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Self-Fit Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids Beneficial in Long Term
WEDNESDAY, July 17, 2024 – For individuals with mild-to-moderate hearing loss, self-fit over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids offer comparable long-term benefits to audiologist-fit hearing aids,...
Common Chemo Drug, Cisplatin, May Be Linked to Hearing Loss
MONDAY, July 1, 2024 (HealthDay news) – A 14-year study of testicular cancer survivors suggests that a chemotherapy drug could greatly raise patients' long-term odds for hearing loss. The drug in...
Gene Therapy in Both Ears Restores Hearing to Babies Born Deaf
WEDNESDAY, June 5, 2024 – Children born deaf have had their hearing restored in both ears as a result of gene therapy, a new study reports. All five children showed hearing recovery in both ears,...
Bilateral Gene Therapy Safely Restores Hearing in Children Born Deaf
WEDNESDAY, June 5, 2024 – For pediatric patients with autosomal recessive deafness 9 (DFNB9), bilateral gene therapy with adeno-associated virus (AAV) serotype 1 carrying human OTOF transgene is...
Cochlear Implants Aid Meniere Disease Outcomes
TUESDAY, June 4, 2024 – Cochlear implantation (CI) positively impacts hearing, vertigo, tinnitus, and quality of life in patients with Meniere disease (MD), according to a study published online May...
AI Headphones Let Listeners Hear Just One Voice in a Crowd
TUESDAY, May 28, 2024 – New AI headphone technology can help people “tune in” to specific folks in a crowd, allowing them to better hear a speaker even in noisy environments. With the system, called ...
Breakthrough Gene Therapy Enables Infant Born Deaf to Hear
FRIDAY, May 10, 2024 – Significant hearing improvements have been achieved in an infant with profound hearing loss due to a biallelic otoferlin gene (OTOF) mutation, according to the results of a...
Baby Girl Born Deaf Gains Hearing After Gene Therapy
FRIDAY, May 10, 2024 – Opal Sandy was born into a world she could not hear. The British baby girl, now 18 months old, had a rare genetic condition called auditory neuropathy that interrupted nerve ...
Clinical Practice Guideline Developed for Age-Related Hearing Loss
FRIDAY, May 10, 2024 – In a clinical practice guideline issued by the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation and published online April 30 in Otolaryngology-Head and...
Eligible Adults Rarely Referred for Cochlear Implant Assessment
FRIDAY, April 5, 2024 – Most adults meeting pure tone audiometric thresholds for cochlear implantation are not referred for assessment, according to a study published online April 4 in PLOS...
Study Identifies Factors Tied to Age-Related Hearing Loss
MONDAY, March 11, 2024 – Factors associated with developing age-related hearing loss (ARHL) differ by sex, according to a study published online March 6 in PLOS ONE. Dong Woo Nam, M.D., from ...
Children's Hearing Increasingly at Risk From Earbuds, Headphones
TUESDAY, Feb. 27, 2024 – Two in three parents say that their child between the ages of 5 and 12 years regularly uses listening devices, putting them at risk for permanent damage to their hearing,...
Earbuds, Headphones a Rising Threat to Kids Hearing
MONDAY, Feb. 26, 2024 – Many younger children could be permanently damaging their hearing by blasting loud music on their earbuds and headphones, a new report finds. Two in three parents say that...
Research With a Bang: Science Reveals How Loud Noise Damages Hearing
TUESDAY, Feb. 13, 2024 – Preventing noise-related hearing loss from a loud concert, a banging jackhammer or a rifle blast could be as simple as managing levels of zinc within the inner ear, a new...
Hearing Troubles Can Affect the Mind, Too
MONDAY, Feb. 5, 2024 – If you're over 65, you likely struggle sometimes to hear conversations clearly, but ignoring that may prompt even more serious health problems, experts say. If left unchecked,...
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