Hearing Loss Treatments

By making a few lifestyle changes and getting fitted with a pair of digital hearing aids, you can live the life you used to live and hear the richness of life the way it was meant to be heard.

Gamma-actin is not necessary for inner ear development, but is required to preserve normal hearing in adults. Excessive exposure to loud noise can have a devastating effect on...

Boston (May 19, 2009) - Surgeons from Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Mass. General Hospital will perform the first Auditory Brainstem Implant (ABI) surgery in New...

The news is exciting out of the University of Michigan's Kresge Hearing Research Institute where studies have found that certain vitamins can actually protect the complex and...

Chicago, IL Patients seeking care for sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL) are receiving inconsistent care due to lack of established clinical practice guidelines, says re...

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Treatment. Today, hearing aids are smaller, more comfortable and effective than ever. Thanks to cochlear implants, thousands of adults and children with severe and profound hearing loss have been able to hear and understand better.

Most people receive an implant in only one ear; however, bilateral implantation (cochlear implants in both ears) is on the rise. With normal hearing, two ears are required to localize sound, to hear optimally in noise, and to understand soft speech.

Scientists based in Switzerland and South Africa have created a biophysical methodology that may help to overcome hearing deficits, and potentially remedy even substantial...

Evanston - Listening might seem like a passive activity, not a skill. You have ears, therefore, you listen. But it's not that simple t any age. A middle-aged woman may start no...

Common wisdom backed up by numerous scientific studies says that treating any health condition would result in a better quality of life. When it comes to hearing loss, it no d...

Washington, DC, August 3, 2008 Too many children with hearing loss aren't getting adequate help and are being put at risk for social, emotional, behavioral, and difficult...

This is a typical comment from people with hearing loss. Hearing loss acts like a filter, filtering out certain sounds. Often, consonants are most affected. So if you have a...

SEATTLE, Aug 07, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ Sound Pharmaceuticals (SPI) has received FDA notification that it may proceed with its Phase II study to prevent chemotherapy...

The prospect of hospitalization is scary. Nobody likes being sick, and even less so having to undergo medical treatment in a hospital. But for people who have communication...

There is no scientific evidence to suggest that missing an occasional nights sleep is going to have a lasting adverse effect on our physical and emotional well-being.But things...

Hearing loss isnt fun, but it is a natural part of aging for many seniors who are now entering retirement ageand hearing aid age. Maybe youve been putting it off. Too much...

Hearing loss is the number one war-related injury on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan. With the extensive use of improvised explosive devices, insurgents are creating...

Quark Expands Hearing Loss Program With Novel SiRNA Approaches To Noise-Induced Hearing Loss With Its First Drug Candidate, AHLI-11, For The Prevention Of Chemotherapy-Induced...

At least two recent hearing research studies focusing on hearing restoration through gene therapy came up with positive and promising results that bring us a step closer to finding the elusive cure for genetic or acquired hearing loss.

Basically, if you have two ears with hearing loss that could benefit from hearing aids, you need two hearing aids. It is important to realize there are no "normal" animals born with only one ear. Simply...

On May 9, 2007, a gathering of audiology and other medical experts gathered in Washington, D.C. to discuss the gap between hearing impaired newborns and the care infants receive...

Joe had always been an upbeat and busy person, enjoying a wide range of activities with his family and friends. Then, as he was nearing his 80s, Joes happy disposition and...

Memphis, Tenn. - March 22, 2007 --Parents might one day give their children a weekly treatment with a nasal spray of virus enzymes to prevent them from getting a severe middle...

Respected medical journal publishes article validating treatment Sacramento, Calif., March. 7, 2007 A new study by Douglas Hetzler, M.D., an ear, nose and throat specialist Sut...