Hearing Loss

Factories and manufacturing plants have always been noisy, what with heavy equipment, stamping machines, extruders, forklifts - it's a cacophony of sound on some assembly floors....

Exposure to loud noise is an ear buster. Scientists and researchers have long known that exposure to loud noise, especially over an extended period, will cause hearing loss. We...

The grant will fund Michael Burger's research into the complex processes that enable the brain to detect the location of sounds.

Many people take a vitamin each morning to maintain good nutrition, energy, bone strength, and overall health. Can popping a pill also protect our hearing against damage caused...

Safety Message Will Be Part Of Washington, DC Concert Featuring Billy Jonas (Rockville, MD - March 4, 2009) Encouraging children to protect their hearing from noise is the...

Older adults often have trouble understanding what someone is saying when surrounded by background noise, such as at a restaurant or party, but their ears may not be the only...

It is that time of year again. The weather is warming up. The birds are chirping. The flowers are beginning to peak through the ground (depending upon where you live of course)....

Chicago-About one-fifth of children with sensorineural hearing loss also have ocular disorders, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of Otolaryngology-Head...

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...

Justin Roberts, a popular children's musician, is taking part in a campaign launched by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and Parents' Choice Foundation, to...

The night is as dark as pitch. The headlights of the armored Humvee are dimmed to draw less attention as the troops move through a small village on night patrol. The most...

Noise-induced hearing loss is a permanent but preventable problem. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), in partnership with the National Hearing...

College basketball fans across the US are gearing up for the excitement of March Madness, and the major league baseball season will soon be in full swing. Being involved in...

In the spring of 2008, the Occupational and Safety Administration (OSHA) ? charged with keeping workers safe on the job ? released the agenda for the...

By tweaking a system in the ear that limits how much sound is heard, a global team of researchers has discovered one alteration that shows that the ability of the ear to turn...

David Alstead grew up in a musical family and learned to play the piano at a young age. In fact, he was competing at the age of 8. He was that good. That all changed when, at...

Introduction of Classroom acoustics standards a must! Ottawa (January 16, 2009) - During a press conference on Parliament Hill today, the Concerned About Classrooms Coalition...

We all know that prolonged exposure to loud noise is harmful to our hearing, right? Many studies have come up with the same conclusion, and even World Health Organization is...

The Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain, managed by researcher Michel Andre, has developed the first portable system in...

Gail Schwartzman had her hearing damaged when her four-year old daughter planted a harmless kiss on mom's ear. The Hicksville, Long Island resident reports it was not the...

You've heard of swimmer's ear and tennis elbow - how about ?golfer's hearing'?. A new study from England published in BMJ last month (BMJ 2008;337:a2835) investigated the...

When we say "Bud campaign," are you thinking of Super Bowl beer commercials? Well, you shouldn't. If you are a parent or a grandparent of a young child, or,...

In the United States alone, tens of millions of people of all ages suffer from hearing loss. There are several factors leading to hearing impairment. Age-related hearing loss...

Mom was right. Vitamins are good for you. They help stave off disease by strengthening the body's immune system so, indeed, you're less likely to come down with the...

According to an article published on AudiologyOnline, written by workplace noise expert Richard Neitzel, M.S., CIH, Research Scientist at the University of Washington,...