New Drugs Could Help Prevent Hearing Loss
Researchers from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have discovered that inhibiting an enzyme called cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK2) protects mice...
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September 16, 2019 / Hearing Loss
September 16, 2019 / Hearing Loss
Study Shows Hearing Loss Common After Infant Heart Surgery
Children who have heart surgery as infants are at risk for hearing loss, coupled with associated risks for language, attention...
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September 16, 2019 / Hearing Loss
Study Suggests Nursing Homes Ignore Residents’ Hearing Loss
Over the past decade, hearing loss has emerged as a key issue in aging and health. The problem affects over...
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September 16, 2019 / Hearing
Improving Quality of Life for Tinnitus Sufferers
How would you like to wake up one morning with a sound in your head that you have no control...
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September 16, 2019 / Hearing
Hearing Loss Frequent in Heart Failure Patients
Madeline R. Sterling, M.D., M.P.H., from Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City, and colleagues examined the prevalence and...
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September 16, 2019 / Hearing
Study Shows Specially Timed Signals Ease Tinnitus Symptoms
Millions of Americans hear ringing in their ears -- a condition called tinnitus -- and new research shows an experimental...
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September 16, 2019 / Hearing
CRISPR Treatment Prevents Hearing Loss in Mice
A single treatment of a genome editing agent partially preserved hearing in mice with genetic deafness. The work could one...
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September 16, 2019 / Hearing
Elderly Patients with Age-Related Hearing Loss at Risk for Cognitive Decline
Elderly patients who experience age-related hearing loss (ARHL) may be at greater risk for cognitive decline and impairment compared with elderly patients...
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September 16, 2019 / Hearing
Neurofeedback Shows Promise in Tinnitus Treatment
Researchers using functional MRI (fMRI) have found that neurofeedback training has the potential to reduce the severity of tinnitus or...
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September 16, 2019 / Hearing Loss
Earwax Blockages Causing More Cases of Sudden Hearing Loss
This means patients do not need to be referred to a specialist ear, nose and throat (ENT) service for the same procedure, new...
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