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Everything You Need to Know about Cell Phones and Digital Hearing Aids

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Today, almost everyone has a cell phone – young and old – and it can be a challenge for users of digital hearing aids to know how to handle their phones properly. Issues such as feedback and distortion can arise, as can conflicts between cell phone and hearing aid technology, and the hearing ...

read more Today, almost everyone has a cell phone – young and old – and it can be a challenge for users of digital hearing aids to know how to handle their phones properly. Issues such as feedback and distortion can arise, as can conflicts between cell phone and hearing aid technology, and the hearing read more Thu Dec 2007 Thu Dec 2007

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There's little scientific evidence to support the use of steroids or any other currently available therapies to treat people with sudden hearing loss, according to Canadian researchers who reviewed 21 studies conducted within the past few decades. ...

read more There's little scientific evidence to support the use of steroids or any other currently available therapies to treat people with sudden hearing loss, according to Canadian researchers who reviewed 21 studies conducted within the past few decades. read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

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Auditory nerve implants may prove superior to cochlear implants in helping people who are severely or totally deaf, say U.S. researchers. Their tests on animals found that such implants can successfully transmit a wide range of sounds to the brain. ...

read more Auditory nerve implants may prove superior to cochlear implants in helping people who are severely or totally deaf, say U.S. researchers. Their tests on animals found that such implants can successfully transmit a wide range of sounds to the brain. read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

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The next time you're tempted to crank up the stereo, you'd be wise to note the link between sound volume and hearing loss. ...

read more The next time you're tempted to crank up the stereo, you'd be wise to note the link between sound volume and hearing loss. read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

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Infants can tell the difference between two languages without hearing the spoken words, simply by watching the face of the adult who is talking, a Canadian study says. ...

read more Infants can tell the difference between two languages without hearing the spoken words, simply by watching the face of the adult who is talking, a Canadian study says. read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

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Permanent hearing loss will occur in 17 percent of people exposed to airbag deployment in cars sold in the United States, new research suggests. ...

read more Permanent hearing loss will occur in 17 percent of people exposed to airbag deployment in cars sold in the United States, new research suggests. read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

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A hearing aid is an expensive and sophisticated electronic device that should be cared for properly to help extend its life. ...

read more A hearing aid is an expensive and sophisticated electronic device that should be cared for properly to help extend its life. read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

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Some people's ears produce more wax than is necessary to protect the ear from foreign matter. A blockage caused by excess wax can trigger hearing loss, earache, ringing in the ears, or a sensation of fullness in the ear, the U.S. National Library of Medicine says. ...

read more Some people's ears produce more wax than is necessary to protect the ear from foreign matter. A blockage caused by excess wax can trigger hearing loss, earache, ringing in the ears, or a sensation of fullness in the ear, the U.S. National Library of Medicine says. read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

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A simple hearing test soon after birth may help identify babies at risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), a new U.S. study finds. ...

read more A simple hearing test soon after birth may help identify babies at risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), a new U.S. study finds. read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

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Most American babies are now routinely tested at birth for an array of lethal or disabling genetic conditions, a new study from the March of Dimes finds. ...

read more Most American babies are now routinely tested at birth for an array of lethal or disabling genetic conditions, a new study from the March of Dimes finds. read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

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By 2050, an estimated 48 million Americans will have type 2 diabetes as the epidemic continues unabated, according to new federal projections. ...

read more By 2050, an estimated 48 million Americans will have type 2 diabetes as the epidemic continues unabated, according to new federal projections. read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

Tone Deafness Explained, From The Harvard Health Letter

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Do people cringe when you sing? You've got company. But researchers have found that only 1 in 20 people truly has amusia, the technical term for tone deafness. Tests have shown that some people with bad singing voices hear music just fine. Amusics are a smaller group with a perceptual problem: They ...

read more Do people cringe when you sing? You've got company. But researchers have found that only 1 in 20 people truly has amusia, the technical term for tone deafness. Tests have shown that some people with bad singing voices hear music just fine. Amusics are a smaller group with a perceptual problem: They read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

Researcher Developing New Method For Hearing Loss Assessment

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A Purdue University researcher is working on a new technique to diagnose hearing loss in a way that more accurately reflects real world situations. "The traditional way to assess speech understanding in people with hearing loss is to put them in a quiet room and ask them to repeat words produced by ...

