News on Hearing Loss Research

New Haven, Conn. - Yale researchers investigating the genetic causes of blood pressure variation have identified a previously undescribed syndrome associated with seizures, a...

Los Angeles, Calif. - Dec. 2, 2008 - Presbycusis, or age-related hearing loss, accounts for 30 percent of all hearing loss. So, why do some people lose their hearing as they get...

Researchers have defined a mutation in the mouse genome that mimics progressive hearing loss in humans. A team from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge, UK, working...

Skodsborg, DK November 10 - Unconventional approaches to knowledge sharing proved to be the catalyst for collaboration, innovation and insight at the Ida Institute's pilot...

Hints of 'blebbing' in ears of mice help guide effort to ease human diseaseSeveral genes that play a role in how our body's cells normally auto-destruct may play a role in...

Chicago Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), physicians can identify soft-tissue defects that contribute to hearing loss in children, according to a report in the September...

Chicago - Mild memory impairment may be associated with central auditory processing dysfunction, or difficulty hearing in complex situations with competing noise, such as hearing...

2006 Poll Findings By Campaign Raised Concerns About Potential Hearing Loss Risk From Misuse of Personal Audio Technology(Rockville, MD - August 1, 2008) Noting the release of...

December 19, 2007 - A new neuroimaging study conducted by researchers from the Montreal Neurological Institute of McGill University and the Universit de Montral at the...

Virginia Commonwealth University will use a federal grant to determine how disabilities that are present at birth affect how physicians identify, evaluate and treat hearing loss...

Energizer Healthy Hearing survey results call for education campaign to help people manage hearing health May 7, 2007 (St. Louis, MO) More than 28 million Americans have hearing...

--New National Data to Reveal Just How--Former Surgeon General Dr. C. Everett Koop Joins Pediatrics and Education Experts to Discuss Results and Potential SolutionsWhat:Hearing...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Every year more than 12,000 babies with permanent hearing loss are born in the United States. Through early diagnosis, appropriate listening aids and timely...

Have you heard? New research indicates that there may be a relationship between your hearing and your income. A new survey by the Better Hearing Institute shows that working...

Chicago Levels of cotinine, a substance created by the breakdown of nicotine in the body, does not appear to be linked to hearing loss, according to an article in the iss...

Caroline, a first grade teacher in N.J. and mother of two young children, is new to hearing instruments. Since childhood she has suffered from allergies and associated problems...

"The Sounds of the City"Baltimore, MD, USAJuly 18-19, 2003The Premier International Conference Devoted to Auditory-Verbal: The First Choice for Listening and Speaking...

By SAMEH FAHMYStaff WriterThe TennesseanMisuse of these powerful medicines has spurred a rise of drug-resistant bacteria ... and new fearsClick here for the full story.

American Academy of Audiology offers consumers Coping with Hearing Loss: This Much Is Clear. CLICK HERE to visit the AAA website and to view the pamphlet.

The Association of Medical Professionals with Hearing Losses (AMPHL) is pleased to announce the 2nd annual conference will be held on July 20-21, 2002 in Miamisburg, Ohio (south...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Rush Limbaugh's loss of sensory inner-ear hair cells, a condition that likely contributed to his hearing loss, could lead to changes in his brain that would...