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Study Shows Healthy Diet Could Decrease Hearing Loss Risk in Women

The older you become, the more likely you’ll be to have hearing loss. Experts estimate that about one in three Americans between the ages of 65 and 74 has hearing loss. Among those older than 75, an estimated one of every two people has hearing loss. There are a number of reasons for losing hearing […]

Can Earbuds Cause Ear Infections?

Whether we’re listening to music while working out, turning on our favorite podcast, watching online videos at 2 a.m. or taking a work call, earbuds keep us plugged into our digital world. But as much as we use earbuds, we have to wonder, “Do they cause any health problems?” Of course, listening to the volume too […]

Scientists Uncover Biological Reasoning Behind Noise-Induced Hearing Loss

If you enjoy live music, you’ve almost certainly experienced noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) — that nagging, muffled perception of sound or ringing in your ears at the end of the night. Sometimes it’s gone by the next morning, sometimes it lingers longer. The condition can be transitory at first, but over time it can lead […]

First Regenerative Hearing Drug Trial Successfully Completed

Researchers at UCL and UCLH have successfully completed the first trial of a therapy designed to restore hearing loss. The REGAIN trial, the results of which were published in Nature Communications, was the first study of a treatment aimed at restoring lost hearing, focusing on a drug with the technical name gamma-secretase inhibitor LY3056480. The researchers found that […]

Video gamers at Risk for Developing Irreversible Hearing Loss and Tinnitus

Video gamers worldwide may be risking irreversible hearing loss and/or tinnitus—persistent ringing/buzzing in the ears—finds a systematic review of the available evidence, published in the open access journal BMJ Public Health. What evidence there is suggests that the sound levels reported in studies of more than 50,000 people often near, or exceed, permissible safe limits, conclude the researchers. […]

New Gene Therapy Approach Restored Hearing in Five Deaf Children

A novel gene therapy approach has given five children who were born deaf the ability to hear. The method, which overcomes a roadblock presented by large genes, may be useful in other treatments, according to researchers. The work, conducted in Fudan, China, treated six children aged 1 to 7 who had a mutation of the OTOF gene, […]

Study Shows Where You Live May Affect Your Hearing Health

The first study to map the prevalence of bilateral hearing loss in the United States by state and county finds that rates of hearing loss are higher among men, non-Hispanic whites, and residents of rural areas. Bilateral hearing loss is hearing loss in both ears. West Virginia, Alaska, Wyoming, Oklahoma, and Arizona had the highest […]

New App May Be Helpful in Providing Tinnitus Relief

An international research team has shown that the debilitating impact of tinnitus can be effectively reduced in just weeks by a training course and sound therapy delivered via a smartphone app. The team from Australian, New Zealand, French and Belgian universities reports these findings in Frontiers in Audiology and Otology. It offers some hope for millions affected […]

New App May Be Helpful in Providing Tinnitus Relief

An international research team has shown that the debilitating impact of tinnitus can be effectively reduced in just weeks by a training course and sound therapy delivered via a smartphone app. The team from Australian, New Zealand, French and Belgian universities reports these findings in Frontiers in Audiology and Otology. It offers some hope for millions affected […]