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Monday, November 6th 2006

Groundbreaking study makes definitive statement against use of antibiotics to treat children with chronic otitis mediaDirect evidence of bacterial biofilms has been found on the...


Monday, November 6th 2006

Newswise Its a noisy world. And exposure to loud noises is one of the most common causes of hearing loss. An estimated one-third of Americans older than age 60 have some of...


Monday, October 30th 2006

04 September 2006--New research conducted for RNIDs Dont Lose the Music campaign (www.dontlosethemusic.com) reveals that a shocking 58% of 16-30 year olds are completely unaware...


Monday, October 16th 2006

JAMA - ChicagoA region on chromosome 3 that has been linked to a form of progressive hereditary hearing loss in younger adults may also be associated with hearing loss in elderly...


Monday, October 2nd 2006

A summer study at Oregon Health & Science University explores dental professionals' hearing and ear protection habits to document the prevalance of hearing lossPortland, Ore....


Monday, September 11th 2006

Scientists funded by RNID, the national charity for deaf and hard of hearing people, have discovered evidence of a gene that contributes to age-related hearing loss. research,...


Monday, August 28th 2006

Royal National Institute for the Deaf (RIND) - Scientists funded by RNID, the national charity for deaf and hard of hearing people, have discovered a genetic link between...


Monday, August 14th 2006

A protein associated with a disorder that causes deafness and blindness in people may be a key to unraveling one of the foremost mysteries of how we hear, says a study in the...


Monday, August 7th 2006

Antiseptic or antibiotic ear drops should be the front-line treatment for people suffering from swimmer's ear, while restraint should be exercised in using oral antibiotics,...


Monday, July 31st 2006

Article on possible new targets for future gene therapy to restore hearing published in NATURELos Angeles - June 21, 2006 - Researchers at House Ear Institute have found a clue...


Monday, July 17th 2006

Seattle, June 12 /PRNewswire/ Sound Pharmaceuticals has started a 32 patient Phase 1 study of SPI-1005 in normal healthy volunteers. SPI-1005 is an oral capsule, and contains as...


Monday, July 10th 2006

Auris Medicals otoprotective drug AM-111 has been granted orphan drug status by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of acute sensorineural hearing loss...


Monday, July 3rd 2006

University of Michigan Health System, Katie Gazella Around the world, inexpensive antibiotics known as aminoglycosides have been used for the past 60 years in the battles against...


Monday, April 3rd 2006

As a response to the recent national attention on music-induced hearing loss and portable music systems, Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), sent a formal letter (published...


Wednesday, March 29th 2006

Parental Controls for Volume LevelApple released a software upgrade today for the iPod nano and fifth generation of iPod (commonly known as the Video iPod) that allows users to...


Monday, March 27th 2006

Commissioned By American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Survey Suggests Multi-Pronged Prevention Needed To Head Off Risk To Nations Hearing Health(Rockville, MD, Ma...


Monday, March 20th 2006

Older people who have negative stereotypes about the elderly have a greater chance of hearing decline, researchers at Yale School of Medicine report in the March issue of...


Monday, February 20th 2006

Researchers have linked a hormone known to adjust levels of key brain chemicals to the quality of our hearing as we age. The more of the hormone that older people have in their...


Monday, February 20th 2006

In an Australian first, an online decision support system is being developed to enable general practitioners to speed up the diagnosis of ear and hearing conditions.The unique...


Monday, February 6th 2006

Los Angeles - January 16, 2006 - The House Ear Institute today announces the official launch of an aggressive consumer awareness campaign aimed at teens and young adults. camp...


Monday, January 23rd 2006

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...


Monday, January 16th 2006

OHSU study shows platinum-based ototoxicity in children prevalent, but new drugs offer prevention hope(December 8, 2005) Portland, Oregon - By 14, Peter Johnson had survived...


Sunday, January 1st 2006

LOS ANGELES - John Tracy Clinic's Board of Directors announced today that Barbara F. Hecht, Ph.D., has been elected as the Clinic's next president, effective September 1, 2003. Th...


Monday, December 12th 2005

The December 1, 2005 issue of Rolling Stone featured an article titled Music Making Fans Deaf? - How the iPod generation may be losing its hearing without even knowing it. sto...


Monday, October 31st 2005

NIDCD-funded Reseachers to Lead a Multicenter Study October 5, 2005. The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), one of the National o...

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