http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (PhysOrg.com) -- Becoming "hard of hearing" is a standard but unfortunate part of aging: A syndrome called age-related hearing loss affects about 40 percent of people over 65 in the United States, and will afflict an estimated 28 million Americans by 2030. http://www.physorg.com/news177007147.html Medicine & Health Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:30:11 EST news177007147 What do you get when you cross a mouse with poor hearing and a mouse with even worse hearing? Ironically, a new strain of mice with "golden ears" - mice that have outstanding hearing as they age. http://www.physorg.com/news176986779.html Medicine & Health Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:00:05 EST news176986779 Drivers who frequently take to the road with the top down may be risking serious damage to their hearing, according to research presented at the 2009 American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO, in San Diego, CA. http://www.physorg.com/news174052337.html Medicine & Health Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:00:01 EST news174052337 Patients who exhibited a certain genetic mutation of anti-oxidant enzymes are three times more likely to develop age-related hearing loss (ARHL), according to new research presented at the 2009 American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO, in San Diego, CA. http://www.physorg.com/news174052143.html Medicine & Health Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:20:01 EST news174052143 Increased intakes of antioxidant vitamins have no bearing on whether or not a man will develop hearing loss, but higher folate intake can decrease his risk by 20 percent, according to new research presented at the 2009 American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO, in San Diego, CA. http://www.physorg.com/news173988045.html Medicine & Health Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:30:01 EST news173988045 A comprehensive study of the prevalence and risk factors for noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) show that men, especially those who are white and married, are significantly more at risk than women, according to new research presented at the 2009 American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO, in San Diego, CA. http://www.physorg.com/news173964311.html Medicine & Health Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:00:07 EST news173964311 A team led by scientists from The Scripps Research Institute has discovered a genetic cause of progressive hearing loss. The findings will help scientists better understand the nature of age-related decline in hearing and may lead to new therapies to prevent or treat the condition. http://www.physorg.com/news171203447.html Medicine & Health Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:40:02 EST news171203447 An otherwise effective treatment for cystic fibrosis places patients at a high risk of sensorineural hearing loss, according to new research published in the July edition of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. http://www.physorg.com/news165645625.html Medicine & Health Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:41:18 EST news165645625 (AP) -- The government is about to start a huge research effort to prove which are the best treatments for scores of ailments. Irregular heartbeat, prostate cancer, back pain and hearing loss lead the list of medical problems to be studied. http://www.physorg.com/news165584577.html Medicine & Health Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:00:01 EST news165584577 The U.S. mass transit system, the largest in the world, provides affordable and efficient transportation to more than 33 million riders each weekday. The system is generally considered one of the safest modes of travel. But recent public health studies have identified several sources of environmental hazards associated with mass transit, including excessive noise, a large and growing problem in urban settings. http://www.physorg.com/news164623516.html Medicine & Health Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:46:01 EST news164623516 Hearing and vocal problems go hand-in-hand among the elderly more frequently than previously thought, according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center. Together, they pack a devastating double punch on communication skills and overall well-being. http://www.physorg.com/news162994514.html Medicine & Health Sun, 31 May 2009 13:17:26 EST news162994514 Older adults may have difficulty understanding speech because of age-related changes in brain tissue, according to new research in the May 13 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. The study shows that older adults with the most difficulty understanding spoken words had less brain tissue in a region important for speech recognition. The findings may help explain why hearing aids do not benefit all people with age-related hearing difficulties. http://www.physorg.com/news161367888.html Medicine & Health Tue, 12 May 2009 17:25:14 EST news161367888 Children and teenagers are frequently exposed to potentially damaging noise levels in schools, at home, and in sports, but there has been little reported on their risk for noise-induced hearing loss. In fact, three million children under the age of 18 have some hearing loss, and one factor is external noises. http://www.physorg.com/news160311444.html Medicine & Health Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:00:45 EST news160311444 The respective microRNA seed region influences the production of sensory hair cells in the inner ear, both in the mouse and in humans. The findings have been published ahead of print in the current online issue of Nature Genetics. This study represents a major step forward in elucidating the common phenomenon of progressive hearing loss, opening up new avenues for treatment. http://www.physorg.com/news160059001.html Medicine & Health Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:50:25 