Hearing News
Hearing News
- Engineers Test Sign Language For Cell Phones
August 16, 2010 Engineers at the University of Washington are testing a tool called MobileASL that uses motion detection to identify American Sign Language and transmit images over U.S. cell networks.
- Hearing Loss Soars Without Key Vitamin
July 26, 2010 Hearing loss increases without enough folic acid.
- Poorer Children Fare Worse With Cochlear Implants
July 26, 2010 Poorer children experience more complications with cochlear implants.
- Stress Response System In Ear Protects Against Hearing Loss
May 3, 2010 An in vivo study shows for the first time that there is a stress-response system within the cochlea that mirrors the signaling pathways of the body’s fight or flight response.
- Hearing Loss Due to Environmental Noise At Home
March 9, 2010 Even in the country, noise levels can lead to hearing loss over time.
- New Software Helps Architects Design Better Sounding Rooms
March 9, 2010 New software developed at Cardiff University in the UK will allow architects to adjust their room designs so that conversation can be heard best.
- Boomer Less Likely to Suffer Hearing Loss Than Their Parents
March 8, 2010 According to a study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology in January, the odds of hearing loss are 31 percent lower, overall, for baby boomers than for their parents.
- FDA Calls Ear Candling Dangerous
Feb. 23, 2010 The FDA has alerted consumers about the dangers of ear candles — hollow fabric cones soaked in beeswax marketed for treatment of various conditions without FDA approval.
- Word Learning Better in Kids Who Get Cochlear Implants Before Age 13
Feb. 21, 2010 Learning words may be facilitated by early exposure to auditory input, according to research presented by the Indiana University School of Medicine at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting in San Diego, Feb.
- Bone-Anchored Hearing Aid Helps Youth With Single-Sided Deafness
Feb. 16, 2010 Surgically implanted hearing aids anchored to the skull bone appear to be a durable treatment option that noticeably improves hearing among children with deafness in one ear, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of Otolary
- Tinnitus May Not Be Inherited
Feb. 16, 2010 Tinnitus, or ringing in the ears, does not appear to be a highly inherited condition (i.e., does not pass frequently from parents to offspring), according to a report in the February issue of Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surger
- Researchers Get Huge Grant to Study Tinnitus Treatment
Jan. 14, 2010 Craig Formby, a UA graduate research professor in the department of Communicative Disorders, is beginning a $5.6 million study concerning hearing loss.
- Better Hearing Institute Publishes First Comprehensive Guide to Financial Assistance for Hearing Aids
Jan. 11, 2010 The Better Hearing Institute (BHI) today announced publication of “Your Guide to Financial Assistance for Hearing Aids” ‚Äî the first comprehensive guide on how people can obtain financial assistance to purchase hearing aids.
- Cell Phone A Crucial Communication Tool for the Deaf
Jan. 10, 2010 Texting opens the door to entire world of communication for deaf woman.
- After Cochlear Implant, Misic Therapy May Aid Speech
Jan. 8, 2010 Music therapy can aid speech development in hearing-impaired toddlers after they receive cochlear implants, researchers have found.
- Hearing Loss Can Result in Income Loss
If your discomfort at not hearing well in restaurants and at parties doesn’t motivate you to get hearing aids, perhaps the threat of lost income will.
- Brain Implant Helps Restore Hearing
Jan. 7, 2010 A new implant may help people who can’t have success with other devices finally hear again.
- A Drug's Unintended Use Restores Hearing
July 9, 2009 Drug to treat NF-2 restores hearing for a Massachusetts woman.
- Consumer Reports: Hearing Aids
June 23, 2009 Consumer Reports recently set out to test hearing aids and encountered the same challenges that hearing-aid shoppers face every day: a fragmented and confusing marketplace, and difficulty sorting out good hearing-aid providers from less-capa
- A Better Fit for Hearing Aids
June 22, 2009 A new digital scanning technique developed at MIT could offer a much better fit for future hearing aids.
