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Study Examines Connection Between Coronavirus and Tinnitus
Researchers are trying to study the link between COVID-19 and long term side effects, including tinnitus, or ringing in the ears.Dr. Richard Tyler at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics said one of his patients with tinnitus experienced worsened conditions after contracting...
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Experts Urge Parents to Seek Intervention During Better Speech and Hearing Loss Month
With speech and language disorders among the most common conditions that young children experience, DuBard School for Language Disorders at The University of Southern Mississippi is encouraging parents and caregivers to learn the signs of communication disorders — and seek...
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COVID-19 Vaccine Not Linked to Sudden Hearing Loss
Some patients reported a sudden hearing loss after receiving COVID-19 vaccines. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine investigated the cases and published their results in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. Their prelim...
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Research Shows Turning Down Music Won’t Impact Your Fitness Routine
Turning down the music at your fitness classes won't affect the intensity of your workout, researchers say.It’s common for fitness instructors to crank up the volume — sometimes to levels loud enough to damage hearing — because they think it will help stud...
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Study Shows Hearing Loss Linked to Thyroid Eye Disease Treatment
New research shows teprotumumab, the only FDA-approved treatment for thyroid eye disease (TED), may lead to more frequent instances of hearing loss or muffled hearing than previously thought. Study results were presented at ENDO 2021, the Endocr...
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COVID-19 Associated with Tinnitus, Hearing Loss and Vertigo
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 possibl...
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WHO Estimates a Rise in Hearing Loss by 2050
Nearly 2.5 billion people worldwide ─ or 1 in 4 people ─ will be living with some degree of hearing loss by 2050, warns the World Health Organization's (WHO) first World Report on Hearing, released today. At least 700 million of these people will require access...
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Research Shows Hearing Loss Considered Serious by Most Americans
Do you know someone who has trouble hearing but isn't addressing it? Is that someone you?New research from the Hearing Industries Association (HIA) reveals that four out of five Americans consider hearing loss serious, but ignoring the problem is more common than you may th...
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Study Shows Gap in Hearing Testing for Older Adults
Eighty percent of Americans over 50 say their primary care doctor hasn't asked about their hearing in the past two years, and nearly 77% haven’t had their hearing checked by a professional in that same time, according to a new national poll report.That’s despite...
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Repurposed Drug Could Be Used to Treat Hearing Loss
According to the World Health Organization, around 466 million people worldwide have disabling hearing loss, a number the organization projects will double by 2050 to affect 1 in 10 people. However, a groundbreaking Creighton University School of Medicine study has identified a d...
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