Research
Imaging inside the cochlea soon a reality with hair-width scanner
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- Published on 05 August 2020
medical imaging
A newly-developed ultrathin 3D-printed optical endoscope is bringing miniaturised probing to the level of providing trauma-free high-resolution imaging from within delicate narrow body parts such as the cochlea.
Optical cochlear implants come a rodent step closer
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- Published on 29 July 2020
CIs
The development of a more effective cochlear implant using light instead of electricity has been hastened towards clinical translation following succesful experimentation using rodents.
Adult-onset hearing loss breakthrough as common inherited genetic variant found
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- Published on 07 July 2020
genetics
The discovery of a common inherited genetic variant putting thousands of adults potentially at risk of adult-onset hearing loss (HL) may open the way to prevention through gene therapy.
Is poor follow-up responsible for 20% of hearing aid owners making no use of their devices?
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- Published on 21 June 2020
hearing aids
Amongst some good news on use of hearing aids in the UK, new survey results show that as many as 50% of hearing aid owners do not use their devices most of the time, while 20% never use them.
Children with hearing disability more at risk of asthma - new study
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- Published on 16 June 2020
paediatric hearing
Children with hearing loss have a higher likelihood of having asthma than many other disability categories, according to a comprehensive population study of association between development delay and asthma in US population-level data.
Early review draws blank on COVID-19 effects on audio-vestibular system - more research needed
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- Published on 15 June 2020
COVID-19
Hurried UK research into potential long-term hearing health associations among COVID-19 cases has found only insignifant evidence. The Manchester University team investigating will carry out higher-quality studies in the near future.
How Ida Institute approaches hone person-centred care work...even online and in pandemics
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- Published on 27 May 2020
hearing care
For the Denmark-based guardians of person-centred care in audiology, COVID-19 lockdowns have been just as testing as for any organisation trying to fit the old world to the new. The head of the Ida Institute explains how adapting might even sharpen the skills of rapport.
Bone conduction walkie-talkie developed
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- Published on 19 March 2020
communications
A London start-up has used technology common to audiology to make a two-way bone conduction headband for hands-free communication in noisy environments such as construction sites.
The "chemical earmuffs" that could bring hearing protection in a pill
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- Published on 02 March 2020
drugs
A molecular route to a drug that provides hearing protection—"chemical earmuffs"—may have been discovered by a team of biologists at the University of Iowa (UIowa) and Washington University, St. Louis.
California research closing in on cochlear implant with pitch detection
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- Published on 01 March 2020
cochlear implants
Not detecting pitch is one of the great limitations of current cochlear implants (CIs), but research at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) is advancing towards a device that can send pitch data.
