September 16, 2019 / Hearing

Why you shouldn’t use cotton swabs to clean your ears

Contrary to popular belief, you shouldn't clean your ears with cotton swabs, as this could lead to hearing loss, damage...

September 16, 2019 / Hearing

New test seeks to uncover early hearing loss in people with cystic fibrosis

Experts in Nottingham are investigating whether a new type of hearing test could successfully detect early hearing loss in people...

September 16, 2019 / Hearing

Stereotypes Around Aging Can Negatively Impact Memory and Hearing

University of Toronto - Toronto, ON - A study led by researchers at the University of Toronto shows that when...

September 16, 2019 / Hearing

Is Seeing Believing? People Are Not Good at Identifying Where Sights, Sounds Originate

Study by UCLA psychologists reveals that our senses are far from flawless.UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - LOS ANGELES - Our vision...

September 16, 2019 / Hearing

Study of Inner Ear Development Hints at Way to Restore Hearing and Balance

Scientists have identified 2 genes crucial to the production of delicate sensors, called hair cells, in mammals. Rockefeller University -...

September 16, 2019 / Hearing

Disclosure Strategies May Improve Communication for Those with Hearing Loss

A survey of 337 Mass. Eye and Ear patients revealed 3 distinct strategies for disclosing hearing loss. Boston, Mass. --...

September 16, 2019 / Hearing

How Cells in the Developing Ear ‘Practice’ Hearing

Johns Hopkins Medicine - Before the fluid of the middle ear drains and sound waves penetrate for the first time,...

September 16, 2019 / Hearing

Protein Movement of Hair Bundles in the Inner Ear May Preserve Hearing for Life

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine finding holds promise for repairing damaged hearing.Hearing is made possible when hair bundles...

September 16, 2019 / Hearing Loss

Noise-induced Hearing Loss — Genetic Cause and Mechanism Discovered

Scientists at the Institut Pasteur, Inserm, the Collège de France and Pierre & Marie Curie University, working closely with scientists...

September 16, 2019 / Hearing Loss

Sound Deprivation Leads to Irreversible Hearing Loss

Researchers show that chronic conductive hearing loss leads to cochlear degeneration.Boston, MA, Nov. 18, 2015. Massachusetts Eye and Ear investigators...