Research
Is AI as good as the professional eye in diagnosing from medical imaging?
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- Published on 06 October 2019
diagnosis
Will deep learning algorithms eventually provide more reliable analyses of diagnostic tests than medical professionals? When it comes to medical imaging, a new meta-analysis cautiously concludes that the accuracy of AI diagnosis is now equivalent to that of trained doctors.
Hearing loss linked to delinquency in pre-teen Pacific kids
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- Published on 01 October 2019
society
An ethnically-based study by New Zealand researchers has related hearing impairment with moderate delinquency, underlining the serious social and economic impact of hearing disability on individuals and families.
FDA fast-tracking for drug to relieve tinnitus in Meniere's disease
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- Published on 21 September 2019
meniere's
A drug shown in trials to relieve tinnitus and sensorineural hearing loss symptoms in Meniere's disease (MD) sufferers is being fast-tracked the the US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) stringent new drug application process.
Hearing loss gene found in Chinese research breakthrough
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- Published on 20 September 2019
genetics
Researchers from Xiangya Hospital in China's Hunan Province have discovered a gene associated with hearing loss, a breakthrough that should help in diagnosis and treatment strategies.
Apple conducts major hearing study as part of growing "democratisation" of research
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- Published on 11 September 2019
data
In a move that Apple claims will allow customers to contribute to medical discoveries, the phone and computer giant is to conduct three large-scale health studies, one of them into the impact of everyday sound exposure on hearing.
Hearing is enhanced by vagus nerve stimulation paired with repetitive sounds
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- Published on 29 August 2019
brain
Potential therapeutic benefits for a range of conditions including tinnitus have been glimpsed thanks to newly published research involving vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) in rats.
How much spin is there in medical research journal abstracts?
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- Published on 25 August 2019
journals
As many as 56% of abstracts in psychology and psychiatry journals contain spin to boost their results, according to a recent study by Oklahoma researchers.
The sex is in the spirals - the cochlea tells the difference in forensics breakthrough
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- Published on 20 August 2019
forensics
The human cochlea is sex-typed from an early post-natal age - this is the startling and welcome finding of a study that has delivered the first reliable method for sex determination, even in child skeletons and cases with missing or degraded DNA molecules.
Aldosterone hormone fix for age-related hearing loss nears marketplace
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- Published on 14 August 2019
drugs
If the mice are right, there is a drug fix for age-related hearing loss just around the next bureaucratic corner: the hormone aldosterone, combined with anti-inflammatory medicine, can rejuvenate hearing, says the team behind the development.
US burden of eustachian tube dysfunction higher than estimated, says study
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- Published on 06 August 2019
ear health
The number of US citizens with eustachian tube dysfunction (ETD), barring those with recent colds, was previously estimated at under 1%, but a new study puts the figure at 4.6%, some 11m people. And the researchers say their figure may underestimate the condition's true prevalence.
