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He Lost his Ear to Cancer, but Silicone Ear Is “Indistinguishable” from Real ThingAfter losing an ear to cancer, a patient received a silicone ear that looks remarkably real. A surgeon implanted three small metal posts in the side of the patient's head. Each post is fitted with a magnet. The prosthetic ear also is magnetized, so it sticks to the metal posts. |
Released: 2/10/2014 1:00 PM EST
Loyola University Health System |
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Simulated Blindness Can Help Revive HearingMinimizing a person’s sight for as little as a week may help improve the brain’s ability to process hearing. |
Embargo expired: 2/5/2014 12:05 PM EST
Released: 1/29/2014 3:00 PM EST
Johns Hopkins |
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Aspirin Intake May Stop Growth of Tumors That Cause Hearing Loss
Researchers from Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Massachusetts General Hospital have demonstrated, for the first time, that aspirin intake correlates with halted growth of vestibular schwannomas (also known as acoustic neuromas), a sometimes lethal intracranial tumor that typically causes hearing loss and tinnitus. |
Released: 1/24/2014 10:00 AM EST
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary |
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Digital Music Director Invents Therapeutic DeviceOn his way to creating a digital accordion, SUNY Buffalo State assistant music professor J. Tomás Henriques stumbled upon a device with unique therapeutic applications that he envisions using to treat speech and hearing disorders and memory loss, among other things. |
Released: 1/22/2014 12:30 PM EST
Expert Available SUNY Buffalo State |
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Hearing Loss Linked to Accelerated Brain Tissue LossAlthough the brain becomes smaller with age, the shrinkage seems to be fast-tracked in older adults with hearing loss, according to the results of a study by researchers from Johns Hopkins and the National Institute on Aging. The findings add to a growing list of health consequences associated with hearing loss, including increased risk of dementia, falls, hospitalizations, and diminished physical and mental health overall. |
Released: 1/22/2014 12:25 PM EST
Johns Hopkins Medicine |
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Are You Listening? Kids' Ear Infections Cost Health Care System Nearly $3 Billion a Year
A new study finds that ear infections account for approximately $2.88 billion in added health care expenses annually and is a significant health-care utilization concern. |
Released: 1/9/2014 3:00 PM EST
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences |
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Tubes, Adenoidectomy Reduce Fluid in the Middle Ear, Improve Hearing in the Short Term, but Long-Term Effects Unknown
Implanting tubes in the ears of children who have persistent or recurrent episodes of otitis media with effusion (OME) improves hearing over a short period (up to 9 months post surgery), but this procedure is less likely to improve hearing, speech, language, or other functional outcomes over periods longer than that, according to results of a systematic review by the RTI-University of North Carolina Evidence-based Practice Center. |
Released: 1/7/2014 3:00 PM EST
RTI International |
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Ear Tubes vs. Watchful Waiting: Tubes Do Not Improve Long-Term Development
Study suggests tubes, adenoidectomy reduce fluid in the middle ear and improve hearing in the short term, but tubes did not improve speech or language for children with middle ear fluid. |
Released: 1/6/2014 4:00 PM EST
University of North Carolina School of Medicine |
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U-M Tinnitus Discovery Opens Door to Possible New Treatment Avenues
For tens of millions of Americans, a condition called tinnitus means there’s no such thing as the sound of silence. Now, new scientific findings that help explain what is going on inside their unquiet brains |
Released: 12/16/2013 11:00 AM EST
University of Michigan Health System |
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What a Formula 1 Race Does to Your EardrumsCraig Dolder, an acoustical engineer, always wanted to go to a Formula 1 Grand Prix but knew he needed to protect himself from the deafening roar of the engines. The advice he found online varied and the technical papers he read provided assessments of sound levels for NASCAR and other races, but he could find nothing that measured the noise levels or dosage specifically for Formula 1. So he decided to conduct his own test. |
Embargo expired: 12/4/2013 1:00 PM EST
Released: 12/2/2013 10:00 AM EST
Acoustical Society of America (ASA) |