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Culturally Deaf People Seeking Health Information Get Little Help from the Internet
Thursday, October 20th 2011
A new study finds that searching for health information on the Internet poses multiple communication barriers for the culturally Deaf, who use American Sign Language as their first language. These barriers can seriously compromise their health.
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Helping The Deaf Enjoy Music Again
Monday, June 27th 2011
Researchers are investigating how to help people with cochlear implants get more enjoyment from listening to music.
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Hearing Loss Research: Function Of Molecule Underlying Deafness Discovered
Monday, January 31st 2011
New hearing loss research has revealed that a novel molecular mechanism that underlies deafness is caused by a mutation of microRNA called miR-96. The discovery could provide the basis for treating progressive hearing loss and deafness.
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Deafness Research: Enhanced Senses Causal Link Discovered
Friday, November 5th 2010
Deaf or blind people often report enhanced abilities in their remaining senses. Researchers have discovered there is a causal link between enhanced visual abilities and reorganization of the part of the brain that usually handles auditory input.
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Causes of Hearing Loss: Gene Mutation Causes Rare Form of Deafness
Tuesday, August 10th 2010
Researchers have identified a gene mutation that causes a rare form of hearing loss known as auditory neuropathy.
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Deafness Research: New Insights Into Hereditary Deafness
Wednesday, May 12th 2010
New research has discovered findings that help explain some classes of inherited deafness. These findings, the researchers believe, offer insight that may one day better inform efforts to develop treatments for inherited deafness.
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Mice Shed New Light on Causes of Childhood Deafness
Thursday, March 25th 2010
Feb. 9, 2010 - Deafness is the most common disorder of the senses. Tragically, it commonly strikes in early childhood, severely damaging an affected abi...
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Scientific Breakthrough Could Bring Repair of Hearing Loss Closer
Monday, February 1st 2010
14 December 2009 - A new study into hearing has uncovered the secret of our extraordinary ability to perceive a range of sounds - from a pin dropping to the...
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Speechreading Test Now on DVD
Monday, November 30th 2009
"NTID Speechreading: CID Everyday Sentences Test" is now available on DVD to help audiologists and speech pathologists determine lip reading ability. See full-size photo A DVD...
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Computer Helps Deaf Children Learn Sign Language
Wednesday, November 4th 2009
A computer which automatically recognises sign language enables children who are deaf or hard of hearing to expand their sign language vocabulary more quickly. Jeroen Lichtenauer...
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Discovering How Sprouty Shapes the Inner Ear
Sunday, November 1st 2009
Deafness Research UK has awarded a new grant to Dr M Albert Basson and Dr Yuichiro Yaguchi of the Department of Crainiofacial Development at King's College London, to study how a...
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Findings Could Lead to Improved Lip-Reading Training for the Deaf
Sunday, October 4th 2009
A new study by the University of East Anglia suggests computers are now better at lip-reading than humans.
The peer-reviewed findings...
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Scripps Research Scientists Identify Genetic Cause for Type of Deafness
Tuesday, September 29th 2009
Discovery Could Lead to New Therapies for Progressive Hearing Loss
La Jolla, CA, September 3, 2009 - A team led by scientists from The Scripps Research Institute has discovered...
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How's Your Life Going?
Wednesday, September 9th 2009
The Seattle Quality of Life Group at the University of Washington in Seattle is conducting a study to understand the Quality of Life of Children and Youth who are Deaf or Hard of...
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A Genetic Hunt Turns Up Deafness-Causing Mutation In a Gene Associated with Cancer
Thursday, August 13th 2009
In genetics, as in life, surprising things can turn up in unexpected places. That was certainly the case when an international group of researchers found three mutations...
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International Conference on Listening and Spoken Language for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Opens in St. Louis
Tuesday, August 4th 2009
Program Focuses on Executive Function and how Children "Learn how to Learn"
St. Louis, MO. - July 23, 2009 - A conference hosting leading experts in the fields of psychology,...
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Beyond Cochlear Implants: Awakening the Deafened Brain
Saturday, July 11th 2009
Pioneering research, being carried out in Nottingham, into the development of cochlear implants - hearing devices that convert sound into neural signals - and the future of this...
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Case Western Reserve University Receives $1.66M Grant from NIH for Otoprotection Research
Wednesday, May 27th 2009
Study has potential to uncover new therapeutic approaches
Cleveland - April 13, 2009 - Qing Yin Zheng, M.D., assistant professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and...
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Tel Aviv University Discovers 'Hair' microRNAs As a Cause and Potential New Cure for Deafness
Tuesday, May 19th 2009
Despite modern medicine, one in 1,000 American babies are born deaf. The numbers increase markedly with age, with more than 50% of seniors in the United States experiencing some...
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Proteins Linked to Congenital Deafness Help Build, Maintain Stereocilia in the Inner Ear
Saturday, April 18th 2009
If the inner ear were a city, then stereocilia could be considered the flashy, high-rise buildings making up the skyline. Protruding from the tops of sensory cells, called hair...
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Study Offers Clues to Beating Hearing Loss
Tuesday, April 14th 2009
Researchers at the University of Leeds have made a significant step forward in understanding the causes of some forms of deafness.
The Leeds team has discovered that the myosin...
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One Gene, Two Proteins? Researchers Discover New Deafness Gene Capable of Multitasking
Friday, December 26th 2008
There are roughly 20,000 to 25,000 genes in the human body, and for the most part, each gene is supposedly responsible for encoding one particular protein.
However, researchers...
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Tune-Deaf People May Hear a Sour Note Unconsciously
Sunday, August 3rd 2008
Findings Could Help Scientists Study ConsciousnessPeople with tune deafness arent able to tell when a musician accidentally strikes the wrong note in a song, but their brains...
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Deafness Research Foundation 50th Anniversary Celebration
Friday, May 2nd 2008
New York, April 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ The Deafness Research Foundation (DRF) is hosting a special 50th Anniversary Celebration to recognize a half century of in...
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Scientists Identify Molecular Cause for One Form of Deafness
Thursday, May 31st 2007
Champaign, Ill. Scientists exploring the physics of hearing have found an underlying molecular cause for one form of deafness, and a conceptual connection between deafness the...
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