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Mifepristone - Abortion Drug for Tumor That Causes Hearing Loss
bHighlights:/b ul class = "group-list punch-points" liMifepristone may halt the growth of human vestibular schwannoma./li liHuman vestibular schwannoma is a benign tumor that causes hearing loss./li...
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Novel Drug-Delivery Method Could Help Treat Hearing Loss Effectively
A new drug approach could help repair damaged cells in the inner ear and thereby treat hearing loss more effectively compared to the previously used methods. The findings of this study are published...
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Simple Treatment can Help Minimize Hearing Loss
An easy way to preserve hearing function has been discovered. Injecting a salt- or sugar-based solution into the middle ear can reduce hearing loss triggered by loud noises, reveals a new study. The...
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Eating Healthy Diet May Reduce Hearing Loss in Women
Consuming a healthy diet may reduce the risk of acquired hearing loss in women, suggests a new study. The findings of the study are published in the iJournal of Nutrition/i. In a new study,...
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Even The Slightest Hearing Loss When Young Can Affect Brain Function
Young people with even the slightest hearing loss; one that they may not even be aware of, are at greater risk of changes in their brain function, which typically will not show till later in life,...
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High-pressure Oxygen Therapy May Offer Effective Treatment for Sudden Hearing...
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) may be beneficial in treating sudden hearing loss, reports a new study. The addition of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (where patients receive pure oxygen in a pressurized...
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Untreated Hearing Loss Linked to Increased Hospitalization Risk
Untreated hearing loss in adults was linked to more hospitalizations, increased risk of 30-day hospital readmission, increased risk of emergency department visits and longer hospital stays, found...
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Hearing Loss May Up Premature Death Risk
People with hearing loss are more likely to die early, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the journal iSocial Science and Medicine/i. A new study links hearing loss with...
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Does Hearing Loss Lead to Depression in the Elderly?
Elderly people with hearing loss are more prone to depression, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the journal iJAMA Otolaryngology-Head (and) Neck Surgery/i. A new study...
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Hearing Loss in Old Age Linked to Cognitive Decline
When a person ages, he/she would suffer from hearing loss. Hearing impairment is associated with accelerated cognitive decline, finds a new study. The research also shows that the impact of mild...
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Hearing Loss May Increase Cognitive Decline With Age
With age, hearing loss can put you at higher risk of cognitive decline, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the iJournal of Gerontology: Series A Medical Sciences/i....
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Largely Unknown Contributor in Age-related Hearing Loss
A potential contributor to age-related hearing loss has been discovered, that could help physicians identify people at risk. According to the researchers, defects in the cuticular plate in the inner...
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Hearing Loss Under 50 may Mean High Risk of Drug (and) Alcohol Misuse
Hearing loss before 50 could be due to misuse of prescription opioids which is twice the rate of their hearing peers, and these patients were also found to misuse alcohol and other drugs, according to...
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New Methods Help Young Cancer Survivors With Severe Hearing Loss Master Reading
The factors that explain why severe hearing loss sets up pediatric brain tumor survivors for reading difficulties with far-reaching consequences have been identified by researchers. The findings lay...
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Malaria Drug to Alleviate Hearing Loss in Genetic Disorders
Anti-malarial drug Artemisinin could help prevent hearing loss associated with genetic disorders, found out by the researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in zebrafish model....
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Hearing Loss among Elderly Worsens Mental, Physical and Social Complications
Older populations that exhibit a preponderance of hearing loss, have memory loss as the most profound correlation. It takes a toll, physically, mentally, and also limits activities of daily living....
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New Guideline to Improve Awareness on Sudden Hearing Loss
A new guideline to improve implementation and awareness on sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) has been issued by The American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation and published...
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Chronic Hearing Loss Linked to Speech Recognition Difficulties
Chronic conductive hearing loss which results from middle-ear infections has been associated with speech recognition deficits, according to the results of a new study, led by scientists at...
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New Genes Responsible for Age-related Hearing Loss Identified
44 genes were related to age-related hearing loss, according to the study published in iThe American Journal of Human Genetics/i, which gives clear understanding of how the condition develops and...
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Hearing Loss Prevented Using Chemical Earmuffs'
Researchers have identified a receptor that, when blocked, can prevent a common type of hearing loss. Receptors are part of a suite of molecules on nerve cells in the ear that bridge the passage of...
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Study Shows How Hearing Loss in Old Age Affects the Brain
The new research provided fresh insights into the putative cause of the relationship between cognitive decline and age-related hearing loss in humans. Daniela Beckmann, Mirko Feldmann, Olena Shchyglo...
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Age-Related Hearing Loss Caused by Loss of Hair Cells, Study
Age-related hearing loss, also called presbycusis, is mainly caused by damage to hair cells, and not by atrophy of stria vascularis. Hair cells are sensory cells in the inner ear that transform...
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Link Between Hearing Loss and Neurocognitive Deficits
In childhood cancer survivors, severe hearing loss was linked to neurocognitive deficits independent of the type of therapy, said St. Jude Children's Research Hospital researchers. The work appears as...
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New Theory Explains Link Between Hearing Loss and Dementia
There is a common underlying cause for hearing loss and dementia in the brain's memory centers. The memory center that manipulates noise is also the most common site for the onset of Alzheimer's...
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COVID-19 Results In Hearing Loss
Hearing loss and other auditory problems are strongly said to be associated with Covid-19 as per a study led by Professor Munro at the i University of Manchester and NIHR Manchester Biomedical...
