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New Surgical Technique Developed to Treat Perforated Eardrums
Friday, February 17th 2012
Sainte-Justine University Hospital Centre practices revolutionary new surgery to help repair perforated or ruptured eardrums.
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Promising New Ear Infection Treatment Developed
Friday, August 12th 2011
Researchers have developed an antibiotic pellet that promises to be an effective treatment for ear infections. Ear infection symptoms in children include hearing loss and problems with speech development and difficulties in school.
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Noise Induced Hearing Loss Treatment: Two Drugs May be Better than One
Thursday, February 24th 2011
Certain combinations of drugs have been found to be effective in protecting against permanent noise-induced hearing loss, even at lower dosages.
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Lupus & Arthritis: Steroids Research Yields Hearing Loss Treatment Clues
Monday, February 21st 2011
New research on glucocorticoids show they may help improve hearing but don't seem to be acting on inflammation, leading researchers towards new hearing loss treatments possibilities.
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Hearing Loss Treatment: New Protein May Hold The Key
Tuesday, January 4th 2011
Scientists have identified a protein responsible for protecting the ear from age related hearing loss and could provide a new target for anti-aging drug therapies.
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Hearing Loss Treatment: Breakthrough Drug
Wednesday, September 1st 2010
Research funded by hearing loss charity RNID has discovered a drug which repairs hearing after damage caused by loud noise. If treated with a compound called 'ADAC' after noise damage, hearing recovered substantially.
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Sudden Hearing Loss Treatment: Short-Course Corticosteroids May Help
Monday, April 26th 2010
Sudden senorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) has wide age distribution, but occurs most commonly in people aged 50-60 years, usually affects one ear only. If the situation is not life threatening, a treatment of short-course corticosteroids is recommended, although no treatment is proven.
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Hearing Loss Help: New Tools for Hearing Professionals
Thursday, April 15th 2010
The Ida Institute recently concluded a series, Enabling Communication Partnerships, which explored the role that multiple communication partners can play in the human dynamics associated with hearing loss and offers practical counseling tools.
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Genvec Enters Collaboration on Hearing Loss Treatments with Leading Global Pharmaceutical Company
Friday, February 26th 2010
GAITHERSBURG, MD - January 19, 2010 - GenVec, Inc. (NASDAQ: GNVC) today announced that the company has entered into a research collaboration and...
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More Than 27 Million Americans Will Suffer from Untreated Hearing Loss in 2010
Saturday, January 16th 2010
HearUSA CEO Says It's Time to Recognize Hearing Care as a Medical Necessity
West Palm Beach, FL - January 5, 2010 - With hearing loss...
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When the Noise Gets Too Loud, A Special Protein Helps Patch Up Inner Ear Damage
Wednesday, July 29th 2009
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...
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Mass. Eye and Ear Performs First Auditory Brainstem Implant in New England
Wednesday, July 15th 2009
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...
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Vitamins May Provide New Medical Treatment For Hearing Loss
Wednesday, March 11th 2009
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...
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Management of Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss Inconsistent Among Clinicians
Wednesday, October 22nd 2008
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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Biophysical Method May Help to Recover Hearing
Sunday, October 5th 2008
Scientists based in Switzerland and South Africa have created a biophysical methodology that may help to overcome hearing deficits, and potentially remedy even substantial...
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New Clinic Tunes Up Brains Ability To Listen For Kids and Adults
Tuesday, September 30th 2008
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...
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Untreated Hearing Loss Puts Children at Risk, Better Hearing Institute Warns
Thursday, September 25th 2008
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...
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FDA Allows Phase 2 Study for Sound Pharmaceuticals' Novel Drug to Prevent Chemotherapy Induced Hearing Loss
Sunday, September 7th 2008
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...
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Quark Pharmaceuticals Signs Collaboration Agreement With University of Michigan for Development of Proprietary SiRNA Compounds f
Monday, November 12th 2007
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...
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Viral Enzyme Recruited in Fight Against Ear Infection
Thursday, July 19th 2007
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...
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Santa Cruz Doctors Cutting Edge Procedure Providing Patients Worldwide with Relief from 'Surfers Ear'
Wednesday, July 11th 2007
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...
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Anti-Epileptic Drugs May Help Prevent and Treat Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
Thursday, June 21st 2007
By Gwen Ericson March 8, 2007 -- On the battlefield, a soldier's hearing can be permanently damaged in an instant by the boom of an explosion, and thousands of soldiers returning...
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Genetic Hearing Loss May Be Reversible Without Gene Therapy
Thursday, June 14th 2007
A large proportion of genetically caused deafness in humans may be reversible by compensating for a missing protein, based on discoveries in mice. Emory University researchers...
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Inner-ear Volume Study at WVU Leads to Higher Surgery Success Rates
Monday, June 11th 2007
Morgantown, W.Va. Children suffering from holes in their eardrums could have better success rates following surgery, thanks to findings from doctors at West University....
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Study Shows Isolation Of Stem Cells May Lead To A Treatment For Hearing Loss
Monday, June 4th 2007
4/9/2007 - Have you ever walked by someone listening to their i-Pod loud enough for you recognize the song? Studies have shown noise-induced hearing loss is going to become the...
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