A new research study published this month in the medical journal Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery makes a link between low levels of folic acid in the blood and age-related hearing loss in the elderly.
By Joni Doherty, MD, PhD Our last blog touched on the link between hearing loss and moderate chronic kidney disease (CKD), and how older adults with CKD have a higher prevalence of hearing loss. Now, a new study suggests a link between a persistently noisy environment and heart disease.Researchers at the University of British Columbia [...]
In my last blog, I discussed the disturbing results of a new research study that found one in five American teenagers already has some degree of hearing loss----a startling 31 percent increase since the late 1980s. The study results were recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, and showed that the number [...]
A new research study has found that one in five American teenagers already has some degree of hearing loss----a startling 31 percent increase since the late 1980s.Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston used government survey data to compare rates of hearing loss among 12- to 19-year-olds during 1988 to 1994, with the period [...]
Can wearing ear plugs at night after night be harmful?
An article in a recent issue of the Saturday Evening Post features a touching article on how the latest implantable hearing technology has changed the lives of a sister and her brother.I performed the revision surgery on Mary Kay Windham with the Envoy Esteem implantable hearing aid in May 2005 as part of the clinical [...]
By Joni Doherty, MD PhD Migraine-associated vertigo (MAV) refers to dizziness and/or vertigo that is commonly thought to be related to migraine. Many patients diagnosed with MAV do not have headaches, or have chronic non-specific headaches that don't fit into the migraine classification developed by the International Headache Society. MAV was previously rarely diagnosed, but [...]
According to a study published in May 2010 in the journal Pediatrics, hearing loss in one ear is enough to cause language problems for kids. Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri tested 74 pairs of school-age siblings. Half the children had hearing loss in one ear, while their siblings had normal hearing.The study [...]
A study of more than 3500 men over a nearly 20-year period has found that folic acid may reduce the risk of hearing loss in men by 20 percent. The results of the study were presented at the 2009 American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) Annual Meeting in San Diego.Men [...]
According to research conducted by otolaryngologists at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, roller coasters can give you more than a quick shot of adrenaline. They have linked the force of acceleration in roller coasters to ear barotrauma, which in extreme cases can lead to temporary hearing loss, dizziness, ear pain or the sensation of ear [...]