Research
Adding crizotinib to radiation therapy may reduce hearing damage
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- Published on 15 February 2018
Therapy
Researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston recently published the results of a mouse model study showing a new therapeutic combination that may be of interest in patients with neurofibromatosis 2 (NF2) and other patient groups.
A reminder of the commonly used drugs that are potentially ototoxic
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- Published on 15 February 2018
Ototoxicity
Pharmacy Times, a full-service pharmacy media resource, recently reported on the main drugs that can cause damage to hearing, and highlighted their mechanisms of action.
Evidence for efficacy of a wearable tinnitus patch
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- Published on 06 February 2018
Tinnitus
Researchers working in Sweden at the Sickla ENT-centre in Stockholm and the Citysjukhuset hospital in Gothenburg recently published the results of a double-blind, randomized study of a tinnitus patch called Antinitus carried out in 2016/2017.
Sound therapy used to train the brain to ignore tinnitus
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- Published on 02 February 2018
Sound therapy
The findings of a new clinical study suggest that a sound-emitting device worn in the ear during sleep may train the brain to ignore tinnitus, reports Reuters Health.
Deaf children who receive implants may learn words faster
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- Published on 31 January 2018
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 24 January 2018
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 19 January 2018
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 16 January 2018
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 15 January 2018
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 09 January 2018
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.
