Programs to reduce dementia risk by targeting smoking, high blood pressure and hearing loss are likely to be cost-effective and cost saving by reducing dementia rates by 8.5%, finds a new study by UCL and LSE researchers.
Oct 20, 2020
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Cochlear implants are a groundbreaking technology that has changed the lives of many people living with severe to profound hearing loss.
Oct 19, 2020
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Although uncommon, sudden permanent hearing loss seems to be linked to COVID-19 infection in some people, warn doctors, reporting the first UK case in the journal BMJ Case Reports.
Oct 13, 2020
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For a person with normal hearing, sound waves travel in the fluid-filled cochlea of the inner ear, causing sensory hair cells to react and send signals to the brain via the auditory neurons. For those with hearing loss, these ...
Oct 12, 2020
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(HealthDay)—Isolation due to the pandemic and failure to get hearing aids checked has fueled anxiety, depression and more hearing loss for many seniors.
Sep 29, 2020
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When babies with hearing impairments get help very early in life, they are more likely to be "kindergarten-ready" when the time comes, a new study finds.
Sep 28, 2020
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Using a device that could be built with a dollar's worth of open-source parts and a 3-D-printed case, researchers want to help the hundreds of millions of older people worldwide who can't afford existing hearing aids to address ...
Sep 23, 2020
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Until now, seven genes were known to be involved in hearing loss in Israel's Jewish population. A new study led by Zippora Brownstein, Ph.D., and Prof. Karen Avraham from the Sackler Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University ...
Sep 23, 2020
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Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) have conducted a study that has determined the role that a critical protein plays in the development of hair cells. These hair cells are vital for hearing. ...
Sep 11, 2020
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A survey has shown that audiologists feel the COVID-19 lockdown has brought about some beneficial changes to care of patients with hearing problems.
Sep 10, 2020
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