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Smoking Damages Ear Health and Complicates Ear Surgery
Sunday, November 4th 2007
Newswise It has long been known that active smoking exerts a negative effect on normal ear functioning and hearing by chronically irritating the Eustachian tube and the of...
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Cell Phone Use Causes High Frequency Hearing Loss
Wednesday, October 24th 2007
Newswise Hold the phone long-term use of a cell phone may cause inner ear damage and can lead to high frequency hearing loss, according to a new study.According research prese...
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Do Your Ears a Favor - Quit Smoking
Monday, October 15th 2007
Earlier this month 146 countries which in 2005 signed the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, met in Bangkok, Thailand, and decided...
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Experts Warn of Noisy Classrooms
Monday, October 15th 2007
Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists warn of learning problems associated with noise Ottawa (October 1, 2007) - During a press conference on Parliament Hill today, the...
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Startling Revelations: Newborns Lack Hearing Health Care
Monday, October 1st 2007
At a symposium of hearing specialists, healthcare providers and educators held in Washington, D.C., May 9, 2007, leading hearing authority and founder of the National Center for...
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Facial Nerve Problems
Sunday, September 23rd 2007
Spasm, weakness or paralysis of the face is a symptom of some disorder involving the facial nerve. It is not a disease in itself.
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Practical Suggestions for Persons with a Hearing Impairment
Sunday, September 23rd 2007
The ear is divided into three parts: an external ear, a middle ear and an inner ear. Each part performs an important function in the process of hearing.
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Musicians: Going Deaf for a Living
Monday, September 17th 2007
Whether you front for a rock band, filling stadiums with screaming fans, or youre first violin at the philharmonic - making music is your business. And, because your sensitive,...
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Cicada Ear: Any Loud Noise Is Dangerous
Monday, August 27th 2007
Have you been going buggy over the mating call of this years crop of cicadas? These love sick insects appear every 17 years one of natures wonders. However, the fact is years...
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Now Hear This: Your Web Guide to Hearing Health Information
Monday, August 27th 2007
HealthyHearing.com is all about the latest in hearing science and technology whats hot and whats not. Our goal is to keep you up-to-speed on whats happening in this ind...
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MP3 Players: Are They Damaging Your Hearing Health?
Monday, July 30th 2007
One out of three teens owns an iPod or some other MP3 music storage and playback device. Theyre the ones you see wearing ear buds - those little speakers that produce big wh...
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Do Baby Boomers Fear Hearing Loss? No Way, Man!
Monday, June 18th 2007
Those of us born between 1945 and 1965, aka baby boomers, have been the most studied generation ever. And the surveys continue as boomers move toward retirement and those...
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Study Reveals Recurrent Middle Ear Infections Can Have a Major Impact on Children's Development
Tuesday, June 12th 2007
Study author, Dr Heather Winskel, from the University's School of Psychology, says middle ear infection or otitis media (OM) is the most common childhood illness."At least...
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Turn Down That Noise, You'll Go Deaf - Who Knew Mom Was Right?
Monday, June 11th 2007
Lets get it out of the way, first thing. We all listened to Janis, Iron Butterfly and Pink Floyd at ear splitting volumes on our over-the-ear headphones. Admit it. We all did it...
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Turn Down That Radio! Years of Loud Noise May Cause Tumor
Wednesday, June 6th 2007
Newswise New research suggests that years of repeated exposure to loud noise increases the risk of developing a non-cancerous tumor that could cause hearing loss.It matter...
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Heavy Traffic Can Be a Pain in the . . . Ear?: Vehicle Emissions Linked to Otitis Media
Thursday, May 31st 2007
By Carol PoteraTraffic is a major source of air pollutants, and more studies are looking at the role of traffic-related air pollution in childrens health. Researchers report in...
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New Research from RNID Reveals 1000s of Employees Could be at Risk of Hearing Damage in the Workplace
Saturday, May 26th 2007
New research from RNID, the largest charity representing the 9 million deaf and hard of hearing people in the UK, has found that 68% of employers surveyed in the music and...
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NIDCD Releases New Fact Sheet on Pendred Syndrome
Thursday, May 24th 2007
What is Pendred syndrome?Pendred syndrome is a genetic disorder that causes early hearing loss in children. It also can affect the thyroid gland and sometimes may affect a...
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Airbag Deployment Could Cause Permanent Hearing Loss: Study
Wednesday, May 23rd 2007
17% face increased risk, especially with windows rolled down, researchers find Friday, Feb. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Permanent hearing loss will occur in 17 percent of people...
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UTMB Researchers Discover Breast-Feeding Overcomes Genetic Tendency to Ear Infections
Monday, April 23rd 2007
Galveston, Texas Breast-feeding protects children otherwise made susceptible to ear infections by abnormalities in specific human genes, researchers at the University of Texas...
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Can Hockey Playoffs Harm Your Hearing?
Monday, March 26th 2007
Published in the December 5, 2006 edition of the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), William Hodgetts and Richard Liu used a data-logging noise dosimeter to measure the...
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Noisy Toys - Toys Are Fun But Hearing Is for Life!
Monday, January 22nd 2007
Ottawa (October 2, 2006) During a press conference on Parliament Hill today, the Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (CASLPA) in partnership...
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'Wait-And-See' Approach for Treating Ear Infection in Children Substantially Reduces Use of Antibiotics
Monday, November 20th 2006
ChicagoFor children with acute ear infections seen in an emergency department, giving parents the option of delaying use of antibiotics resulted in significantly lower use of...
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Study of New York City Transit System Noise Levels Finds Daily Rides Often Exceed Recommended Exposure Guidelines and Can Result
Thursday, November 16th 2006
October 10, 2006 - In a new survey of noise levels of the New York City transit system, researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health found that exposure...
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Early Hearing Tests Improve Children's Recovery from Meningitis
Monday, November 13th 2006
Houston -- (September 18, 2006) -- Hearing loss and its impact in social interactions can be potentially minimized in children with bacterial meningitis through early...
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