Surgery
Team investigates why candidates for cochlear implants rarely get them
Many hearing loss patients are cochlear implant candidates, but few use this technology that could improve their hearing and quality of life.
Dec 12, 2019
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Cardiology
After a heart attack, hearing and mobility can affect near-term mortality
A new study by Yale researchers shows that considering hearing and mobility improves doctors' ability to accurately predict six-month mortality for older heart attack patients.
Dec 12, 2019
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Cardiology
Model predicts six-month post-AMI mortality for older adults
(HealthDay)—A newly developed model has good discriminatory ability for six-month post-acute myocardial infarction (AMI) mortality, according to a study published online Dec. 10 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Dec 10, 2019
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Medical research
Reprogramming inner ear to regrow hair cells promising target for hearing loss treatments
A new discovery from a team led by Massachusetts Eye and Ear researchers may bring scientists a step closer to developing treatments that regrow the missing cells that cause hearing loss.
Dec 4, 2019
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Pediatrics
For newborns with hearing loss, screening opens window to a world of sound
Four-year-old Betty Schottler starts each morning with the same six sounds: (m), (ah), (oo), (ee), (sh), and (s).
Nov 26, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Tinnitus: Scale of hearing damage for music industry workers revealed
Hearing loss and tinnitus (ringing, buzzing or whistling noises in the absence of any external sounds) are serious problems for music industry workers. The conditions can affect musical standards, limit employment and damage ...
Nov 21, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Hear this: Healthful diet tied to lower risk of hearing loss
Investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital have found that eating a healthy diet may reduce the risk of acquired hearing loss. Using longitudinal data collected in the Nurses' Health Study II Conservation of Hearing ...
Nov 19, 2019
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Neuroscience
Link between hearing and cognition begins earlier than once thought
Research has shown that adults with age-related hearing loss have higher rates of cognitive decline. Now, a study from researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons has found that even the ...
Nov 14, 2019
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Neuroscience
Good noise, bad noise: White noise improves hearing
Noise is not the same as noise—and even a quiet environment does not have the same effect as white noise. With a background of continuous white noise, hearing pure sounds becomes even more precise, as researchers from the ...
Nov 12, 2019
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Neuroscience
Even mild hearing loss as a child can have long-term effects on how the brain processes sound
When we are born, our brains have a lot to learn. For the newborn baby, everything they learn about the world around them comes from their senses. Therefore, if a child's brain is deprived of sensory information, it will ...
Nov 6, 2019
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