October 3, 2024

New Gene Therapies Provide Break Through in Genetic Pediatric Hearing Loss

Earlier this year, Regeneron revealed that its gene therapy DB-OTO elicited “dramatic” hearing improvement in two young children with profound genetic deafness,...

September 24, 2024

Study Shows Bats Can Develop Age-Related Hearing Loss

Many mammals suffer hearing loss in old age, but bats were thought to be immune to this phenomenon because of...

September 17, 2024 / Hearing Loss

Declining Senses Can Impact Mental Health in Seniors

Most people — up to 94% of U.S. adults — experience at least some dulling of their senses with age,...

September 10, 2024

Cochlear Implants Provide Basic Approaches for How We Recognize Words

University of Iowa researchers have defined how people recognize words. In a new study with people who use cochlear implants...

September 4, 2024 / Hearing Loss

Superoxide Produced in Inner Ears Responsible for Acquired Hearing Loss

Professor Ueyama Takehiko (Biosignal Research Center, Kobe University) and the inner ear research group (Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine) have...

August 28, 2024

Latest Research Examines Hearing Protection and Perception

A cellphone ringing, a siren approaching, a gunshot sounding in the distance. We depend on our hearing in many dynamic...

August 23, 2024 / Hearing, Tinnitus

Objective Marker Found in the Brain for Tinnitus

Tinnitus is currently not classified as a distinct disorder, but as a symptom with many possible causes, such as impaired...

August 13, 2024 / Hearing Loss

Retrospective Study Investigating Link Between COVID-19

In a retrospective cohort study published in the journal eClinicalMedicine, researchers from South Korea investigated the potential association between coronavirus disease 2019...

August 7, 2024

New Fatigue-Detecting Earbuds Helping Drivers

Everyone gets sleepy at work from time to time, especially after a big lunch. But for people whose jobs involve...

August 5, 2024

Can Occupational Hearing Loss Affect Heart Health?

Occupational settings can involve exposure to loud noise, a known and preventable contributor to hearing loss. Hearing conservation programs and...