Improving your hearing may deliver broader health benefits, clinical trial shows
Retired schoolteacher Lynn Goodwin wasn't sure she needed any help with her hearing.
Jul 15, 2025
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Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms: News and Research on Sensation Disorders
MeSH tree: C23.888.592.763
Audio expert examines whether noise-cancelling headphones help or harm ears
Recent headlines in the United Kingdom earlier this year attributed noise-canceling headphones as a possible culprit in rising rates of auditory processing disorder (APD) and hearing problems in younger populations. While ...
Jul 10, 2025
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Child hearing loss more common in culturally and linguistically diverse families
Children from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) families are more likely to have hearing loss compared to their ethnic majority peers, research led by The University of Queensland has found.
Jul 9, 2025
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Study offers glimpse into how monkeys—and machines—process images
Yale researchers have discovered a process in the primate brain that sheds new light on how visual systems work and could lead to advances in both human neuroscience and artificial intelligence.
Jul 8, 2025
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Children under three can learn new words even when speakers wear masks
A research team from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and the University of Grenoble Alpes—Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) has shown that from the age of two, children can learn new words even ...
Jul 7, 2025
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Hearing devices can significantly improve social lives of those with hearing loss
Hearing loss doesn't just affect how people hear the world—it can also change how they connect with it.
Jul 3, 2025
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Michigan announces second measles outbreak as US hits 1,227 cases
Michigan has its second measles outbreak of the year, Utah has seven cases and health workers in New Mexico are rushing to contain an outbreak in a county jail.
Jun 28, 2025
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How dysfunction of a cellular calcium channel affects hearing
Researchers at the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) have shown how a minimal change in a single ion channel increases the sensitivity of sensory cells in the inner ear. Even soft sounds, such as a whisper, are perceived ...
Jun 27, 2025
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Study shows sleeping brain remains alert to harsh, urgent sounds
During sleep, the brain must achieve a delicate balance: disconnecting from sensory input to allow restorative functions, while remaining alert enough to wake if danger arises. How does it sort through external stimuli—particularly ...
Jun 26, 2025
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Neglecting hearing loss is costing lives: New white paper demands change
Care England, the leading representative body for independent adult social care providers, in collaboration with Engage and Nightingale Hammerson, has today launched a new white paper calling for urgent and coordinated action ...
Jun 25, 2025
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