Copyright 2008 Medical News Today Latest Hearing / Deafness News From Medical News Today. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/hearing-deafness/ admin@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Admin) editors@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Editors) en-us Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/124431.php Professor Graeme Clark, the pioneer of the multiple-channel cochlear implant (bionic ear), will speak at the UQ Medical Society's ES Meyers Memorial Lecture on Friday, October 10. The outstanding work of Professor Clark, who was awarded the Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in 2004, has been implanted in more than 100,000 people worldwide. Hearing / Deafness Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/123471.php Inadequate healthcare is received by thousands of the United Kingdom's Deaf patients because they are struggling to communicate with their healthcare providers, according to an article released on October 1, 2008 in BMJ. The term Deaf is defined as individuals born Deaf and prefer to communicate in British Sign Language. Hearing / Deafness Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/123419.php Deafness Research UK has published its top tips for the safe use of MP3 players, following research by the charity that shows too many people are putting their hearing at risk by listening to MP3 players too loudly for too long. For more tips on minimising damage from day to day and leisure activities, visit the Deafness Research UK website at http://www.deafnessresearch.org. Hearing / Deafness Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/123420.php Help is at hand for the many thousands each year who suffer painful and debilitating ear complaints, many of which are avoidable with better ear hygiene and prompt medical attention, according to Deafness Research UK who have recently published a handy leaflet called 'Trouble With Your Ears?' Hearing / Deafness Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/123412.php The prize was established in memory of the charity's founder, Lady Pauline Ashley, and aims to encourage the most promising young scientists to start or continue research into hearing and deafness. Hearing / Deafness Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/123413.php Deafness Research UK has organised a rare opportunity for the public to meet the scientists who are working to find treatments and cures for tinnitus, and find out about the cutting edge tinnitus research in progress. Hearing / Deafness Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/123414.php New research published in the journal Current Biology has added significantly to our understanding of how the ear works, giving hope to millions of deaf and hard of hearing people. The latest research, conducted by Dr Jörg T. Hearing / Deafness Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/123415.php Deafness Research UK Research Advisory Panel member, Professor Guy Richardson, praised the work as "a technical tour de force, and very convincing proof of the principle that gene therapy could, at least in certain cases, be used to cure deafness". There are nine million deaf and hard of hearing people in the UK and in most cases deafness results from loss of sensory cells in the inner ear known as "hair" cells. Hearing / Deafness Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/123248.php Hearing loss currently affects more than 36 million Americans. Although hearing problems are commonly associated with the normal aging process, more than half of all hearing-impaired persons are younger than 65. With the increased use of personal music players (MP3 players) and earbuds, the number of Americans experiencing hearing loss at a younger age is growing. Hearing / Deafness Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/122987.php In the six decades since French and American surgeons implanted the first cochlear hearing devices, the procedure in children has become reliable, safe, and relatively free of severe complications, according to research presented during the 2008 American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO, in Chicago, IL. The study, conducted by researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Hearing / Deafness Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/122799.php The number of hearing impaired infants and toddlers who are successfully aided by technological devices, such as hearing aids and cochlear implants, continues to grow, but there are still unknowns about these children's speaking abilities, according to a Purdue University expert. IT / Internet / E-mail Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/122737.php Leading experts in the study of hair cells and hearing loss discussed state-of-the art developments in determining the genetic and environmental factors that cause Age-Related Hearing Impairment (ARHI) at the 2008 American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO, in Chicago, IL. Hearing / Deafness Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/122619.php Patients seeking care for sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL) are receiving inconsistent care due to lack of established clinical practice guidelines, says new research presented at the 2008 American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO in Chicago, IL. SSHL is a rare but serious otological event affecting between 5 and 20 people per 100,000 per year. Hearing / Deafness Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/122483.php Dr. William H. Lippy, one of the foremost expert surgeons in the field of hearing restoration today, announced that his non-profit foundation, the Warren Hearing Foundation, has posted twenty-four separate streaming videos providing education, insights and surgical examples from Dr. Lippy and Dr. Leonard Berenholz. Dr. Lippy is founder of the Lippy Group for Ear, Nose & Throat located in Warren, Ohio. Hearing / Deafness Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/122236.php Researchers at the University of Essex have received a three-year studentship from the Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID) to investigate the relationship between tinnitus and defects in the inner ear. The award, worth over £69,000, has been given to the Hearing Research Laboratory based within the University's Department of Psychology. Hearing / Deafness Fri, 19 Sep 2008 01:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/122056.php Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be used to identify defects in soft-tissue that contribute to hearing loss in children, according to a report released on September 15, 2008 in Archives of Otolaryngology -- Head & Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Thousands of children each year are effected by sensorineural hearing loss, which is related to damage to the sensory nerves. Hearing / Deafness Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/121896.php The 2008 Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO of the American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) will convene September 21 - 24, 2008 in Chicago. The meeting is the world's largest gathering of otolaryngologists and a forum for renowned guests. Ear, Nose and Throat Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/121790.php As part of an ongoing consumer education and hearing health awareness campaign, which includes informational videos, an "Ask An Expert" forum, and the recently released "Hearing And Balance Report," AuDNet, Inc. has created a tip sheet for consumers that reveals certain over the counter and prescription drugs that may generate temporary and permanent hearing loss or deafness. Hearing / Deafness Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/121686.php In noisy environments, prosthetic ears may improve hearing and speech recognition, according to an article released on September 15, 2008 in the Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. When the outer ear, also called the pinna, is removed surgically or significantly damaged by trauma, patients may require prosthetic ears, according to the article. Hearing / Deafness Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/121503.php A new device that gives people a hi-tech hearing boost when they most need it is to be launched on the high street. About the size of a jelly bean, the HearPlus personal hearing assistant (PHA) has been introduced in response to growing demand from the baby boomer generation who are looking to boost and enhance their hearing in certain social situations. Hearing / Deafness Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/120350.php According to an Italian research team publishing their findings in the current issue of Cell Transplantation (17:6), hearing loss due to cochlear damage may be repaired by transplantation of human umbilical cord hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) since they show that a small number migrated to the damaged cochlea and repaired sensory hair cells and neurons. Hearing / Deafness Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/119914.php The age old advice to routinely clean out earwax is discouraged under the first published guidelines from health care professionals about removing wax from the ear. "Unfortunately, many people feel the need to manually remove earwax, called cerumen, which serves an important protective function for the ear," said the guidelines' lead author, Dr. Peter Roland, chairman of otolaryngology head and neck surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Hearing / Deafness Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/119686.php Scientists based in Switzerland and South Africa have created a biophysical methodology that may help to overcome hearing deficits, and potentially remedy even substantial hearing loss. The authors propose a method of retuning functioning regions of the ear to recognize frequencies originally associated with damaged areas. Details are published August 29th in the open- access journal PLoS Computational Biology. Hearing / Deafness Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/119703.php The American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) will issue the first comprehensive clinical guidelines to help health care practitioners identify patients with cerumen (commonly referred to as earwax) impaction. The guidelines emphasize evidence-based management of cerumen impaction by clinicians, and inform patients of the purpose of ear wax in hearing health. "Approximately 12 million people a year in the U.S. Ear, Nose and Throat Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/119363.php Researchers at the University of Rochester's Eastman School of Music and Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences have developed a unique test for perfect pitch, and have found surprising results. Their research shows that perfect pitch - the ability to recognize and remember a tone without a reference - is apparently much more common in non-musicians than scientists had expected. Hearing / Deafness