- Mass Transit Can Damage Hearing
June 20, 2009 Recent public health studies have identified several sources of environmental hazards associated with mass transit, including excessive noise, a large and growing problem in urban settings.
- Wisconsin Could be First to Require Cochlear Implants
April 27, 2009 Wisconsin lawmakers acted Thursday to become the first state to require insurance companies to cover cochlear implants for children with severe hearing problems.
- Osteoporosis May Raise Risk for Vertigo
March 23, 2009 People with osteoporosis are much more likely to have vertigo than people with normal bone density, Korean researchers say.
- New Stem Cell Therapy May Lead to Treatment for Deafness
March 23, 2009 A new study led by Dr. Marcelo N. Rivolta of the University of Sheffield has successfully isolated human auditory stem cells from fetal cochleae (the auditory portion of the inner ear) and found they had the capacity to differentiate into s
- Tinnitus Research Gaining Attention
March 17, 2009 There is no cure, though there is ongoing research to find one. Relief most often comes through various methods of ”managing” the condition.
- Researchers Coax Brain Cells to Mimic Inner Ear Cells
March 14, 2009 Deafness caused by the death of the thousands of minute hair cells that line the inner ear and vibrate to create the sense of hearing may be reversible using stem cells from another part of the brain that can be coaxed into replicating the
- Scientists Describe Ears' Natural Earplugs
January 29, 2009 New research demonstrates how the sensitive cells of the ear can protect themselves from excessively loud sounds
- New Technology Improves Hearing Aids
June 6, 2007 New technology inspired by the hearing apparatus of flies improves hearing aids.
- Misplaced Cochlear Implants Raise Menengistis Risk
April 4, 2007 Findings from a study conducted in rats suggest that cochlear implants, which are used to treat severe hearing loss, can cause meningitis — inflammation of the membrane surrounding the brain — if they are not placed properly during surgery
2010 Hearing News
- Engineers Test Sign Language For Cell Phones
August 16, 2010 Engineers at the University of Washington are testing a tool called MobileASL that uses motion detection to identify American Sign Language and transmit images over U.S. cell networks.
- Hearing Loss Soars Without Key Vitamin
July 26, 2010 Hearing loss increases without enough folic acid.
- Stress Response System In Ear Protects Against Hearing Loss
May 3, 2010 An in vivo study shows for the first time that there is a stress-response system within the cochlea that mirrors the signaling pathways of the body’s fight or flight response.
- Hearing Loss Due to Environmental Noise At Home
March 9, 2010 Even in the country, noise levels can lead to hearing loss over time.
- New Software Helps Architects Design Better Sounding Rooms
March 9, 2010 New software developed at Cardiff University in the UK will allow architects to adjust their room designs so that conversation can be heard best.
- Boomer Less Likely to Suffer Hearing Loss Than Their Parents
March 8, 2010 According to a study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology in January, the odds of hearing loss are 31 percent lower, overall, for baby boomers than for their parents.
- FDA Calls Ear Candling Dangerous
Feb. 23, 2010 The FDA has alerted consumers about the dangers of ear candles — hollow fabric cones soaked in beeswax marketed for treatment of various conditions without FDA approval.
- Word Learning Better in Kids Who Get Cochlear Implants Before Age 13
Feb. 21, 2010 Learning words may be facilitated by early exposure to auditory input, according to research presented by the Indiana University School of Medicine at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting in San Diego, Feb.
- Bone-Anchored Hearing Aid Helps Youth With Single-Sided Deafness
Feb. 16, 2010 Surgically implanted hearing aids anchored to the skull bone appear to be a durable treatment option that noticeably improves hearing among children with deafness in one ear, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of Otolary
2008 Hearing News
- Brain Cells May Replace Damaged Hearing Cells
December 9, 2008 Scientists believe a transplant of brain cells may one day be able to reverse a common form of hearing loss.
- Warning on Earbuds
November 16, 2008 Popular MP3 players can damage hearing.
