Cochlear implantation leads to a higher quality of life in elderly patients
According to health care experts, cochlear implantation in senior citizens seems to be not cost effective, due to a belief that elderly patients perform poorly in the postoperative audiological...
View ArticleOtosclerosis gene identified
A gene responsible for the single most common cause of hearing loss among white adults, otosclerosis, has been identified for the first time, a scientist told the annual conference of the European...
View ArticleCochlear implant an option for unhappy stapes patients
Cochlear implantation is a safe and effective treatment option for patients with far advanced otosclerosis who have not benefitted from stapedectomy, report US researchers.
View ArticleMassachusetts Eye and Ear enrolls deaf children in new clinical trial of...
The Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, a Harvard Medical School teaching affiliate, is now enrolling a select group of deaf infants and children in a new FDA-approved clinical trial of an Auditory...
View ArticleSound deprivation causes irreversible damage to the inner ear
Massachusetts Eye and Ear investigators have shown that sound deprivation in adult mice causes irreversible damage to the inner ear. The findings, published in PLOS ONE, suggest that chronic conductive...
View ArticleNew prosthesis brings hope to patients with hearing loss
A new prosthesis for a traditional ear surgery is bringing hope to patients diagnosed with a hereditary disorder that causes hearing loss. After 63-year-old Diane Duncan was diagnosed with otosclerosis...
View ArticleAction on Hearing Loss funds new study to discover ways of preventing...
A widely used anti-cancer drug, cisplatin, can cause permanent and severe hearing loss, having a devastating impact on the quality of life for cancer survivors.
View ArticleUnlocking the first gene to cause otosclerosis: an interview with Dr Ralph Holme
Otosclerosis is a common cause of hearing loss, particularly amongst young adults. It normally starts in their 20s or 30s and it affects about 1 in 200 hundred people. In the UK, about 300,000 people...
View ArticleCochlear implantation leads to a higher quality of life in elderly patients
According to health care experts, cochlear implantation in senior citizens seems to be not cost effective, due to a belief that elderly patients perform poorly in the postoperative audiological...
View ArticleOtosclerosis gene identified
A gene responsible for the single most common cause of hearing loss among white adults, otosclerosis, has been identified for the first time, a scientist told the annual conference of the European...
View ArticleCochlear implant an option for unhappy stapes patients
Cochlear implantation is a safe and effective treatment option for patients with far advanced otosclerosis who have not benefitted from stapedectomy, report US researchers.
View ArticleMassachusetts Eye and Ear enrolls deaf children in new clinical trial of...
The Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, a Harvard Medical School teaching affiliate, is now enrolling a select group of deaf infants and children in a new FDA-approved clinical trial of an Auditory...
View ArticleSound deprivation causes irreversible damage to the inner ear
Massachusetts Eye and Ear investigators have shown that sound deprivation in adult mice causes irreversible damage to the inner ear. The findings, published in PLOS ONE, suggest that chronic conductive...
View ArticleNew prosthesis brings hope to patients with hearing loss
A new prosthesis for a traditional ear surgery is bringing hope to patients diagnosed with a hereditary disorder that causes hearing loss. After 63-year-old Diane Duncan was diagnosed with otosclerosis...
View ArticleAction on Hearing Loss funds new study to discover ways of preventing...
A widely used anti-cancer drug, cisplatin, can cause permanent and severe hearing loss, having a devastating impact on the quality of life for cancer survivors.
View ArticleUnlocking the first gene to cause otosclerosis: an interview with Dr Ralph Holme
Otosclerosis is a common cause of hearing loss, particularly amongst young adults. It normally starts in their 20s or 30s and it affects about 1 in 200 hundred people. In the UK, about 300,000 people...
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