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Lip-Read Me Now, Hear Me Better Later

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Experience hearing a person's voice allows us to more easily hear what they are saying. Now research by UC Riverside psychology Professor Lawrence D. Rosenblum and graduate students Rachel M. Miller and Kauyumari Sanchez has shown that experience seeing a person's face also makes it easier to hear t ...

read more Experience hearing a person's voice allows us to more easily hear what they are saying. Now research by UC Riverside psychology Professor Lawrence D. Rosenblum and graduate students Rachel M. Miller and Kauyumari Sanchez has shown that experience seeing a person's face also makes it easier to hear t read more Wed Apr 2007

Global Burden Of Childhood Deafness Overlooked

Categorie : Hearing / Deafness
The consequences of childhood hearing impairment are often overlooked, according to a Viewpoint published in this week's edition of The Lancet. [click link for full article] ...

read more The consequences of childhood hearing impairment are often overlooked, according to a Viewpoint published in this week's edition of The Lancet. [click link for full article] read more Fri Apr 2007

Study Shows Isolation Of Stem Cells May Lead To A Treatment For Hearing Loss

Categorie : Hearing / Deafness
Have you ever walked by someone listening to their i-Pod loud enough for you recognize the song? Studies have shown noise-induced hearing loss is going to become the next big epidemic affecting our younger generation though the effects won't show until it is too late to treat. In addition to loud ...

read more Have you ever walked by someone listening to their i-Pod loud enough for you recognize the song? Studies have shown noise-induced hearing loss is going to become the next big epidemic affecting our younger generation though the effects won't show until it is too late to treat. In addition to loud read more Mon Apr 2007

Addressing The Neglect Of Childhood Hearing Impairment In Developing Countries

Categorie : Hearing / Deafness
Although newborn babies in rich countries routinely have their hearing tested, the major global health agencies, such as the World Bank and Unicef, have not prioritized funding for newborn hearing tests in poor countries, writes Dr Bolajoko Olusanya (University of Lagos, Nigeria and University Colle ...

read more Although newborn babies in rich countries routinely have their hearing tested, the major global health agencies, such as the World Bank and Unicef, have not prioritized funding for newborn hearing tests in poor countries, writes Dr Bolajoko Olusanya (University of Lagos, Nigeria and University Colle read more Thu Apr 2007

A Thin Structure In The Inner Ear Responds To Different Frequencies, Suggests New Research - May Change Design Of Hearing Aids

Categorie : Hearing / Deafness
Modern hearing aids, though quite sophisticated, still do not faithfully reproduce sound as hearing people perceive it. New findings at the Weizmann Institute of Science shed light on a crucial mechanism for discerning different sound frequencies and thus may have implications for the design of bett ...

read more Modern hearing aids, though quite sophisticated, still do not faithfully reproduce sound as hearing people perceive it. New findings at the Weizmann Institute of Science shed light on a crucial mechanism for discerning different sound frequencies and thus may have implications for the design of bett read more Mon Apr 2007

Physically Active Americans Now Have A New Hearing Instrument Designed Specifically For Their Lifestyle

Categorie : Hearing / Deafness
"Not your grandpa's hearing instrument" that's one way of describing CENTRA Active?, Siemens Hearing Instruments new product introduced today to meet the needs of a new generation of physically active Americans. With 73% of respondents ages 42-65 with hearing loss reporting in a new survey that the ...

Making Sense Of The World Through A Cochlear Implant

Categorie : Hearing / Deafness
Scientists at University College London and Imperial College London have shown how the brain makes sense of speech in a noisy environment, such as a pub or in a crowd. The research suggests that various regions of the brain work together to make sense of what it hears, but that when the speech is co ...

read more Scientists at University College London and Imperial College London have shown how the brain makes sense of speech in a noisy environment, such as a pub or in a crowd. The research suggests that various regions of the brain work together to make sense of what it hears, but that when the speech is co read more Mon Mar 2007

International Task Force Launched To Address Worldwide Shortfall In Health Workers, WHO Says

Categorie : Hearing / Deafness
A new international task force has been established to address the worldwide shortage of health care workers, the World Health Organization announced on Tuesday, Xinhua/People's Daily reports. According to WHO, the world is short 4. [click link for full article] ...