- Hearing Loss Poses Unique Challenge for Caregivers
November 12, 2008 Hearing loss among those who require the assistance of a caregiver is causing serious problems that impact both the patient and those providing care, according to a new survey released by Songbird Hearing, Inc.
- Mutant Mouse Gene Offers Clues to Hearing Loss
October 31, 2008 A mutation in mice that mimics progressive hearing loss in humans has been identified by European researchers.
- Genes Involved in Cell Death May Play a Role in Hearing Loss
October 20, 2008 Several genes that play a role in how our body’s cells normally auto-destruct may play a role in age-related hearing loss, according to research published online in the journal Apoptosis √¢‚Ǩ‚Äú a journal devoted to the topic of cell sui
- MP3 Players Can Damage Hearing
October 14, 2008 Personal music players such as Apple’s iPod could cause long-term hearing damage among millions of users, the European Union warned on Monday.
- Scientists Find Key Protein Helps People Hear
October 13, 2008 A protein in the inner ear helps people differentiate between sounds and understand speech, French researchers reported on Wednesday in a finding that could help treat the hard of hearing.
- MRI Reveals Inner Ear Anomalies in Children with Hearing Loss
September 15 Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), physicians can identify soft-tissue defects that contribute to hearing loss in children, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, one of
- NIH Supports Childhood Hearing Loss Research
September 9, 2008 To date, most research on childhood hearing loss has focused on severe to profound hearing loss that constitutes deafness. But a five-year, $8.9 million grant to the University of Iowa from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Co
- Umbilical Cells May Help Repair Damaged Cochlea
September 3, 2008 According to an Italian research team publishing their findings in the current issue of Cell Transplantation (17:6), hearing loss due to cochlear damage may be repaired by transplantation of human umbilical cord hematopoietic stem cells
- Researchers Produce Key Cells for Hearing
August 27, 2008 A cure for hearing loss could be closer, now that a team of scientists has produced key ear cells in mice–and for the first time verified that the cells work just like natural ones.
- Sign Language Comes to Cell Phones
August 21, 2008 A group at the University of Washington has developed software that for the first time enables deaf and hard-of-hearing Americans to use sign language over a mobile phone.
- Hearing Test May Identify Newborns at Risk for SIDS
July 26, 2008 A newborn hearing screening test may identify children at risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), according to findings published in the July 3rd advance issue of Early Human Development.
- Zebrafish Research Sheds Light on Tinnitus
July 6, 2008 Professor Ernest Moore hasn’t named the zebrafish in his Northwestern University laboratory, where he researches drugs for tinnitus (ringing of the ears). But if he did, he says, he would name his favorite one Rose, after one of his mentors.
- Sudden Hearing Loss May Indicate Stroke
June 26, 2008 Sudden hearing loss may foreshadow a stroke by as much as two years,say Taiwanese researchers.
- Diabetes Increases Risk of Hearing Loss
June 18, 2008 Hearing loss is about twice as common in adults with diabetes compared to those who do not have the disease, according to a new study.
- Link Between Smoking and Hearing Loss
June 10, 2008 Smoking can cause age-related hearing loss, a shock new study has suggested.
- Gene Therapy May Help Children With Usher Syndrome
June 3, 2008 Gene therapy involving antibiotics could help deaf children with an inherited defect from losing their sight, suggests preliminary research published today.
- Washington Post article on hearing loss
June 3, 2008 General article on hearing loss and treatments.
- Bilateral Cochlear Implants
May 29, 2008 A case where bilateral cochlear implants are better than one.
- Eyes May be Window to Hearing Loss
February 19, 2008 The eyes may not just be a window to the soul, they may also provide a clear view to the state of your other senses.
- Some MRIs May Harm Cochlear Implants
December 2, 2008 German and U.S. researchers say patients with cochlear implants may want to steer clear of certain magnetic resonance imaging machines.
