Research

European School on Interdisciplinary Tinnitus: a framework for the future

Details: Published on 13 March 2018

Tinnitus research

European School on Interdisciplinary
Tinnitus — © Mario Schmitt

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

Details: Published on 09 March 2018

Institution

Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health

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

Details: 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

Details: 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

Details: 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".

Adding crizotinib to radiation therapy may reduce hearing damage

Details: Published on 15 February 2018

Therapy

Researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston recently published the results of a mouse model study showing a new therapeutic combination that may be of interest in patients with neurofibromatosis 2 (NF2) and other patient groups.

A reminder of the commonly used drugs that are potentially ototoxic

Details: 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

Details: 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

Details: 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.