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Permanent Hearing Loss Caused by Cancer Drug can be Prevented
Specific receptor in cells could serve as a key to prevent permanent hearing loss in childhood cancer survivors who are being treated with the drug cisplatin, as per a study "Toll-like receptor 4 is...
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What Causes Hearing Loss in Women?
bHighlights:/bul class="group-list punch-points" liOsteoporosis and low bone density can put women at increased risk of hearing loss/li liBisphosphonates, commonly prescribed to reduce bone fracture...
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Losartan Helps Reduce the Risk of Hearing Loss Among Vestibular Schwannoma...
Losartan, a popular medication used to treat hypertension, could improve hearing in patients who developed hearing loss due to vestibular schwannoma (VS). Researchers from the Massachusetts General...
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New Online Tool for Hearing Loss Research Data Launched
A new online tool that enables easy access to genetic and other molecular data from hundreds of technical research studies involving hearing function and the ear promotes the medical discoveries to...
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Cancer Treating Drug Cisplatin Increases Hearing Loss Risk
The chemotherapy drug cisplatin is an effective treatment for children with cancer, but unfortunately it can also cause permanent hearing loss. A new study published in iCANCER/i, a peer-reviewed...
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Rare Genetic Hearing Loss Condition Linked With Infertility
A common link between Perrault syndrome, a rare genetic condition resulting in hearing loss in men and women, and early menopause or infertility in women has been identified by a team of researchers....
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New Device to Treat Hearing Loss Discovered
As a step toward an advanced artificial cochlea, researchers in iACS Nano/i reported about a conductive membrane, which translated sound waves into matching electrical signals when implanted inside a...
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Cochlear Implants may Consequently Drive Hearing Loss
bHighlights:/bul class="group-list punch-points"li Clinical advancements have enabled the ready availability of cochlear implantation to aid hearing loss/liliHowever, the technical advancements have...
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New Gene Therapy Might Reverse Hearing Loss
A first-of-its-kind gene therapy technique developed at Boston Children's Hospital successfully replaced the mutated protein, stereocilin, in the inner ear and reversed the severe hearing loss in mice...
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Hearing Loss Declines Among Older American Women
American women who were 65 years and older were found to have much better hearing than their counterparts nearly a decade ago, reveals a recent study published in iAging and Health Research./i In...
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Loud Music may Increase Hearing Loss Risk
Due to exposure to loud music and sounds, more than 1 billion adults aged 12 to 35 years risk losing their hearing, warned the World Health Organization. The theme this year is "to hear for life,...
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New Technology may Restore Age-Associated Hearing Loss
Major hurdle of age-related hearing loss may now be overcome through gene technology as per a study at the Northwestern University, published in iNature/i. Most of the outer hair cells are dead due to...
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Scientists Discover Master Gene that Restores Hearing Loss
A single master gene that programs ear hair cells into outer or inner ones has been discovered. The new finding helps prevent the development of these cells from restoring hearing. "Our finding gives...
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Ten Genes Linked to Hearing Loss Identified
Ten new genes associated with hearing loss were discovered by King's College London researchers. The findings, published today in iAmerican Journal of Human Genetics,/i cast doubt on the understanding...
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Nanogel May Protect Kids Using Chemotherapy From Hearing Loss
Nanogel may protect patients using chemotherapy from hearing loss. 90 percent of children survive cancer but around half will have permanent hearing due to toxicity of chemotherapy drugs. h2Efficacy...
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Dysfunctional Gene Linked to Hearing Loss
Inherited MINAR2 gene mutations cause deafness, revealed researchers. The gene variation mostly affects the inner ear hair cells which are critical to hearing. The authors believe the progressive...
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New Insights into Aminoglycoside-induced Hearing Loss
New ways to study why aminoglycosides-a class of antibiotics cause hair cell death and permanent hearing loss have been uncovered by researchers. h2 Aminoglycoside-induced Hearing Loss: New Insights...
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Childhood Hearing Loss Screening Programs Need To Be Improved
Screening programmes for childhood hearing loss need to improve data collection and outcomes in order to produce better quality, such as higher follow-ups. h2Hearing Screening Program for Children /h2...
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Researchers Find Hearing Loss Link in Autism Spectrum Study
bHighlights:/bul class="group-list punch-points"li Autistic patients often have increased sensitivity to sound/li liWhile most research has looked at the brain as the main cause, a recent research...
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Brain Adapting to Changes Restore Hearing Loss
Kickstarting the brain's natural ability to adjust to new circumstances, or neuroplasticity improves how effectively a cochlear implant can restore hearing loss, a new study in deaf rats shows. The...
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Hearing Loss Increases the Risk of Dementia in Older Adults
bHighlights:/b ul class="group-list" li Hearing loss is a source of frustration for both people who suffer from it and their loved ones /li li New research from Johns Hopkins University suggests that...
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Can Genetic Diagnosis Guide Care of Hearing Loss in Children
When it comes to determining the prognosis of hearing loss in children, researchers have identified that genetic testing is a valuable tool in predicting how useful a cochlear implant could be for...
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Gene Therapy Using Adeno Virus Reverses Age-Related Hearing Loss
The efficacy of adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors in aged animal models with genetic changes equivalent to a defective TMPRSS3 human gene, which typically results in progressive hearing loss has...
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Healing Hearing Loss Through Natural Repair and Regeneration
Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have figured out how damaged hearing cells can heal. They have analysed a protein called XIRP2 enrichment in the gaps of damaged actin...
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Phytosterol Supplements To Fight Hearing Loss
medlinkAging/medlink triggers cholesterol loss from sensory cells of the inner ear, leading to medlinkhearing loss/medlink. Supplemental phytosterols was found to replace those lost cholesterol and...
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