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Regaining proper hearing at last

Around 17 million people in Germany suffer from impaired hearing. For many of them, their hearing is so damaged that a standard hearing aid is no longer enough. A new device will improve patients' hearing ...

Medical research created Apr 02, 2013 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A middle-ear microphone

(Medical Xpress) -- Cochlear implants have restored basic hearing to some 220,000 deaf people, yet a microphone and related electronics must be worn outside the head, raising reliability issues, preventing ...

Medical research created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Research says 'evolutionary glitch' could be cause of childhood ear infections

Researchers at King's College London have uncovered how the human ear is formed, giving clues as to why children are susceptible to infections such as glue ear. The work was funded by the UK Medical Research Council and published ...

Medical research created Mar 21, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Swimming pools don't help Indigenous children's hearing, contradiction of previous study

(Medical Xpress)—Swimming pools are not the answer to solving the horrific prevalence of middle ear disease afflicting Indigenous children in remote communities, a ground-breaking report from Flinders University ...

Health created Oct 15, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0