December 4, 2024

Iowa Researchers Seek to Define How We Recognize Words

University of Iowa researchers have defined how people recognize words. In a new study with people who use cochlear implants...

November 19, 2024

Vitiligo and Hearing Loss Could Share Connection

The inner ear contains cells called melanocytes, which produce the pigment melanin. This pigment is responsible for coloring the skin, hair, and...

November 13, 2024

Study Shows Promising Treatment for Sudden Hearing Loss in Animal Models

A research team led by MedUni Vienna has investigated AC102, a new active substance that offers hope of an effective...

November 5, 2024

New Research Shows Possible Link Between Hearing Loss and Parkinson’s

A new study from a database of millions of veterans nationwide reveals a possible connection between hearing loss and Parkinson’s...

October 25, 2024 / Hearing

Research Shows Potential Connection to Balance Issues and SARS-CoV-2 Virus

Many Covid-19 patients have reported symptoms affecting the ears, including hearing loss and tinnitus. Dizziness and balance problems can also...

October 15, 2024 / Tinnitus

Research Shows Link Between Tinnitus and Obesity in Men

Tinnitus is a perception of sound in one or both ears that can be bothersome to patients. The condition is...

October 8, 2024

Chemical Exposure Could Be Damaging to Your Hearing

According to the CDC, hearing loss is the third most common chronic physical health condition among adults. Many people think of loud noise...

October 3, 2024

New Gene Therapies Provide Break Through in Genetic Pediatric Hearing Loss

Earlier this year, Regeneron revealed that its gene therapy DB-OTO elicited “dramatic” hearing improvement in two young children with profound genetic deafness,...

September 24, 2024

Study Shows Bats Can Develop Age-Related Hearing Loss

Many mammals suffer hearing loss in old age, but bats were thought to be immune to this phenomenon because of...

September 17, 2024 / Hearing Loss

Declining Senses Can Impact Mental Health in Seniors

Most people — up to 94% of U.S. adults — experience at least some dulling of their senses with age,...