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September 16, 2019 / General News

UC Davis Researchers Find Success in Tele-Audiology Program

California Tele-Audiology Program removes barriers to care, ensuring infants get follow-up hearing tests.SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Researchers at UC Davis have...
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September 16, 2019 / Hearing Loss

RIT/NTID Dyer Arts Center Offers Exhibits on Black Deaf Innovators

Deaf missionary Andrew Foster honored; various pieces from Black Deaf artists on display.The Joseph F. and Helen C. Dyer Arts...
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September 16, 2019 / Hearing Loss

Helping Kids Hear Better

First-of-its-kind study shows kids with hearing loss benefit from early intervention.University of Iowa - Hearing well impacts every area of...
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September 16, 2019 / General News

Babies’ Babbles Reflect Their Own Involvement in Language Development

Infants are motivated by hearing themselves.COLUMBIA, Mo. -- 'Dada' is a first word for many babies. Babbling sounds with consonant-vowel...
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September 16, 2019 / Hearing Loss

Scientists Develop Genetic Blueprint of Inner Ear Cell Development

Two studies in mice use new technique to provide insight into cell development critical for hearing, balance.NIH/National Institute on Deafness...
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September 16, 2019 / Hearing Loss

Scientists Identify Proteins Crucial to Loss of Hearing

Proteins play key role in genes that help auditory hair cells grow.Baltimore, MD, October 15, 2015 -- Almost 40 million...
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September 16, 2019 / Hearing

Penn Medicine Researchers Discover Hidden Brain Pathways Crucial to Communication

Using lasers to manipulate brain activity, researchers zero in on mechanisms underlying key hearing phenomena.PHILADELPHIA - Being able to understand...
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September 16, 2019 / Hearing Loss

Ida My Turn to Talk Tool Helps Families of Young CI Patients Find Their Voice

NAERUM, DK November 12 – The decision to choose a cochlear implant for a child has life-long implications for both...
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September 16, 2019 / Hearing Loss

Gene Therapy Corrects Stereocilia Defects in the Inner Ears of Mice with Inherited Deafness

October 23, 2015 - For the first time, scientists have used gene therapy to correct defective structures in the inner...
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September 16, 2019 / Hearing Loss

Birth Weight and Poor Growth Linked to Later Hearing and Vision Problems

A study of up to 433,390 UK adults, led by The University of Manchester, has linked being under and overweight...
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