Research
The genetics of noise-induced deafness
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- Published on 13 November 2018
Genetics
Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco recently found that the lack of a specific gene may be related to loss of inner and outer hair cells, and that an experimental drug can prevent this inner ear damage, thus protecting hearing.
Cell regeneration therapy to treat hearing loss
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- Published on 05 November 2018
Hearing cells
Science news source EurekAlert recently reported on research involving the epidermal growth factor (EGF) that may be an approach to regenerate hearing cells.
Ground-breaking research could have long-lasting impact on the audiology world
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- Published on 02 November 2018
Research
A high-level research project featuring eminent names from the hearing research world has been published in Nature Communications that could have a long-lasting effect on the future of hearing.
Noise exposure for construction workers
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- Published on 19 October 2018
Noise
BigRentz, supplier of heavy equipment rentals, recently posted a piece on noise exposure for construction workers with a visual showing levels of exposure by type of noise source.
Virtual reality experience to immerse the user in silence
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- Published on 18 October 2018
VR
Australia’s Shepherd Centre, a charity providing a family-centered early intervention program to teach children born deaf or with hearing loss how to develop spoken language, has developed the experience to help people appreciate this condition.
Risk of readmission to hospital higher for elderly with hearing loss
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- Published on 11 October 2018
Seniors
Researchers have found that patients with difficulty communicating with medical personnel had a 32% increased likelihood of being readmitted to hospital within 30 days.
Predicting how cochlear implant recipients will hear speech
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- Published on 27 September 2018
CI
Researchers from the University of Sydney, Australia and Cochlear Limited have teamed up to carry out a study that could lead to more accurate predictions of how people receiving cochlear implants will understand speech.
Researchers awarded a grant from the NIDCD
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- Published on 27 September 2018
Research
Tulane University press center recently announced that a researcher at the institution has been awarded a USD 1.8 million grant to study how auditory signals are processed in the context of normal hearing and how they are altered in hearing loss.
The effects of unilateral hearing loss on spatial hearing
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- Published on 05 September 2018
Research
Researchers at Oxford University’s Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics recently published a review article and pointed out that unilateral hearing loss in infancy can disrupt spatial hearing, even after binaural inputs are restored, among other conclusions.
New technology may prove useful in imaging the inner ear
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- Published on 04 September 2018
Synchrotron light
Harvard researchers working in Canada have conducted a study finding that a specific type of light called synchrotron light could produce high-quality images enabling researchers to distinguish between damaged and healthy nerve fibers and sensory cells, reports the Saskatoon StarPhoenix.
