Research
Best practices for cochlear implant hearing preservation
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- Published on 30 June 2017
CI
A group of researchers from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (USA) recently published the results of their study aimed at investigating short- and long-term rates of hearing preservation after cochlear implantation and at identifying factors that affect hearing preservation.
White noise after loud noise exposure to prevent hearing deficits
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- Published on 22 June 2017
Study
Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania (USA) have shown in a mouse model that mild hearing loss as a result of brief noise exposure leads to pronounced reorganization of local excitatory and inhibitory circuits in the inferior colliculus.
Massachusetts Eye and Ear given a record grant to research hearing loss
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- Published on 20 June 2017
Donation
The Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary recently received a significant boost to expand its research into hearing loss: a USD 20 million gift from an anonymous donor.
Hormone replacement therapy and hearing loss
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- Published on 19 June 2017
HRT
A new study recently published in the journal Menopause reports evidence that older age at menopause and longer duration of postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are associated with a higher risk of hearing loss.
Handheld device to treat otitis media with effusion
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- Published on 16 June 2017
Innovation
Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) recently developed a novel handheld device, known as CLiKX, for the treatment of otitis media with effusion (OME), commonly also called “glue ear”, reports ScienceDaily.
Moderate alcohol consumption and hearing threshold shifts: gender differences
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- Published on 07 June 2017
Study
A team of researchers from several hospitals and scientific institutes in Taiwan has examined available data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) for the US adult population to clarify this topic.
Study on direct-to-consumer hearing devices for adults
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- Published on 02 June 2017
Review
Researchers from India, Sweden and the United States recently carried out a systematic literature review to investigate applications of direct-to-consumer hearing devices for adults with hearing loss, and came to some interesting conclusions.
Training in hearing loss with familiar voices
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- Published on 16 May 2017
Project
According to MedicalXpress, researchers at Washington University have developed training software to allow patients with hearing loss to practice listening to the voices they most want to hear.
Bilateral tinnitus can be hereditary
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- Published on 08 May 2017
TINNET
Christopher Cederroth presented at the TINNET mini conference meeting in Spain at the end of March. He spoke about his Bilateral tinnitus work that has just been published in the journal Genetics in Medicine.
New data on perceptual phenomenon in auditory judgment
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- Published on 02 May 2017
Report
Researchers from France, the UK, and the US recently reported results of a study showing that prior context in audition has a considerable effect on basic auditory judgement.
