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Rare gene variant associated with middle ear infections
• Ear / Nose / Throat • • Infections • Jun 29 15
Many parents have heard the night-time cry of “my ear hurts.” For some children, this might happen frequently beginning in infancy and even persist…
Nearly 1 in 7 Hispanic/Latino adults has some hearing loss
• Ear / Nose / Throat • May 28 15
In the largest study to date of hearing loss among Hispanic/Latino adults in the United States, researchers have found that nearly 1 in 7…
A bodyguard for your ears
• Ear / Nose / Throat • • Pain • Feb 18 15
Our hearing has a secret bodyguard, a newly discovered connection from the cochlea to the brain that warns of intense incoming noise that causes…
Cochlear implant users can hear, feel the beat in music
• Ear / Nose / Throat • Jan 26 15
People who use cochlear implants for profound hearing loss do respond to certain aspects of music, contrary to common beliefs and limited scientific research,…
Screening questions fail to identify teens at risk for hearing loss
• Ear / Nose / Throat • Oct 24 14
Subjective screening questions do not reliably identify teenagers who are at risk for hearing loss, according to researchers at Penn State College of Medicine.…
Smokers, passive smokers more likely to suffer hearing loss, study shows
• Ear / Nose / Throat • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jun 08 14
Giving up or reducing smoking and avoiding passive exposure to tobacco smoke may reduce your risk of hearing loss, new research shows.
Complications common for adults after tonsillectomy
• Ear / Nose / Throat • • Surgery • Apr 10 14
Adults have a high rate of complications after getting their tonsils removed, so plan for adequate recuperation after the surgery, researchers say.
Adults’ tonsillectomy complications are higher than previously thought
• Ear / Nose / Throat • Apr 03 14
Twenty percent of adults who have tonsillectomies will have a complication, which is significantly higher than previously shown, according to a team of researchers.…
Beatboxing poses little risk of injury to voice
• Ear / Nose / Throat • Dec 24 13
You might think that beatboxing, with its harsh, high-energy percussive sounds, would be harder on the voice than the sweet song of a soprano.…
Computer models of neuronal sound processing in the brain lead to cochlear implant improvements
• Ear / Nose / Throat • Dec 02 13
Children learning to speak depend on functional hearing. So-called cochlear implants allow deaf people to hear again by stimulating the auditory nerve directly. Researchers…
Parents rarely talk to teens about hearing loss
• Ear / Nose / Throat • Nov 26 13
Teenagers are at risk for serious long-term hearing problems caused by excessively loud music or other loud noises. But parents don’t always grasp the…
New Study Helps Explain Why Some Ear and Respiratory Infections Become Chronic
• Ear / Nose / Throat • • Infections • • Respiratory Problems • Nov 22 13
Scientists have figured out how a bacterium that causes ear and respiratory illnesses is able to elude immune detection in the middle ear,…
New study explains why men’s noses are bigger than women’s
• Ear / Nose / Throat • • Gender: Male • Nov 18 13
Human noses come in all shapes and sizes. But one feature seems to hold true: Men’s noses are bigger than women’s.
New technology optimizes ear infection diagnosis and management
• Ear / Nose / Throat • • Infections • Oct 27 13
A new, smartphone-enabled otoscope provides clear, transmittable images of the ear drum, or tympanic membrane, which someday may allow for ear infection diagnosis without…
Scientists discover compound to prevent noise-related hearing loss
• Ear / Nose / Throat • Aug 30 13
Your mother was right when she warned you that loud music could damage your hearing, but now scientists have discovered exactly what gets…
‘Evolutionary glitch’ possible cause of childhood ear infections
• Children's Health • • Ear / Nose / Throat • • Infections • Mar 21 13
Researchers at King’s College London have uncovered how the human ear is formed, giving clues as to why children are susceptible to infections such…
Rapid hearing loss may be a symptom of rare Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
• Brain • • Ear / Nose / Throat • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Mar 14 13
Rapid hearing loss in both ears may be a symptom of the rare but always-fatal Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and should be considered a reason…
Had an earful? Sound therapy can help relieve tinnitus
• Ear / Nose / Throat • Mar 05 13
Tinnitus is an occupational hazard fo musicians, which is why Chris Martin and Will.I.Am are recording an album to raise awareness.
A solution to sinusitis from the sea
• Ear / Nose / Throat • • Infections • Feb 19 13
A team of scientists and surgeons from Newcastle are developing a new nasal spray from a marine microbe to help clear chronic sinusitis.
Tooth found in kid’s ear after 3 years
• Dental Health • • Ear / Nose / Throat • Dec 15 12
According to a new “case study” described in Thursday’s British Medical Journal, the tooth fairy is alleged to have ventured from her typically benevolent…
Drugmakers step up search for hearing loss medicines
• Ear / Nose / Throat • Dec 02 12
When Swiss biotech firm Auris Medical wanted to recruit patients to test its experimental hearing loss drug, it decided to enlist partygoers deafened by…
Popular pain-relieving medicines linked to hearing loss in women
• Drug Abuse • • Ear / Nose / Throat • • Pain • Sep 12 12
Headache? Back pain? At the first sign of pain, you might reach for a pain-relieving medicine to sooth your bodily woes.
Australia’s Cochlear plans to return implant to market
• Ear / Nose / Throat • Aug 07 12
Cochlear Ltd, the world’s biggest maker of hearing implants, pledged on Tuesday to relaunch its top-selling implant after pulling it from the market due…
Can you hear me now? New strategy discovered to prevent hearing loss
• Ear / Nose / Throat • Jul 06 12
If you’re concerned about losing your hearing because of noise exposure (earbud deafness syndrome), a new discovery published online in the FASEB Journal offers…
Stem cell transplantation into mouse cochlea may impact future hearing loss therapies
• Ear / Nose / Throat • Jun 27 12
Researchers in Japan who evaluated the risks and efficacy of transplanting two varieties of stem cells into mouse cochlea have concluded that both adult-derived…