Massachusetts Eye and Ear researchers surveyed 337 patients with hearing loss to better understand the language they use with communication partners to disclose their disability. Their findings, published online in the journal Ear and Hearing on October 28th, 2015, may be used to develop resources for health care professionals to provide their patients with strategies… Continue reading Letting Others Know You Have Hearing Loss May Improve Communication
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Can Permanent Hearing Loss Be Reversed?
Hearing loss may one day become a thing of the past thanks to a new discovery by researchers from Case Western Reserve Unity School of Medicine. The researchers discovered that a movement of protein in the inner indicates the possibility of a of repair and renewal mechanism. Hearing is possible when hair bundles protruding from… Continue reading Can Permanent Hearing Loss Be Reversed?
Is Your Hearing Loss a Symptom of Diabetes?
We face so many concerns as we age, especially when it comes to our health. It seems like the media reminds us every day to worry about what we eat, how often we exercise, and what symptoms should send us running to our doctor’s office. It’s not surprising so many of us neglect our hearing… Continue reading Is Your Hearing Loss a Symptom of Diabetes?
A Search for Better Hearing-Loss Treatments
Researchers have made a discovery that paves the way for understanding the “genetics of hearing” and may eventually lead to better treatment for hearing loss. Almost 40 million Americans suffer from hearing loss. There is no way to reverse this condition, largely because auditory hair cells, which sense sound and relay that information to the… Continue reading A Search for Better Hearing-Loss Treatments
Antibiotics and Hearing Loss
Researchers from Oregon Health & Science University have found that patients stricken with dangerous bacterial infections and treated with lifesaving antibiotics are at greater risk of hearing loss than previously recognized. The inflammation from the bacterial infections substantially increased susceptibility to hearing impairment by increasing the uptake of aminoglycoside antibiotics into the inner ear,… Continue reading Antibiotics and Hearing Loss
A Likely New Contributor to Age-Related Hearing Loss
Conventional wisdom has long blamed age-related hearing loss almost entirely on the death of sensory hair cells in the inner ear, but research from neuroscientists at Johns Hopkins has provided new information about the workings of nerve cells that suggests otherwise. In a paper published July 1 2015 in The Journal of Neuroscience, the Johns… Continue reading A Likely New Contributor to Age-Related Hearing Loss
Helping People Adjust to Hearing Aids
When older adults wear their hearing aids for the first time, they are flooded with sounds they haven’t heard in months or years and the experience is not entirely positive. Research has shown that noises such as air conditioners, wind, and background conversations can be painful, irritating and difficult to ignore, so much so that… Continue reading Helping People Adjust to Hearing Aids
Hearing Loss and Depression
By Dr. Carol Meyers Living with hearing loss means a lot more than just not being able to hear as well as you once did. It turns socializing into a chore, simple conversations into misunderstandings, and formerly enjoyable events into activities you would rather avoid. The more you withdraw from life the greater your susceptibility… Continue reading Hearing Loss and Depression
Eating Fish May Help Avoid Hearing Loss
We already know that eating fish regularly can help reduce the risk of heart disease, but now research shows that it’s associated with a lower risk of hearing loss in women. Investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston looked at statistics from the Nurses’ Health Study II. In the study, 65,215 women were followed… Continue reading Eating Fish May Help Avoid Hearing Loss