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Research: hair cells can be repaired!
Mice that have become hard of hearing because of loud noise can hear better after the injection of the drug LY411575. The hair cells in the inner ear started to grow and these hair cells will partially restore the hearing. Astudy, executed by reserachers of the Harvard Medical School, learned this. […]
Diabetici and hearing loss
Japanese researchers have studied the connection between diabetes and hearing loss. They discovered a link during this research which was executed with people from the US, Asia, Australia and Brasil. Hearing loss occurs twice as much to people with diabetes. Reseach points out that people with bad poor sugar control […]
Link between migrain and hearing loss
Reserachers in Taiwan have shown that there is a link between migrain and sudden hearing loss. With sudden hearing loss they mean hearing losss of which the cause is unknown and therefor hard to diagnose and treat. People who suffer from migrain have twice time more chance to get this […]
Discovery of gen – good news for the hard of hearing
Researchers of the Washington University have extracted the FGF20 gene from mice, which prevents the development of cells which amplify sounds. The mice appeared healthy after the take out, but couldn’t hear a thing. An interesting research result! Read the article:
Tinnitus Implant can help against noise
About one on ten people are sufferin form tinnitus. Often, they hear whistling, rustling or beeping sounds. Tinnitus is a serious problem. People with tinnitus are fagged and many of them are in a depression. The cause is unknown and there also isnt’ a proper treatment yet. In the Maastricht […]
Volume limit to prevent hearing loss
The European Commission has taken measures to prevent hearing damage. From 24 January, all music players which are coming in the market will be provided with a volume limit. When the user exceeds the volume level of 85dB, they will receive a warning on the display every 20 hours. New […]
Study partners of hard of hearing people
Mr. Dick Hill, member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) is searching for six individuals who are willing to help with a study. This study is about exploring the experiences of partners of people who are hard of hearing. The purpose of this research is to gather […]
Music that’s too loud causes hearing damage
It’s not really new for us, nightclubs turn up the music so loud that it can cause hearing damage. A study of the Dublin Institute of Technology learns, that the sound levels of night clus vary between 89dB and 97dB. To compare: To expose the ears to sound of 92dB is equal to listening to a smoke […]
Noisy jobs threatened hard of hearing
Psychology Professor Bjorn Lyxell os one of the persons has done research, this study shows that people with reduced hearing are threatened by noisy jobs. One conclusion is that people with hearing problems experience worse health problems. The group of hard of hearing also thought, that their physical work presentation […]
Hearing test
Newborns who are delivered with C-section have a higher failure rate (21%) with regard to the hearing test than newborns who are delivered in the natural way. The cause is not known but it could be that it’s related to fluid in the middle ear. To avoid worries of the […]