- OTC Ear Drops May Cause Hearing Loss or Damage
January 28, 2008 A new study, led by researchers at The Montreal Children’s Hospital (MCH) of the MUHC, has revealed that certain over-the-counter earwax softeners can cause severe inflammation and damage to the eardrum and inner ear. The results o
- Consequences of Untreated Hearing Loss on America's Children
January 26, 2008 Too many children with hearing loss don√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t get adequate help. Many parents either don’t recognize the hearing problem, minimize it, or have been given misinformation regarding the ability to treat their child√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s hearing loss.
- Deafness and Seizures Result When Mysterious Protein Deleted in Mice
January 25, 2008 Scientists have discovered that mice genetically engineered to lack a particular protein in the brain have profound deafness and seizures. The finding suggests a pathway, they say, for exploring the hereditary causes of deafness and epile
- Accupuncture May Help Ringing in the Ears
January 10, 2008 Nerves that sense touch in your face and neck may be behind the racket in your brain, University of Michigan researchers say.
- Snakes Hear in Stereo
January 10, 2008 Despite the widespread myth that snakes (lacking outer ears, a tympanic membrane and other evidence organs of audition) cannot hear, it seems we have been too dismissive about these reptiles’ sensory abilities.
- Kids Left Behind Due to Hearing Loss
January 7, 2008 1 million youth in America with hearing loss may be left behind, national survey finds; even ‘minor’ hearing loss causes major problems.
- Playing Golf May Damage Hearing
January 5, 2008 Players who use a new generation of thin-faced titanium drivers to propel the ball further should consider wearing ear plugs, experts advise.
- Skilled Ear For Music May Help Develop Language Skills
March 20, 2007 Writing in the online edition of Nature Neuroscience, researchers from Northwestern University say that both skills draw on parts of the brain that help people detect changes in pitch.
2007 Hearing News
- SIDS Study LinksDeaths to Inner Ear Abnormality
July 28, 2007 Researchers reported that all babies in a small study group who died of sudden infant death syndrome – the exact cause of which still eludes doctors – shared the same abnormality in their right inner ear in a hearing test administered at bir
- New Findings Could Lead to New Generation of Cochlear Implants
December 18, 2007 A Rutgers University team led by neuroscientist Robin Davis is opening new doors to improved hearing for the congenitally or profoundly deaf. Their findings could lead to a new generation of cochlear implants.
- Frequent Ear Infections Can Lead to Cyst
December 16, 2007
- The Link Between Hearing and Cholesterol
December 15, 2007 Levels of cholesterol in the membranes of hair cells in the inner ear can affect your hearing, said a consortium of researchers from Baylor College of Medicine, Rice University and Purdue University in a report in today’s print ed
- One Family's Jouney With Hearing Aids
November 25, 2007 She calls them her “hearing maids,” or maybe it is “hearing mades”; we may never know for sure. There’s a lot of that with our daughter, Angeliki, 4, who got hearing aids last fall. A lot of things you just don’t know, like how this jour
- Children With Hearing Loss Spend More Time in Emergency Rooms
November 20, 2007 Children who have hearing problems are much more likely than other children to end up in an emergency room with a wide variety of injuries, researchers say.
- Genes Influence Age-Related Hearing Loss
November 16, 2007 A new Brandeis University study of twins shows that genes play a significant role in the level of hearing loss that often appears in late middle age.
- Cells in Developing Ear May Explain Tinnitus
October 31, 2007 Brain scientists at Johns Hopkins have discovered how cells in the developing ear make their own noise, long before the ear is able to detect sound around them.
- Hearing Loss Warning on Ipotence Drugs
October 21, 2007 Viagra and other impotence drugs are about to bear new warnings that users may experience sudden hearing loss.
- Home Grown Hair Cells
September 25, 2007 Researchers have developed a technique to grow “bona fide” hair cells of the inner ear from chick sensory tissue, reports a study in this week’s PNAS.
