News tagged with audiologists

Does your hearing do the job?

How well do you need to hear in order to do your job, and how should your hearing be measured?

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Diagnosis can explain difficulties with hearing

Sarah Millsap could hear just fine. But when her boss pulled her aside at a meeting last fall, she still worried that her ears could get her fired.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 05, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Our Health: Louder and louder world harms our hearing

So much noise. Rock concerts. Traffic. IPods. Always something in your ear. Until nature demands silence.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Mild hearing loss linked to brain atrophy in older adults

A new study by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania shows that declines in hearing ability may accelerate gray mater atrophy in auditory areas of the brain and increase the listening ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A hearing aid you install yourself

Melbourne researchers have invented a small, smart, self-managed hearing aid that outperforms most conventional hearing aids for less than half the price.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 17, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sound safety: Novel device with rock 'n' roll roots may protect listeners

Engineers investigating "listener fatigue" -- the discomfort and pain some people experience while using in-ear headphones, hearing aids and other devices that seal the ear canal from external sound--have ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Novel device with rock 'n' roll roots may protect listeners from dangers of personal listening devices, hearing aids

Engineers investigating "listener fatigue"-- the discomfort and pain some people experience while using in-ear headphones, hearing aids, and other devices that seal the ear canal from external sound -- have ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Know the types of hearing loss to find the right treatment

The solution for hearing loss isn’t just to turn up the volume on the TV—and the treatments available largely depend on the type of hearing loss a patient is experiencing.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study: Lowering cost doesn't increase hearing aid purchases

Lowering the cost of hearing aids isn't enough to motivate adults with mild hearing loss to purchase a device at a younger age or before their hearing worsens, according to researchers at Henry Ford Hospital.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Early detection, intervention key to rehabilitating infant hearing loss

Delaying treatment may hinder speech and language development, University of Michigan audiologist cautions.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Mar 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Individuals with partial hearing loss may benefit from hybrid cochlear implant

Hearing loss can affect anyone, at any time. But it can be especially frightening for someone who suddenly starts to lose his hearing during adulthood. Tom Groves, 77, first noticed his diminishing hearing when he was in ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Early evaluation and intervention critical for vaccinated children with hearing loss from meningitis

Despite widespread use of pneumococcal vaccination, some children still develop deafness following pneumococcal meningitis, according to a report in the October issue of Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery. Based ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 18, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research shows US teen hearing loss is much lower than has been widely reported

New research from University of Minnesota hearing scientists shows that fewer than 20 percent of teenagers in the United States have a hearing loss as a result of exposure to loud sounds, thus offering a different analysis ...

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created Sep 20, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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