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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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New Protein Discovery Helps Researchers Better Understand Hearing Loss
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. Some of these cells amplify sounds that come into the e...
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Chemotherapy Drug Leads to Potential Hearing Loss Breakthrough
Researchers at the Creighton University School of Medicine have identified a drug that can protect against hearing loss in mice, and they think it can work in humans, too. The best part: It's a drug already on the market. The findings, published in the journal Science...
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Nov
Tips to Communicate When Wearing a Mask
Wearing masks is making it harder on people who have difficulty hearing. A recent survey by the Hearing Loss Association of America found that 95% of respondents with hearing loss say masks and facial coverings have created communication barriers since the COVID-19 pandemic began...
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Nov
Does Tinnitus Cause Cognitive Issues?
Tinnitus, one of the world's most common hearing conditions, is known to impact a person’s hearing and well-being, but can it also affect a person’s cognitive performance? Many people with tinnitus think it can, based on various reports of concentration problems...
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Research Links High Blood Sugar and Hearing Loss to Poor Memory in Older Latino Americans
Hearing loss and diabetes are major public health problems, with Latinos at higher risk than other demographic groups. In a new study published December 17, 2020 in the online issue of JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, researchers at University of California San D...
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Nov
Study Investigates Treatment for Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss
The purpose of this case study is to support best practices in treating sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL), particularly the importance of immediate audiological evaluation and treatment of suspected SSNH to ensure an optimal outcome. SSNHL is most commonly defined as a he...
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Purifying Common Antibiotic Could Reduce Hearing Loss Risk
Scientists have discovered a simple method of reformulating gentamicin, a commonly used and highly effective antibiotic, that could reduce the risk it poses of causing deafness. A Stanford Medicine-led study has found that a subtype of popular antibiotic could pose a smaller...
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Scientists Develop New Gene Therapy for Deafness
Delivering healthy genetic material into the inner ear cells of mice with a genetic defect that causes deafness enables the cells to function normally, according to a new study from Tel Aviv University (TAU). The novel treatment prevented the gradual deterioration of hearing in th...
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