science lends itself to questions, changing hypotheses, and chance findings. Recently, in the White Lab at the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Rochester, Neuroscience graduate student Daxiang Na ...
Jun 7, 2023
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Neuroscience
Study identifies two brain mechanisms for picking speech out of a crowd
Researchers led by Dr. Nima Mesgarani at Columbia University, US, report that the brain treats speech in a crowded room differently depending on how easy it is to hear, and whether we are focusing on it.
Jun 6, 2023
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Genetics
Researcher builds new model to examine Usher syndrome
Usher syndrome, a rare inherited genetic disease, is a leading cause of combined deafness and blindness with type 2A (USH2A) being the most common form. USH2A, caused by mutations in the USH2A gene, can include hearing loss ...
Apr 17, 2023
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Hearing aids may protect against a higher risk of dementia associated with hearing loss, study suggests
People experiencing hearing loss who are not using a hearing aid may have a higher risk of dementia than people without hearing loss, suggests a new study published in The Lancet Public Health journal. However, using a hearing ...
Apr 13, 2023
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Medical research
Investigating the role of a protein in hearing loss
The fast motor kinetics of prestin, a protein found in the inner ear, is essential for hearing high-frequency sounds, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Mar 28, 2023
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