- Music Training Linked to Enhanced Verbal Skills
September 25, 2007 Music training, with its pervasive effects on the nervous system’s ability to process sight and sound, may be more important for enhancing verbal communication skills than learning phonics, according to a new Northwestern University stu
- AHRF's David Klodd, Ph.D., Quoted in Chicago Sun Times
September 16, 2007 Kehoe was 80 years old, and had been mostly deaf for nearly 40 years, when he suddenly got his wish. An electronic ear, called a cochlear implant, restored Kehoe’s hearing.
- Hunters' Hearing At Risk
September 11, 2007 The loud reports of high-powered rifles or shotguns in popular hunting calibers and gauges can produce decibels that exceed the accepted threshold of pain, which is 140 decibels.
- Scientists Develop New Test For Hearing Loss
September 6, 2007 A Purdue University researcher is working on a new technique to diagnose hearing loss in a way that more accurately reflects real-world situations.
- Making Deaf Ears Hear With Light
August 10, 2007 A laser-based approach could make cochlear implants, which currently use electrical signals, more effective.
- Electrical Implant Steadies Balance in Animals
August 8, 2007 Hearing and balance experts at Johns Hopkins report successful testing in animals of an electrical device that partly restores a damaged or impaired sense of balance.
- Brain Scans Shed Light on Tinnitus
August 1, 2007 Experiments are under way mostly in Europe, using sophisticated imaging techniques that allow doctors to “see” areas in the brain where sound signals are no longer translated – progress that could help doctors target new treatments.
- Ability to Listen to Two Things at Once Inherited
July 17, 2007 Your ability to listen to a phone message in one ear while a friend is talking into your other ear–and comprehend what both are saying–is an important communication skill that’s heavily influenced by your genes, say researchers of the Nati
- Farmers Face Higher Risk of Hearing Loss
July 15, 2007 A new study reveals that not only are farmers already at a higher risk for hearing loss, but those with hearing aids have more work-related injuries.
- Study Examines Cause of Hearing Loss for Patients with Certain Genetic Disease
July 3, 2007 Patients with the genetic disorder von Hippel-Lindau disease may suddenly experience hearing loss because of a tumor-associated hemorrhage in the inner ear, according to a study in the July 4 issue of JAMA.
- Music Fans Face "Hearing Loss Timebomb"
July 2, 2007 Music fans could be facing a “hearing loss timebomb”, a charity has warned, and urged the assembly government to introduce a noise limit on live music.
- Stem Cells May Help Hearing Loss
June 26, 2007 Bone marrow stem cells injected into a damaged inner ear can speed hearing recovery after partial hearing loss, says a Japanese study.
- Auditory Nerve Implant Can Deliver Wide Range of Sounds, Early Tests Show
June 7, 2007 scientists have shown in animals that it’s possible to implant a tiny, ultra-thin electrode array in the auditory nerve that can successfully transmit a wide range of sounds to the brain
- Cartilage Shield Shown to Help Restore Hearing in Some Chronic Ear Infection Patients
May 31, 2007 Inserting a “shield� of cartilage into the inner ear is a less invasive and more cost-effective alternative to membrane reconstruction when treating hearing loss in selected patients suffering from chronic middle ear infections (ot
- Nineteen Million Americans Negatively Impacted By Hearing Loss
May 18, 2007 Nearly one in four adults (23%) who know someone with hearing loss say they have either a spouse or significant other with hearing loss. Of the 27 million U.S. adults with hearing loss, the number one cited relationship that suffered was the
- Clinical Trial of Combination Hearing Aid-Cochlear Implant Begins
May 15, 2007 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has opened a national clinical trial of a hearing device that combines hearing aid and cochlear implant technology in the same ear.
- Hearing Loss is Increasing, But So Are Solutions
May 13, 2007 A growing number of forty and fiftysomethings, baby boomers who grew up on rock music, played in bands and have enjoyed living loud in general, are seeking a new form of high-tech relief: Digital hearing devices that help recapture the high p
- Too Many Babies DOn't Get Second Test for Hearing
May 10, 2007 A third of newborns who fail their hearing screening test don’t get a follow-up evaluation, leaving them susceptible to delays in language development that they might never overcome, a report says today.