EST news160059001 (AP) -- Wisconsin could become the first state requiring private insurance companies to cover cochlear implants for children with severe hearing problems. The state Legislature passed a bill Thursday requiring private health insurance plans to cover cochlear implants, hearing aids and related treatment for those under the age of 18. Gov. Jim Doyle has promised to sign it into law. http://www.physorg.com/news159728780.html Medicine & Health Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:07:03 EST news159728780 Scientists thought they had a good model to explain how the inner ear translates vibrations in the air into sounds heard by the brain. Now, based on new research from the Stanford University School of Medicine, it looks like parts of the model are wrong. http://www.physorg.com/news159713314.html Medicine & Health Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:49:09 EST news159713314 Despite modern medicine, one in 1,000 American babies are born deaf. The numbers increase markedly with age, with more than 50% of seniors in the United States experiencing some form of hearing loss. http://www.physorg.com/news158930271.html Medicine & Health Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:18:37 EST news158930271 In parallel studies in human and mouse, two groups of researchers have come to the same conclusion: that a new kind of gene is associated with progressive hearing loss. The new gene - called a microRNA - is a tiny fragment of RNA that affects the production of hundreds of other molecules within sensory hair cells of the inner ear. http://www.physorg.com/news158772214.html Medicine & Health Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:24:49 EST news158772214 Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine researchers have discovered that adult animals with hearing loss actually re-route the sense of touch into the hearing parts of the brain. http://www.physorg.com/news157129259.html Medicine & Health Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:02:02 EST news157129259 Researchers at the University of Leeds have made a significant step forward in understanding the causes of some forms of deafness. http://www.physorg.com/news155383453.html Medicine & Health Wed, 04 Mar 2009 10:04:49 EST news155383453 Contrary to conventional medical wisdom, a new study by NYU Langone Medical Center researchers shows that healthy elderly patients with severe to profound hearing loss can undergo a surgical procedure to receive cochlear implants with minimal risk. http://www.physorg.com/news154967034.html Medicine & Health Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:24:19 EST news154967034 So much noise. Rock concerts. Traffic. IPods. Always something in your ear. Until nature demands silence. http://www.physorg.com/news154962593.html Medicine & Health Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:10:13 EST news154962593 (PhysOrg.com) -- For years, hearing scientists have known that cochlear implants improve the communication of children who receive them. What they didn`t know was whether the children and their parents perceived an improvement in their overall quality of life. http://www.physorg.com/news154193710.html Medicine & Health Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:35:35 EST news154193710 A new study involving iPods and teenagers by the University of Colorado at Boulder and Children's Hospital Boston indicates teenagers who receive pressure from their peers or others to turn down the volume of their iPods instead turn them up higher. http://www.physorg.com/news154186250.html Medicine & Health Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:31:32 EST news154186250 Vitamin supplements can prevent hearing loss in laboratory animals, according to two new studies, bringing investigators one step closer to the development of a pill that could stave off noise-induced and perhaps even age-related hearing loss in humans. http://www.physorg.com/news154119819.html Medicine & Health Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:04:23 EST news154119819 About one-fifth of children with sensorineural hearing loss also have ocular disorders, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. http://www.physorg.com/news154024537.html Medicine & Health Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:35:57 EST news154024537 By tweaking a system in the ear that limits how much sound is heard, a global team of researchers has discovered one alteration that shows that the ability of the ear to turn itself down contributes to protecting against permanent hearing loss. The report appears this week in PLoS Biology. http://www.physorg.com/news151737561.html Biology Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:20:01 EST news151737561 Presbycusis, or age-related hearing loss, accounts for 30 percent of all hearing loss. So, why do some people lose their hearing as they get older but other people can still hear a pin drop? http://www.physorg.com/news147454889.html Medicine & Health Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:41:29 EST news147454889 About 10 million people in the United States alone -from troops returning from war to students with music blasting through headphones -are suffering from impairing noise-induced hearing loss. http://www.physorg.com/news145531413.html Medicine & Health Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:23:33 EST news145531413 Researchers have defined a mutation in the mouse genome that mimics progressive hearing loss in humans. A team from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge, UK, working with colleagues in Munich and Padua, found that mice carrying a mutation called Oblivion displayed problems with the function of hair cells in the inner ear, occurring before clear physical effects are seen. The study is published October 31 in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics. http://www.physorg.com/news144651158.html Biology Fri, 31 Oct 2008 05:52:38 EST news144651158