Over half a million people worldwide with severe hearing loss use an electronic implant in the ears to be able to let them understand speech. Cochlear implants, as they are known, are one of the most successful technologies to have come out of neuroscience, but only provide partial correction for any hearing deficit. For example, [...]
Nutrition is fundamental to health and can have a significant impact on a person's hearing ability as well. There is no specific food that will definitely cause or prevent hearing loss. Likewise, lost hearing cannot be restored through a diet change. But new research suggests that certain nutrition patterns may actually decrease—or increase—your risk of developing [...]
Exercise is an excellent way to stay healthy, build stamina, endurance and lose weight but did you know that it can also be beneficial to your hearing? You may wonder how much exercise is necessary to improve your hearing and ear function and what types of exercise is most beneficial? Well are here are four [...]
For older adults, one of the most prevalent health related issue they experience, is hearing loss. Unfortunately, age-related hearing loss is linked to cognitive decline, social isolation and even depression. On a positive note, new research from the University of Maryland (UMD) Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences (HESP) reveals that the use of hearing [...]
What is Secondhand Smoke? Secondhand smoke (also known as environmental tobacco smoke) is the smoke a smoker breathes out and that comes from the tip of burning cigarettes, pipes, and cigars. It contains about 4,000 chemicals. Many of these chemicals are dangerous; more than 50 are known to cause cancer. Anytime children breathe in secondhand [...]
In today's modern world, more and more young adults are wearing headphones for a good portion of the day, every day. A podcast during their morning commute, music to drown out a noisy workplace, or a running playlist to get through an evening jog. The World Health Organisation estimates more than 1 billion young people [...]
Many older adults with severe hearing loss don’t have hearing aids, but those with them typically use less costly types of health care, a new study finds. Hearing aids cost thousands of dollars, and insurance almost never covers them. But they may hold the potential to cut older adults’ visits to the hospital or emergency [...]
Researchers have developed a new approach to be able to repair cells deep inside the ear. The study, conducted by scientists at University of Southern California (USC) and Harvard University, demonstrates a novel way for a future drug to zero in on damaged nerves and cells inside the ear. “What’s new here is we figured [...]
April is National Autism Awareness Month and recent studies have shown ways to early-identify children at risk for the disorder. One study that was published in the journal of Autism Research by researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center identified an inner ear deficiency in children with autism that may impact their ability to recognize speech. [...]
Vertigo is the physical sensation that the world is spinning around you, or that you are spinning while the world stands still. "In addition to this dizzying sensation, you may have nausea or double vision as associated symptoms. Some people also have decreased hearing or ringing in their ears based on the cause of their [...]