read more A new international task force has been established to address the worldwide shortage of health care workers, the World Health Organization announced on Tuesday, Xinhua/People's Daily reports. According to WHO, the world is short 4. [click link for full article] read more Mon Mar 2007

Sign Language At Your Fingertips

Categorie : Hearing / Deafness
The world's first sign language dictionary available from a mobile phone has been launched by the University of Bristol's Centre for Deaf Studies.Mobilesign.org is a video dictionary with over 5,000 British Sign Language signs. Produced by staff at the Centre for Deaf Studies, it is a mobile accesso ...

read more The world's first sign language dictionary available from a mobile phone has been launched by the University of Bristol's Centre for Deaf Studies.Mobilesign.org is a video dictionary with over 5,000 British Sign Language signs. Produced by staff at the Centre for Deaf Studies, it is a mobile accesso read more Wed Mar 2007

Hearing Loss In Children Leads To Substantial Meningitis Risk

Categorie : Hearing / Deafness
Children who are stricken with severe hearing loss are five times more likely to contract meningitis, according to a new study published in the March 2007 edition of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. The study, conducted over a nine year period, monitored 663,963 children born in Denmark between ...

read more Children who are stricken with severe hearing loss are five times more likely to contract meningitis, according to a new study published in the March 2007 edition of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. The study, conducted over a nine year period, monitored 663,963 children born in Denmark between read more Sun Mar 2007

Airbag Deployment Could Cause Permanent Hearing Loss: Study (HealthDay)

Categorie : Hearing / Deafness
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 Wed Feb 2007

Stem Cell Transplants Possible Treatment For Hearing Loss

Categorie : Hearing / Deafness
Stefan Heller's dream is to someday find a cure for deafness.As a leader in stem cell-based research on the inner ear at the Stanford University School of Medicine, he's got a step-by-step plan for making this dream a reality.It may take another decade or so, but if anyone can do it, he's the guy to ...

read more Stefan Heller's dream is to someday find a cure for deafness.As a leader in stem cell-based research on the inner ear at the Stanford University School of Medicine, he's got a step-by-step plan for making this dream a reality.It may take another decade or so, but if anyone can do it, he's the guy to read more Thu Feb 2007

Low-Pitch Treatment Alleviates Ringing Sound Of Tinnitus

Categorie : Hearing / Deafness
For those who pumped up the volume one too many times, UC Irvine researchers may have found a treatment for the hearing damage loud music can cause.Fan-Gang Zeng and colleagues have identified an effective way to treat the symptoms of tinnitus, a form of hearing damage typically marked by high-pitch ...

read more For those who pumped up the volume one too many times, UC Irvine researchers may have found a treatment for the hearing damage loud music can cause.Fan-Gang Zeng and colleagues have identified an effective way to treat the symptoms of tinnitus, a form of hearing damage typically marked by high-pitch read more Mon Feb 2007

Study Looks At Benefits Of 2 Cochlear Implants In Deaf Children

Categorie : Hearing / Deafness
Nature has outfitted us with a pair of ears for good reason: having two ears enhances hearing. University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists are now examining whether this is also true for the growing numbers of deaf children who've received not one, but two, cochlear implants to help them hear. [click ...

read more Nature has outfitted us with a pair of ears for good reason: having two ears enhances hearing. University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists are now examining whether this is also true for the growing numbers of deaf children who've received not one, but two, cochlear implants to help them hear. [click read more Sat Feb 2007

'Micropump' For Hearing-Loss Treatments

Categorie : Hearing / Deafness
Hearing aids have existed, in one form or another, for hundreds of years. Wearable, electrical hearing aids have been around for about 75 years. More recently - over the past 50 years - cochlear implants have been used to create or restore hearing for some of the estimated 30 million people in moder ...

read more Hearing aids have existed, in one form or another, for hundreds of years. Wearable, electrical hearing aids have been around for about 75 years. More recently - over the past 50 years - cochlear implants have been used to create or restore hearing for some of the estimated 30 million people in moder read more Fri Feb 2007