A study published in the American Journal of Otolaryngology concludes that cochlear implants are a safe and effective way for organ transplant patients to have their hearing restored.
A Dutch study confirms what we’ve observed on our own: kids with a second cochlear implant see marked improvement in quality of life measures related to speech and hearing.
By Cheryl Tanita, Au.D., CCC-AScientific discoveries by University of California researchers have led to the development of a new device that shows great promise in providing relief from tinnitus. Called Serenade and manufactured by Sound Cure, the device uses low frequency electric stimuli called S-tones to suppress tinnitus. Research has shown that S-Tones can produce synchronized, [...]
A new study of 46,000 households by the Better Hearing Institute has found that there are nearly twice as many tinnitus sufferers in the U.S. than previously believed—close to thirty million Americans. And for many of these patients, hearing aids significantly helped them with their tinnitus. If you or a loved one is afflicted with [...]
By Cheryl Tanita, M.S., Au.D. Shohet Ear Associates is the first practice in Orange County to offer the SoundBite™ Hearing System, an innovative approach to treating patients with single-sided deafness. SoundBite is the world’s first removable and non-surgical hearing solution to use the well-established principle of bone conduction to imperceptibly transmit sound via the teeth [...]
By Joni Doherty, MD, PhD Once again, I had the opportunity to join my colleagues on a medical mission in October as part of Global ENT Outreach. Our trip this time took us to El Salvador, where in the course of ten days we performed over 40 ear procedures on some of the country’s most [...]
Those of you who have heard about the totally implantable hearing aid called the Envoy Esteem may be interested in a scientific paper just published November 17 in the medical journal, Otology & Neurotology. The paper is co-authored by me and my colleagues who participated in the clinical trials for Esteem, Drs. Eric M. Kraus, [...]
A new study suggests that men who take Viagra or similar type drugs could be at an increased risk for long-term hearing loss.
NPR’s health blog, Shots, recently posted an interesting article entitled “How Music May Help Ward Off Hearing Loss As We Age.” It recounts the results of a study conducted by Nina Kraus, director of the Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory at Northwestern University. To quote the article: "If you spend a lot of your life interacting with [...]
If you are a parent and needed another reason to quit smoking, here it is: A new study links second hand smoke, or SHS, to a reduction in teens' ability to hear both high and low frequencies.