- Test Identifies Early Chemotherapy-Related Hearing Loss
April 20, 2007 Among children undergoing platinum-based chemotherapy, early changes in auditory function can be detected using extended high-frequency (EHF) audiometry and evoked distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs), according to a report in
- Experience Seeing A Person's Face Makes It Easier To Hear Them
April 12, 2007 Experience hearing a person’s voice allows us to more easily hear what they are saying. Now research by UC Riverside psychology Professor Lawrence D. Rosenblum and graduate students Rachel M. Miller and Kauyumari Sanchez has shown that expe
- Stem Cells May Lead to a Treatment for Hearing Loss
April 6, 2007 Members of the National Center for Regenerative Medicine research team, Dr. Robert Miller and Dr. Kumar Alagramam, both of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, recently published research findings in Developmental Neuroscience
- Thin Structure in Inner Ear Responds to Different Frequencies
March 28, 2007 New research suggests that a thin structure in the inner ear called the tectorial membrane responds to different frequencies.
- American Academy of Audiology Research Shows that Hearing Aids Do Improve Quality of Life
March 19, 2007 An article published in the current issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Audiology (JAAA) (Volume 18, Number 2) indicates that people with hearing loss who choose to wear hearing aids do experience a better quality of life than t
- Hearing Loss May Raise Risk of Meningitis in Kids
March 16, 2007 Findings from a study of Danish children suggest that hearing loss greatly increases the risk of meningitis. Therefore, parents of children with hearing loss should familiarize themselves with the signs and symptoms of meningitis.
- Researchers Investigate How Musical Training Can Tune the Human Auditory System
March 16, 2007 A newly published study by Northwestern University researchers suggests that Mom was right when she insisted that you continue music lessons — even after it was clear that a professional music career was not in your future.
- Fossil Discovery Sheds Light on the Evolution of the Inner Ear
March 15, 2007 A fossil of a newly-discovered, chipmunk-sized mammal that roamed the world with the dinosaurs 125 million years ago provides a missing link in the evolution of the middle ear, according to a researcher at the Carnegie Museum of Natural His
- Geneitic Hearing Loss May Be Reversible Without Gene Therapy
February 28, 2007 A large proportion of genetically caused deafness in humans may be reversible by compensating for a missing protein, based on discoveries in mice.
- Aging Nation Faces Growing Hearing Loss
February 19, 2007 An aging U.S. population faces a looming crisis in hearing loss, researchers said Saturday. Some research holds promise, but much is in the early stages.
- Inner Ear Implant May Help Restore Balance
February 15, 2007 People who have lost their sense of balance could one day be fitted with an inner ear implant modelled on the body’s own balance organs, say researchers.
- Study Looks at Benefits of Two Cochlear Implants in Deaf Children
February 13, 2007 New research suggests that deaf children who have a cochlear implant in each ear more accurately locate sounds when they use both implants instead of one.
- Researchers Identify Molecular Cause for One Form of Deafness
February 5, 2007 Scientists exploring the physics of hearing have found an underlying molecular cause for one form of deafness, and a conceptual connection between deafness and the organization of liquid crystals, which are used in flat-panel displays.
- AHRF Presdient Alan Micco, M.D., Discusses Hearing Aids That Incorporate Bluetooth Technology
January 26, 2007 Hearing aids that have Bluetooth cell phone technology help their users blend in.
- New Wensite Documents Deaf Experience During World War II
January 23, 2007 A new website describing and documenting the experiences of deaf people during World War II is now online, thanks to the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, a college of Rochester Institute of Technology.
- Outcomes Comparable for Younger and Older Children with Bone Anchored Hearing Aids
January 15, 2007 Outcomes following surgically implanted hearing aids that are anchored to bone appear comparable for children younger than 5 years and those older than 5 years, according to a report in the January issue of Archives of Otolaryngologyâ€
- Corticosteroids Help In Hearing Loss Recovery
January 30, 2007 Time and oral corticosteroid therapy can help patients regain full hearing, often within a month of sudden hearing loss, say researchers in Seoul.
