Category: Hearing Issues

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., May 26, 2020 – New research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine is shedding light on the biological architecture that lets us hear – and on a genetic disorder that causes both deafness and blindness.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – A pair of biomarkers of brain function — one that represents “listening effort,” and another that measures ability to process rapid changes in frequencies….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Deaf infants who have been exposed to American Sign Language are better at following an adult’s gaze than their hearing peers, supporting the idea that social-cognitive development is sensitive to different kinds of life experiences.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Close to half a million people around the world suffer from a serious hearing impairment. In some cases, they can find relief with hearing aids, cochlear and other types of implants.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Older adults who get a hearing aid for a newly diagnosed hearing loss have a lower risk of being diagnosed with dementia, depression or anxiety for the first time over the next three years

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Rockville, Md. (August 14, 2019)—Combining seizure-preventing electrical stimulation with repetitive musical tones improves processing of sounds in the brain….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Using genetic tools in mice, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have identified a pair of proteins that precisely control when sound-detecting cells, known as hair cells, are born in the mammalian inner ear.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Scientists at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital have used a novel gene-editing approach to salvage the hearing of mice with genetic hearing loss….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – As people gear up for the Fourth of July holiday, many stock up on fireworks as part of the celebration.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Many people with hearing loss may benefit from cochlear implants. The technology, which has been available for decades, has helped children and adults hear better, and sometimes for the first time.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The ability to hear depends on proteins to reach the outer membrane of sensory cells in the inner ear. But in certain types of hereditary hearing loss, mutations in the protein prevent it from reaching these membranes.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Even though chronic hearing loss is one of the most prevalent chronic conditions for people 65 and older, less than 20 percent seek help for it, says Michael Hefferly, PhD, an audiologist at Rush.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Research has shown that people who are born blind or become blind early in life often have a more nuanced sense of hearing, especially when it comes to musical abilities….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – SOMERSET, N.J.—Oticon, Inc.  introduced Oticon Opn S™, its most advanced line of Internet-connected hearing aids, designed to give individuals with hearing loss a more convenient and personalized hearing experience.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – HOUSTON – (March 25, 2019) – Can music therapy slow the progression of degenerative brain disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease and dementia while promoting well-being?

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – People under age 50 with hearing loss misuse prescription opioids at twice the rate of their hearing peers, and are also more likely to misuse alcohol and other drugs, a new national study finds.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – A team of worldwide researchers including engineers from the University of Utah have received a $9.7-million grant to design and develop a new implantable device and surgical procedure for the deaf….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – When Melinda and Matt Little found out their baby girl, Aida, was deaf, they wanted to do everything they could to enable her to hear.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have discovered a new potential contributor to age-related hearing loss, a finding that could eventually help doctors identify people at risk.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., March 11, 2019 – Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have discovered a new potential contributor to age-related hearing loss, a finding that could eventually help doctors identify people at risk.