Research
Higher hearing loss rates than expected in some subsectors
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- Published on 29 March 2018
NIOSH
A recent study has shown that workers in certain subsectors of the healthcare and social assistance industry experience hearing loss at a rate that is higher than expected, reports Canadian Occupational Safety.
A new potential drug to prevent cisplatin- or noise-induced hearing loss
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- Published on 28 March 2018
Study
A study has found that noise- or drug-induced hearing loss may be prevented before it occurs using a drug to inhibit an enzyme called cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK2).
Smoking and increased risk of hearing loss
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- Published on 27 March 2018
Study
Results from a longitudinal study carried out in Japan have shown that smoking significantly increases the risk of hearing loss in a dose-dependent manner.
Hearing loss in Neanderthal man
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- Published on 26 March 2018
Paleontology
India-based online news portal TeCake recently reported on early humans, their characteristic behaviors, abilities, and social functioning. Interestingly, some examined specimens have been found to have features that probably caused hearing loss.
Study in Singapore links hearing loss to dementia
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- Published on 21 March 2018
Seniors
A study carried out locally in Singapore has found that elderly people who lose their hearing are 2.3 times more likely to develop mild cognitive impairment or dementia.
European School on Interdisciplinary Tinnitus: a framework for the future
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- Published on 13 March 2018
Tinnitus research
12 universities across 10 European countries; 34 academic, clinical and industrial partners; 17 supervisors and 15 PhD students with the help of €3.8 million EU funding are looking to change the tinnitus landscape over the next four years.
New Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health opened on World Hearing Day
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- Published on 09 March 2018
Institution
A $10 million pledge from Cochlear Limited to the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has been used to establish the Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health.
Central age-related hearing loss: association with memory loss
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- Published on 07 March 2018
Study
Data from a preliminary study have shown that central age-related hearing loss may be associated with memory loss and mild cognitive impairment.
MRI noise may cause temporary hearing impairment
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- Published on 06 March 2018
Study
Noise from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines may cause temporary hearing threshold impairment even if patients who wear ear protection during the examination.
European D-Noise project for customised sound equalisation
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- Published on 01 March 2018
Sound fields
A joint European laboratory project combining research initiatives by the Polytechnic University of Valencia and Belgium's KU Leuven university has developed D-Noise, a new system that eliminates low frequencies from immediate surroundings and creates sound fields "on demand".