- NIDCD-Funded Research Explores the Use of Lasers to Stimulate the Auditory Nerve
January 4, 2007 The research looks into the use of lasers to stimulate the auditory nerve, and could lead to improved cochlear implants.
- Study Offers Hope For Long-Term Relief of Meniere's Disease Symptoms
January 3, 2007 A study in the January issue of The Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery suggests that
- Folic Acid May Slow Hearing Loss
January 2, 2007 Older adults taking folic acid supplements show less loss of low frequency hearing.
- Acoustic Trauma Cases One-Third of Deafness
November 21, 2007 Up to 28 million Americans have impaired hearing and for as many as a third, acoustic trauma is a significant contributor, reports the December 2007 issue of Harvard Men’s Health Watch.
2006 Hearing News
- Hispanics Concerned About Hearing Loss Caused By Modern Technology
December 18, 2006 Nearly three-fourths of adults surveyed in Puerto Rico (73%) and Mexico (71%) report they are concerned about hearing loss from the use of personal audio technology, such as iPods or other MP3 players, portable CD players, or cell phones
- UC Irvine Studies How Cochlear Implant Users Understand Tonal Language
December 12, 2006 Language processing is more complex than previously thought, and it gives clues to why people who use auditory prosthetic devices have difficulty understanding languages such as Mandarin.
- Cochlear Implants Between 6 Months to Two years Can Help Toddlers Develop Normal Language Skills
December 8, 2006 Deaf babies and toddlers can develop normal language skills when cochlear implants occur between six months and two years, according to new research released by the University of Melbourne.
- Canadian Study Warns Hockey Fans of Hearing Loss
December 6, 2006 Spectators of hockey games may be subjecting themselves to noise levels that could impair their hearing, according to a study in the Canadian medical Association Journal.
- Opera Star Placido Domingo Teams Up With Phonak to Establish Foundation For Hearing Impaired
December 5, 2006 Placido Domingo and the Vienna philharmonic will join the Swiss hearing-device manufacturer Phonak to establish a not-for-profit foundation to help the hearing impaired, particularly young people in developing countries, and give them the
- New Study Provides First Guidelines for Safe iPod Listening
November 28, 2006 A new analysis of iPods and other portable, digital music players by researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder and Children’s Hospital in Boston has produced the first-ever detailed guidelines for safe listening levels using e
- Decibel-Limiting Earbuds May Reduce Hearing Loss Associated with iPods
November 27, 2006 iHearSafe earbuds will keep the volume below 80 decibels no matter how loud the original file is or how high the volume has been turned up.
- New Survey Looks at How Toys Can Damage Childrens' Hearing
November 21, 2006 Hazardous toys are still sold in stores across the country, according to the 21st annual toy safety survey released today by the Washington Public Interest Research Group (WashPIRG). The survey looked into several health hazards toys may
- Clubbing and Concerts Can Cause Permanent Hearing Loss
Patrons at music venues exceed safe levels of noise exposure November 15, 2006, PERTH–A recent study led by Marcus Atlas, M.D., Director of the Ear Science Institute Australia (ESIA), Nedlands, Western Australia, has demonstrated that noise levels experi
- New Web Site Teaches Young Children About Noise, Hearing Loss, and Safe Usage of Personal Audio Technology
November, 2006 Listentoyourbuds.org, a one-of-a-kind web site for young children, parents, and educators, teaches about ways children can protect their hearing. The web site is also available in Spanish.
- A New Survey Reveals Hearing Loss Significantly Impacting Work, Home Life for Baby Boomers
A survey released on October 26, 2006 at the AARP Life@50+ Conference by The EAR Foundation and Clarity® reveals that hearing loss is a serious health issue for aging baby boomers—impacting their work and home lives—yet most are not seeki
