Research
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.
3D-printed ear prostheses to improve hearing loss treatments
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- Published on 08 January 2018
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.