read more A Purdue University researcher is working on a new technique to diagnose hearing loss in a way that more accurately reflects real world situations. read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

Mild Hearing Loss Appears To Have A Lasting Impact On Neurological Processes

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Mild to moderate forms of hearing loss can have a lasting impact on the auditory cortex, according to findings by researchers at New York University's Center for Neural Science. The study, which is the first to show central effects of mild hearing loss, appears in the latest issue of the Journal of ...

read more Mild to moderate forms of hearing loss can have a lasting impact on the auditory cortex, according to findings by researchers at New York University's Center for Neural Science. The study, which is the first to show central effects of mild hearing loss, appears in the latest issue of the Journal of read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

260 Million-Year-Old Reptiles From Russia Possessed The First Modern Ears

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The discovery of the first anatomically modern ear in a group of 260 million-year-old fossil reptiles significantly pushes back the date of the origin of an advanced sense of hearing, and suggests the first known adaptations to living in the dark. [click link for full article] ...

read more The discovery of the first anatomically modern ear in a group of 260 million-year-old fossil reptiles significantly pushes back the date of the origin of an advanced sense of hearing, and suggests the first known adaptations to living in the dark. [click link for full article] read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

Pivotal Hearing Structure Revealed By Scripps Research Scientists

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In a study published in the journal Nature, researchers showed that two key proteins join together at the precise location where energy of motion is turned into electrical impulses. These proteins, cadherin 23 and protocadherin 15, are part of a complex of proteins called "tip links" that are on hai ...

read more In a study published in the journal Nature, researchers showed that two key proteins join together at the precise location where energy of motion is turned into electrical impulses. These proteins, cadherin 23 and protocadherin 15, are part of a complex of proteins called read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

'Holy Grail' Of Hearing: True Identity Of Pivotal Hearing Structure Is Revealed

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Our ability to hear is made possible by way of a Rube Goldberg-style process in which sound vibrations entering the ear shake and jostle a successive chain of structures until, lo and behold, they are converted into electrical signals that can be interpreted by the brain. Exactly how the electri ...

read more Our ability to hear is made possible by way of a Rube Goldberg-style process in which sound vibrations entering the ear shake and jostle a successive chain of structures until, lo and behold, they are converted into electrical signals that can be interpreted by the brain. Exactly how the electri read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

Tone Deafness Not As Common As Many Think

Categorie : Hearing / Deafness
Do people cringe when you sing? You've got company. But researchers have found that only 1 in 20 people truly has amusia, the technical term for tone deafness. Tests have shown that some people with bad singing voices hear music just fine. Amusics are a smaller group with a perceptual problem: They ...

read more Do people cringe when you sing? You've got company. But researchers have found that only 1 in 20 people truly has amusia, the technical term for tone deafness. Tests have shown that some people with bad singing voices hear music just fine. Amusics are a smaller group with a perceptual problem: They read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

Doctors Face Learning Curve In Bipolar Radiofrequency Ablation Tonsillectomy

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Surgeons who learn new surgical techniques for tonsillectomies must master the procedure to ensure proper care for patients. In a new study presented at the 2007 AAO-HNSF Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO, researchers investigated hemorrhage rates following tonsillectomies, the existence of a learni ...

read more Surgeons who learn new surgical techniques for tonsillectomies must master the procedure to ensure proper care for patients. In a new study presented at the 2007 AAO-HNSF Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO, researchers investigated hemorrhage rates following tonsillectomies, the existence of a learni read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

Selective Attention Increases Both Gain And Feature Selectivity Of The Human Auditory Cortex

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On September 19, a research report by Helsinki University of Technology, Laboratory of Computational Engineering scientists will appear in the online, open-access journal PLoS ONE, showing that selective attention increases both gain and feature selectivity of the human auditory cortex. ...

read more On September 19, a research report by Helsinki University of Technology, Laboratory of Computational Engineering scientists will appear in the online, open-access journal PLoS ONE, showing that selective attention increases both gain and feature selectivity of the human auditory cortex. read more Sun Oct 2007 Sun Oct 2007

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