Université de Montréal Professor Sylvie Hébert is conducting a study exploring the root causes of tinnitus, a condition that creates the perception of sound in the absence of external stimulation. Tinnitus affects 20 percent of Quebecers 55 and older in Quebec, which represents one million people.
Tinnitus is most commonly caused by loud noises and sounds. I am going to share with you different types of treatments for Tinnitus that really do work. While there is no specific cure, there are Tinnitus treatments to alleviate your ear ringing.
Conventional medical treatments such as surgery or drugs don’t cure Tinnitus. Some doctors treat [...]
Several genes that play a role in how our body’s cells normally auto-destruct may play a role in age-related hearing loss, according to research published online in the journal Apoptosis - a journal devoted to the topic of cell suicide, or programmed cell death. Doctors know that genetics play some role in [...]
Is it really true that there are now very advanced hearing aids that can solve virtually any hearing problem? Well, that’s what most people say because those with the worst kinds of hearing problems have got some kind of relief or another. But unless you have a hearing problem that has defied all kinds of [...]
NY Times - Noise from personal music players is a routine annoyance for travelers on buses, trains and planes.
But it also threatens permanent hearing loss for as many as 10 million Europeans who use them, according to a scientific study for the European Union that will be published Monday.
The report said that those who listened [...]
Professor Graeme Clark, the pioneer of the multiple-channel cochlear implant (bionic ear), will speak at the UQ Medical Society’s ES Meyers Memorial Lecture on Friday, October 10. The outstanding work of Professor Clark, who was awarded the Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in 2004, has been implanted in more [...]
Inadequate healthcare is received by thousands of the United Kingdom’s Deaf patients because they are struggling to communicate with their healthcare providers, according to an article released on October 1, 2008 in BMJ. The term Deaf is defined as individuals born Deaf and prefer to communicate in [...]
Deafness Research UK has published its top tips for the safe use of MP3 players, following research by the charity that shows too many people are putting their hearing at risk by listening to MP3 players too loudly for too long. For more tips on minimising damage from day to day and leisure [...]
Help is at hand for the many thousands each year who suffer painful and debilitating ear complaints, many of which are avoidable with better ear hygiene and prompt medical attention, according to Deafness Research UK who have recently published a handy leaflet called ‘Trouble With Your Ears?’
Hearing aids are any kind of devices that are used in order to hear better and are mostly used by those who have partial deafness, with different sized such aids being available with some very compact which are even able to fit into frames of your eyeglasses. Hearing aids are by and large very helpful [...]