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Researchers Delve Deeper Into Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
A growing number of people suffer from hearing loss due to exposure to loud noises from heavy machinery, concerts, or explosions. As a result, scientists have been working to understand the mechanism behind how this damage to hearing actually occurs. Now, a team led by researchers...
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New Study Shows SARS-CoV-2 Virus Could Impact Inner Ear
Many Covid-19 patients have reported symptoms affecting the ears, including hearing loss and tinnitus. Dizziness and balance problems can also occur, suggesting that the SARS-CoV-2 virus may be able to infect the inner ear. A new study from MIT and Massachusetts Eye and Ear provid...
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Researchers Link Rare Genetic Hearing Loss to Infertility
A team of researchers has identified a common link between Perrault syndrome, a rare genetic condition resulting in hearing loss in men and women, and early menopause or infertility in women. The research led by the NHS Foundation Trust and The University of Manchester could revol...
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Nearly Half of Workers Exposed to Dangerous Noise Levels
A new NIOSH study estimates that more than one-half of noise-exposed workers did not use hearing protection “always” or “usually” when exposed to hazardous occupational noise. A Hearing protection device (HPD) non-use was only measured in workers who repor...
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Study Shows Link Between NIHL & High Blood Pressure
A recent study investigated the relationship between occupational noise-induced hearing loss and blood pressure. The authors conclude that chronic noise exposure increases the risk of hypertension. According to the new paper, globally, more than 600 million people have jobs that...
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Study Shows Antidepressants May Worsen Tinnitus
People with tinnitus may experience a worsening of the condition if they are being treated with selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitors, a common class of antidepressants. This is the conclusion of a new study recently published in the journal Cell Reports. Tinnitus&...
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Sound and Silence Combo May Slow Permanent Hearing Loss
Their new study finds intermittent broadband sound played over an extended period of time preserved sensory cells in the ear, while also rewiring some of the central auditory system in the brain, helping preserve the ability to sense the timing of sounds. “By showi...
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Study Shows New Genetic Cause of Hearing Loss
A gene called GAS2 plays a key role in normal hearing, and its absence causes severe hearing loss, according to a study led by researchers in Penn's Perelman School of Medicine. The researchers, whose findings are published online in Developmental Cell, d...
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Study Shows Link Between Hearing Loss, Tinnitus and COVID-19
Some viruses, such as measles, mumps and meningitis, can cause hearing difficulties, but what about SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19? In the first few months of the pandemic, a rapid systematic review of COVID-19 and hearing difficulties revealed a possib...
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Study Finds Younger Children More Vulnerable to Hearing Loss from Chemotherapy
A chemotherapy drug known to cause hearing loss in children is more likely to do so the earlier in life children receive it, new UBC research has found. Cisplatin is a life-saving treatment for many children with cancer, but the study published today in Cancer shows that...
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