Research
Deaf children who receive implants may learn words faster
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- Published on Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:47
CI
A new study has found that children with hearing loss who receive cochlear implants learn words faster than children with hearing.
Using specially timed signals to reduce the symptoms of tinnitus
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- Published on Wednesday, 24 January 2018 15:03
Tinnitus
University of Michigan (U-M) News recently reported on a new study in translational medicine. A team from the University has released preliminary findings from animal tests and a clinical trial of the new approach, including data from 20 patients with tinnitus.
The link between hearing loss and the 4D tetrad
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- Published on Friday, 19 January 2018 11:02
Study
In early January, important research findings from a French team looking at the association between hearing loss and the 4D tetrad (depression, dementia, dependence and death) were published in The Journals of Gerontology.
Auris Medical: update on the AM-111 clinical development program
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- Published on Tuesday, 16 January 2018 11:50
Therapeutics
Switzerland’s Auris Medical Holding AG, a clinical-stage company working on developing therapeutics in otolaryngology, announced further results from the HEALOS Phase 3 trial in early January.
Gene editing protects from deafness in mice
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- Published on Monday, 15 January 2018 16:01
Genetic deafness
An international team of researchers recently studied how in vivo delivery of specific RNA complexes can improve hearing loss in a mouse model of human genetic deafness.
Further data on the link between age-related hearing loss and cognitive decline or dementia
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- Published on Tuesday, 09 January 2018 08:19
Cognitive decline
Specialty clinical information website Healio.com recently reported on a meta-analysis of 40 studies with a total of over 34,000 participants that showed a small but significant association between hearing loss related to age and all domains of cognitive function.
3D-printed ear prostheses to improve hearing loss treatments
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- Published on Monday, 08 January 2018 09:03
Tech
3D printing has been used in many areas of medicine and is being evaluated in an ever increasing number of disciplines and conditions. Researchers from the University of Maryland School of Medicine have tested 3D printing in the area of prosthetic replacements for damaged parts of the middle ear.
Genetic variations in the FOXO3 gene and susceptibility to noise-induced hearing loss
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- Published on Friday, 05 January 2018 09:05
NIHL
Researchers in China recently carried out a large-scale study to explore the effects of FOXO3 genetic polymorphism on individual susceptibility to noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL), one of the most important occupational disorders.
Natural protection from loud sounds in whales and dolphins
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- Published on Thursday, 28 December 2017 10:27
Hearing protection
New zoology research has found that four species of whales and dolphins can tune down the volume to protect their hearing. The findings are to be published in the journal Integrative Zoology.
Neurofeedback shows promising results in treating tinnitus
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- Published on Friday, 22 December 2017 14:50
Tinnitus
A new study carried out at Wright State University in Fairborn, Ohio (USA) has shown that neurofeedback training may be able to reduce the severity of tinnitus or even eliminate the condition.
